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By Jennifer Leonard

It’s been too long since my last post, and I apologize. In honor of St. Valen...

Posted March 21, 2008
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Advisory Board

Having contact with key people in different fields is how DESIGN 21 stays relevant and energized. Our Advisory Board members act as supporters and advisors to DESIGN 21: Social Design Network. They include opinion leaders in the fields of design, education, business, media and public affairs. This dynamic group not only helps promote the Network, but participates in competition juries, publicity events and other initiatives.

Regina Aguilar, Designer (Honduras)
Marianna Amatullo, Director International Initiatives and Designmatters at the Art Center College of Design (USA)
Allison Arieff, Senior Content Lead for IDEO (USA)
Eduardo Barroso Neto, Designer (Brazil)
Niti Bhan, Strategic Design Planning Consultant (India)
Christian Biecher, Designer (France)
Michel Bouisson, Head of Communication Department with designers and schools at VIA / Valorisation de l’innovation dans l’ameublement (France)
Erwan Bouroullec, Designer (France)
Ronan Bouroullec, Designer (France)
Anne-Marie Boutin, President of the Agency for the Promotion of Industrial Creation / APCI (France)
David Carlson, Designer (Sweden)
Halim Choueiry, Designer and teacher (Lebanon)
Matali Crasset, Designer (France)
Cheick Diallo, Designer (Mali)
Christian Duc, Designer (Viet Nam)
Marcela Echavarría, Designer (Colombia)
Ghassem Fardanesh, former Senior Physical Planner at UNHCR (Iran)
Mia Ferrara Pelosi, Vice-President and Owner of Global Village Shelters LLC (USA)
Monica Förster, Designer (Sweden)
Emiliano Godoy, Designer (Mexico)
Nicholas Goldsmith, Senior Principal at FTL Design Engineering Studio (USA)
Chantal Hamaide, Director of Intramuros Magazine (France)
Richard Hutten, Designer (The Netherlands)
Debera Johnson, Chair of the Department of Industrial Design at Pratt Institute (USA)
Hella Jongerius, Designer (The Netherlands)
Toshiyuki Kita, Designer and industrial and craft design teacher (Japan)
Jacques Lange, President of the Icograda Executive Board of Directors (South Africa)
Jeremy Lehrer, Design writer (USA)
Jennifer Leonard, Designer strategist at IDEO (CA, USA)
Daniel Libeskind, Director Studio Daniel Libeskind (USA)
Michael Rakowitz, Artist, Associate Professor, Art Theory and Practice, Northwestern University, and DESIGN 21 Grand Prix winner 2002
Jean-Pierre Rossie, Anthropologist and Writer at the Stockholm International Toy Research Center / SITREC (Belgium)
Jae-jin Shim, Vice President/Chief of Display and Media Design Laboratory at the Corporate Design Center of LG Electronics (Seoul, Rep. of Korea) and Icsid Board Member
Cynthia E. Smith, Curator of Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum (USA)
Krister Svensson, Director of the Stockholm International Toy Research Center / SITREC (Sweden)
Susan Szenazy, Editor-in-Chief of Metropolis Magazine (USA)
Lise Vejse Klint, Program Director INDEX (Denmark)
Torben Vestergaard Frandsen, Director of Development at Vestergaard Frandsen A/S (Denmark)
Omar Vulpinari, Creative Director of the Visual Communication Department at Fabrica, the Benetton communication center (Rep. of San Marino)
Laetitia Wolff, Editorial Director Surface Magazine (USA)
Michael Young, Designer (China)
Peter Zec, President of ICSID (Germany)