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Celebrating 10 Years of Excellence _DESIGN _ARCHITECTURE _INTERIORS _CURIOSITY _35th Anniversary

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Our All-Star Guest List This year’s gala will feature greetings and messages from bold-name designers around the globe. Among them: CLAIRE WEISZ Architect, urbanist and a founding principal of WXY, New York

GAETANO PESCE GEORGE YABU and KARIM RASHID Architect and design GLENN PUSHELBERG Prolific industrial and pioneer, New York Acclaimed interior designers and interior designer, New York co-founders of Yabu Pushelberg, Toronto and New York

LUCA NICHETTO MARTHA SCHWARTZ MICHEL ROJKIND Designer and principal of Nichetto Landscape architect, Architect and founding partner Studio, Stockholm educator and climate activist, of Rojkind Arquitectos, New York Mexico City

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