Interior Design Reveals 2010 Hall of Fame Inductees

by Laurel Petriello | Monday, October 25, 2010 | 9 Comments

This year has been an amazing ride for the international design community and it’s not over yet! Interior Design is prepping for our biggest annual event, the 26th annual Hall of Fame gala, and we’re excited to announce 2010′s acclaimed inductees.

Taking their places in line amongst celebrated peers and colleagues, the 2010 inductees include: Shigeru Ban of Shigeru Ban Architects; Neil Denari of Neil M. Denari Architects; and designer Karim Rashid. Interior Design will also introduce a new award this year, the Design Icon. This inaugural award will honor former editor of Architectural Digest and 1985 Hall of Fame inductee Paige Rense.

Shigeru Ban

Shigeru Ban graduated from Cooper Union School of Architecture in 1984. In 1985, the Tokyo-born architect established Shigeru Ban Architects, a private practice in Tokyo. In 1995, he began working as a consultant of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees and at the same time established a non-governmental organization, Voluntary Architects’ Network in 1995. Today, he splits his time between his Tokyo, New York, and Paris offices, and contributes his knowledge, skills, and energy for disaster relief projects.

Neil Denari

Neil Denari began his career exploring the technical and formal impact of technology on architecture. As a senior designer at James Stewart Polshek and Partners, he exhibited his speculative work in museums and galleries, and at 29, was the youngest member of 40 Architects under age 40. Also that year, the Cooper Hewitt Museum purchased a drawing by Denari, the first of seven major museums to have his work in their collection. He later founded Cor-Tex Architecture in Los Angeles, and has had a distinguished career as a teacher at UCLA. Denari is the author of two bestselling books, “Interrupted Projections” (TOTO 1996) and “Gyroscopic Horizons” (Princeton 1999).

Karim Rashid

Karim Rashid is one of the most prolific designers of his generation. More than 3,000 designs in production, over 300 awards and working in over 35 countries attest to his legend of design. Rashid’s award-winning designs include products for Umbra, hospitality interiors such as the Morimoto restaurant, exhibitions for Deutsche Bank and Audi, and much more. Rashid’s work is featured in 20 permanent collections and he exhibits art in galleries worldwide. He is a frequent guest lecturer at universities and conferences, globally disseminating the importance of design in everyday life.

Paige RensePaige Rense joined Architectural Digest in 1970, and was named editor in chief in 1975. Under her direction, the Los Angeles-based magazine became a leading design publication as circulation grew from 50,000 to 850,000 with a total audience of 5.4 million readers. Paige Rense frequently lectures on the subject of interior design to various groups and institutions, including the Smithsonian Institute in Washington, D.C. Rense was inducted into the Interior Design Hall of Fame in 1985 and she is the inaugural recipient of the Design Icon Award.

Sponsoring the event this year is veteran Hall of Fame Diamond Sponsor Kohler Interiors Group. Joining this year as Platinum Sponsor is Axor, the designer brand of Hansgrohe AG. Inductees will be honored at New York’s Waldorf-Astoria Hotel on December 1. Proceeds from the event will benefit the Council for Interior Design Accreditation, as well as The Alpha Workshops. Tickets for the event are $625 and can be purchased through Regina Freedman.

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9 comments

  1. Charrisse Johnston

    Posted Monday, October 25, 2010 at 06:29 pm | Permalink

    Why are 2 architects, an industrial designer and a shelter magazine editor being lauded as the best of the best by by Interior Design magazine? Don’t get me wrong – Ban, Denari and Rashid are amazing designers, and Rense is without question a talented magazine editor. But why isn’t Interior Design magazine lauding interior designers? This seems to happen every year and it’s sending a pretty negative message to those of us who are trained interior designers.

    1. Liz Murphy

      Posted Monday, October 25, 2010 at 09:20 pm | Permalink

      I totally agree. They are all very successful and creative designers in their own right but this is a magazine about, for and to celebrate interior design. I would hope that there would be a strong case to recognize the many many creative, interior designers who share the same talents, forward thinking and high goals for the built environment and social good AND publicly acknowledge their accomplishments with awards and honors such as these.

    2. bob nesibtt

      Posted Tuesday, November 2, 2010 at 03:16 pm | Permalink

      Nicely said and thats It– Product is one thing an enviorment beftting the needs of a Client is the real work of the Designer, and as such should be the Focus of the Institutions so involved.
      This is getting quite Slushy!.

  2. Megan Moynihan

    Posted Tuesday, October 26, 2010 at 07:53 am | Permalink

    Is there something about being a BOY that makes you a better candidate for Best of Year?

  3. Melissa Beasley

    Posted Tuesday, October 26, 2010 at 05:16 pm | Permalink

    I also agree… So, many of us that are practicing Interior Designers that have been educated and have the proper accredidation I feel do not get recognized. There are a lot of Designers out there and ones that see themselves as designers but do not have the education at all and that unfortuneately hurts the city that I live in. But I do have the most respect for Paige Rense, and the rest that were chosen. BUT We as Interior Designers are getting a pretty negative out because of this

  4. Michael Dudek

    Posted Wednesday, October 27, 2010 at 09:29 am | Permalink

    Just because you are accredited does not mean you are a talented media friendly designer, interior or otherwise. Unfortunately those of us who are accredited via the CIDA educated and NCIDQ experience and examination track tend to get relegated to the interior work that actually matters. You know the projects where health safety and welfare are a driving factor. We tend to create the projects where making design decisions based on their wow factor and photograph-ability can be a bad business decision. Unfortunately the trade media knows that this pragmatic approach to design does not sell magazines or TV series. What we need to do is figure out a way to change the starchitect, diva wow look-at-me media darling paradigm. I know our professional organizations, particularly IIDA, see this but I do not think they know how to overcome it. That said I respect the winners for their work, particularly Denari and Ban. Although I am a bit jealous I also appreciate those of us in the professional trenches whose work will never grace the pages of ID or AD.

  5. coco

    Posted Wednesday, October 27, 2010 at 11:35 am | Permalink

    This years’ inductees are diverse talents, who have done amazing work in architecture AND interior design, OR product design AND interior design, or in Paige Rense’s case, have spent careers celebrating and honoring interior design, so I don’t feel the magazine is slighting our profession.

  6. Melissa Beasley

    Posted Thursday, October 28, 2010 at 05:39 pm | Permalink

    wasn’t sure if i was a little harsh in my opinion about the winners. everyones design background is different and their styles are as well. i feel as many others probably do as well that we all have worked very hard to get where we are today, i’m not the best or the greatest but i have done some amazing residential and commercial work that i feel i’ve accomplished because of my training and accredadations etc….with that said my hat is off to those that have had their works of art recognized in such magazines as ID AND AD

  7. ashley lakisha

    Posted Friday, January 13, 2012 at 12:37 am | Permalink

    very inspiring

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