Design 2012 & Beyond: Trends Shaping the Architecture, Hospitality, Lighting and Interiors Industries
August 27, 2012
Event will feature the works of world-renowned individuals inthese design fields and a group and audience discussion about keyindustry topics
CHARLESTON, SC – September 27, 2012 – Fashion Group International ® of Charleston presents the Design 2012 & Beyond event, a cocktail party, presentation and discussion forum at the historic William Aiken House on Thursday, September 27th from 6:00-9:30 p.m. Design 2012 & Beyond will bring together four of the most talented individuals in thefields of hospitality, interior & architectural design and lightingto discuss key issues facing these important industries. Theworld-renowned speakers include:
Clodagh: Adesign icon ranked as one of Architectural Digest’s Top 100 Designersin the World and Robb Report’s Top 10 Interior Designers in the World,who is an inductee in the Interior Design Hall of Fame and theHospitality Design Platinum Circle. She has been feted as the FashionGroup International Star of the Year for her wide array of projectsincluding Miraval in Tucson, W Hotel in Fort Lauderdale and Sasanquaat the Kiawah Island Club. Clodagh oversees three distinctivebusiness divisions: Clodagh Design International coveringinterior and architectural design for international commercial,residential, retail, healthcare and hospitality projects; Clodagh Design Signature for licensing and product design of furniture, lighting, tiles,bathroom, accessories and fixtures, bedding, textiles, tabletop,carpets and fashion; and Clodagh Collection which is the online gallery showroom for her licensed products.
Brian Orter: A leading lighting industry expert and veteran, Mr. Orter has workedon some of the most respected architectural projects in the world. Inthe hospitality segment, these projects include the W Hotel in MiamiBeach and the Round Hill Hotel in Jamaica. Restaurant and clubsprojects such as Prime in Arizona, the Clock Bar in San Francisco,
Il Pitore in Philadelphia and Marquee in New YorkCity as well as corporate offices of Bloomberg in New York and theCultural Center in Ecuador are representative of his incrediblework. Mr. Orter’s lighting designs are in retail stores like Quiksilver,Uniqlo in Shanghai and Clinique in Rio as well as residential projectssuch as Gramercy Starck in New York City and Maha Nakhon in Bangkok. Mr. Orter has received the prestigious IES National Award for LightingDesign for his work on Trump Soho in New York. Mr. Orter is a principalof BOLD: Brian Orter Lighting Design, LLC.
Victor Ermoli: aglobal design innovator, Mr. Ermoli is the dean of the School ofDesign at the Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD) and an activemember of the Industrial Designers Society of America. He was namedas one of Business Week’s top 40 Under 40 designers in America, oneof the best Forty Under Thirty industrial designers and one of theMost Influential Educators by Design Intelligence. He holds
three design degrees from the United States,Venezuela and Canada and is the co-founder, President and CEO of TheBusiness Accelerator ™, an organization that seeks to discover, developand activate the growth of the ventures that create the products ofthe future.
Michael Adams: Our event moderator and hospitality industry luminary, Mr. Adams is the Editor-In-Chief of Hospitality Design,the premier trade magazine serving the field of hospitality design. Mr. Adams is a venerable industry authority who has interviewed andfollowed the careers of every major hotel designer and architectworking today.
His audience consists of the most influentialdecision makers in the hospitality design market including interiordesigners, architects, hospitality owners, developers and purchasingfirms.
Topics which will be covered by Mr. Adams, Clodagh,Mr. Orter and Mr. Ermoli include key projects from their portfolios, apeak at the redesign of HD Magazine, sustainability, new businessmodels & technologies, licensing and other trends shaping thedesign industries. We are very excited to have four of the world’sgreatest hospitality and design talents in Charleston for what will bean informative and unforgettable evening, said Rosanna Krekel, RegionalDirector of Fashion Group International. The event will allow gueststo enjoy a cocktail hour of hors d’eouvres and libations from Socialwith the speakers, followed by a presentation and panel discussion, andconcluding with what will surely be a lively Q&A session.
Tickets prices are: $55 for FGI members and $75 fornon-members. Sales proceeds benefit the non-profit Fashion GroupInternational ® of Charleston, Inc.
To purchase tickets go to: http://design2012andbeyond.brownpapertickets.com
About FGI Charleston
Fashion Group International ® is a globalnon-profit professional organization with over 5,000 members in 35regions around the world from New York to Paris to Tokyo. Its missionis to be the pre-eminent authority on the business of fashion anddesign including: apparel, accessories, retail, beauty and home. FGIachieves its mission in person with unique programming, on-line and inprint with its monthly newsletters and trend reports. FGI providesunparalleled access to business professionals in the fashion and designindustries around the world. The Charleston region of FGI was formedin 2011.
For more information visit: www.fgi.org/charleston or call 843-696-2688.
