The Early Socialites:Elsie de Wolfe

Dorothy DraperSyrie Maugham

Eleanor McMillan BrownSister Parish

Ruby Ross WoodBilly Baldwin

First to create the occupation of interior decorating

Considered the first lady of interior decoration

Moved away from the Victorian design

First successful commercial designer

Hotel projects and public spaces

Total design including china, furniture down to the match books

Her ornate style of eye-popping colors and oversize prints, lost popularity in the 1950’s

Metropolitan Museum Café, 1950’s

Started the first full service design firm in 1924 called McMillan, Inc. in NYC.

The company created many great designers like Albert Hadley, David Hicks and Billy Baldwin

The company is still in business today.

First decorator to decorate the Kennedy White House

Co-founder of Parrish-Hadley Assoc. 1962-1999

Known for painted furniture, quilts and a lived-in look.

Career started as a reporter and a writer on interior decorating

Was the ghostwriter or Elsie de Wolfe’s A House in Good Taste.

Credited for creating the first department store decorating firm.

She was a longtime employer of Billy Baldwin.

Began working for Ruby Ross Wood in 1935 and took it over in 1952.

First to use brown with panache

Known for glossy brown walls

William MorrisCharles Rennie Mackintosh

Gustav StickleyFrank Lloyd Wright

One of the most influential designers of the last 150 years

1834-1896 Painter, typography,

wallpaper, carpets and stained glass

Pioneer of the Arts and Crafts Movement

• Scottish Architect and designer

• Attended and designed the Glasgow School of Art

• His work was light, elegant and original

• Known for furniture, particularly those with tall, straight backs.

American craftsman and business owner

A major force behind the Arts and Crafts Movement in America

Designed furniture that was simple with exposed joinery made from oak.

Stressed handmade furniture over machine made.

His designs were referred to as Mission or Craftsman

Designed for the middle class

A lot of wood with built-ins using available materials

Form follows function

Light fixtures and hardware related to overall design.

American Architect Founded Taliesin

Fellowship in 1932 (Wisconsin and Arizona)

Leader in the style known as Prairie Style

Created the open floor plan Used corner windows Used natural materials and designed for a

feeling of being one with nature Used low pitch roofs (no attics or

basements) with a horizontal feel Always used a fireplace – heart of the

home Designed furniture with lots of built-ins

Mies Van der Rohe Le Corbusier

Philip JohnsonMarcel Breuer

Charles and Ray Eames

German Architect Last Director of Bauhaus

School of Design in Germany Started the movement of the

“International Style” (use of glass and steel)

Famous quote: “Less is more” Developed the first cantilever

chair Famous chair: Barcelona

Chair dating to 1929

Farnsworth House in the late 1940’s

International style use of steel and glass

French Architect Worked in the

International Style Used a lot of

concrete, class and steel with lots of open spaces

Chaise Lounge, 1927 Grande Comfort, 1929 Basculant Chair, 1929

Villa Savoye, 1928 - 31, France “Machine for Living” International Style

American Architect known for his “International Style”

Pupil of Mies Van der Rohe

Best known for his the Glass House

Hungarian born architect, furniture designer and teacher.

Trained under Walter Gropius, founder of the Bauhaus School of Design

Invented the first tubular steel frame used in furniture.

Known for his tubular steel chair, Wassily.

Wassily Chair, 1925 Cantilever Chair, 1928

American architect/furniture designer.

Known for tubular steel and molded plywood chair called the “Potato Chip” chair.

His furniture is still produced by Herman Miller.

Michael GravesFrank Gehry

Mario BuattaLeading Firms

American Born Architect

Most noted works are the Swan and Dolphin Hotels in Walt Disney World, Orlando, FL.

Has designed over 200 houseware items for Target and also designs for Kohler

American Architect born in Toronto Canada

Deconstruction style Uses titanium as a building

material Best known structure is the

Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao Spain.

Know for making furniture out of cardboard

Furniture is manufactured by Knoll.

Power Play chair Wiggle Chair

American Interior Designer

“Prince of Chintz” He refers to his style as

“the undecorated look” English Country look Famous clients: Barbara

Walters, Billy Joel, Mariah Carey, and Malcolm Forbes

HOKGensler

Perkins and WillRTKL

Hellmuth, Obata + Kassabaum (HOK) one of the worlds largest American architectural/interior design firms. They are best know for their designs of sports stadiums.

Founded in 1955, it now employs over 1800 employees in over 22 locations worldwide

American architectural firms with office located in over 28 cities

Founded in 1965, they now employ over 2,000

Most recognized firm internationally and known as a leader in Green Design.

Studio 585 : branding, signage/wayfinding/ web design (total package)

Established in 1935 Internationally

recognized A leader in

Healthcare and Higher Education

Designed Haworth Showroom in Chicago Merchandise Mart

An international firm Specializes in

• Architecture / Interior Design• Urban Planning• Branding • Environmental Graphic Design• Sustainable Design