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michael vanderbyl receives
2014 iida titan award

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The International Interior Design
Association (IIDA) has named Michael
Vanderbyl, IIDA, as the 2014 recipient
of its Titan Award, which recognizes
significant contributions to the interior
design profession. Vanderbyl, currently
dean of design at California College
of the Arts, started Vanderbyl Design
in 1973, and helped usher in San
Francisco as a center of the postmodern
movement in graphic design during
the 1980s. Vanderbyl's work has also
encompassed furniture and product
design, as well as showrooms and retail
spaces. He will be presented with the
honor at the IIDA Annual Meeting, held
at the Museum of Contemporary Art in
Chicago on June 8.

Afra and Tobia Scarpa as he introduced
cold polyurethane foam molding in
the production of furnishings. In 1973,
the company transitioned to B&B Italia
as product selections and accolades
grew. Busnelli continued to collaborate
with designers such as Patricia Urquiola,
Naoto Fukasawa, and Antonio Citterio.
The company is now managed by the
second generation of the family.
moma ps1 picks winner of young
architects program in new york
The Museum of Modern Art and
MoMA PS1 have named New York-based
design studio The Living, led by David
Benjamin, as the winner of the annual
Young Architects Program. Entrants were
tasked with designing an environmentally
friendly summer installation that supplies
shade, seating, and water within the
courtyard of MoMA PS1 in Long Island
City, Queens. The Living's winning entry
(below), dubbed Hy-Fi, features a circular
tower comprising two types of bricks:
organic bricks produced using corn
stalks and living root structures
developed by Ecovative, and reflective
bricks utilizing a new daylighting mirror
film from 3M that act as growing trays for
the organic bricks. The structure will be
installed for the 2014 Warm Up summer
music series in June.

b&b italia founder piero busnelli dies

Piero Busnelli, founder of furniture
manufacturer B&B Italia, died on January
25. He was 87. Busnelli got his start when
he launched the furniture company C&B
with Cesare Cassina in 1966, partnering
with designers such Mario Bellini and
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inspirations awards call for entries
The entry deadline for the Inspirations
Awards, sponsored by Tandus Centiva,
is April 18. The awards celebrate socially
responsible commercial interior design
in two categories: built and practicebased initiatives. Winning projects
will be published in Contract and
honored during NeoCon® in June.
Learn more and enter online at:
contractdesign.com/inspirationsawards
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photography: courtesy of vanderbyl design (top); courtesy of b&b italia (bottom); rendering courtesy of the living

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