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Thursday, 9 February 2006 | Levent OZLER
Travel + Leisure Announces 2006 Design Awards Jury
Travel + Leisure Magazine Announces 2006 Design Awards Jury
Travel + Leisure magazine Editor-in-Chief Nancy Novogrod announces the jury of the Travel + Leisure 2006 Design Awards: Barbara Barry, Michael Kors, Richard Meier, Alice Rawsthorn, Calvin Tsao, and Angela Westwater. Travel + Leisure Contributing Design Editor Chee Pearlman is the jury panel moderator.
The Travel + Leisure Design Awards highlight the significance of design in the traveler's world and its impact on the travel experience. The 2006 Design Awards celebration will take place on February 15 at the Cedar Lake Theater in NYC. The winners, to be announced in early February, will be featured online at http://www.dexigner.com/directory/detail/7218/ and in the magazine's March issue, on newsstands February 21.
Nancy Novogrod said, "I am thrilled to have such an expert and celebrated group of design professionals on this year's jury. Their insider knowledge and experience underscore the authority of the awards, and the belief we at Travel + Leisure share--that design plays a central role in the world of travel."
The jury's selection of winners for outstanding work in design and architecture during the past year spans fifteen categories: Best Public Space, Best Small Hotel, Best Large Hotel, Best Museum, Best Cultural Space, Best Restaurant, Best Retail Space, Best Resort, Best Spa, Best Travel Shoe, Best Packing System, Best Travel Electronic, Best Travel Watch, Best Travel Gadget, and Best Travel Clothing.
To see last year's Travel + Leisure Design Awards winners and jury before the 2006 winners are announced, visit www.travelandleisure.com/designawards.
Travel + Leisure Design Awards: http://www.dexigner.com/directory/detail/7218/
About the Travel + Leisure 2006 Design Awards Jury and Moderator
Barbara Barry, Interior Designer (clients: Savoy Grill, London and philanthropist Eli Broad)
Michael Kors, Fashion Designer (winner of numerous awards from CFDA)
Richard Meier, Architect, Richard Meier & Partners (won Pritzker Prize in 1984; works include L.A.'s Getty Center)
Alice Rawsthorn, Director, Design Museum in London
Calvin Tsao, Architect, Tsao & McKown Architects (works include Suntec City complex, Singapore)
Angela Westwater, Founder of New York's Sperone Westwater Gallery
Chee Pearlman, former Editor in Chief of award-winning I.D. magazine
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