SCAD Style begins April 10 with the SCAD Style Étoile Awards, a cocktail and awards presentation held at the Cultural Services of the French Embassy, 972 Fifth Ave., in New York City.
In recognition of their monumental contributions to the fields of style and design, honorees will be presented with a SCAD Style Étoile Award. Étoile, which means “a star in the sky” in French, connotes brilliance, glamour, iconic style and ideation.
This year, SCAD will honor interior designer and potter Jonathan Adler, Elle Décor Editor-in-Chief Margaret Russell and fashion designer Pierre Cardin, who also is being recognized for his historic restoration and cultural contributions to Lacoste, France, where SCAD has a campus.
Previous Étoile Award recipients include Linda Fargo, Pamela Fiori, Santiago Barberi Gonzalez, Dakota Jackson, Jeffrey Kalinsky, Judy and Michael Mauldin, Lisa Newsom, David Yurman and west elm.
Proceeds from the gala benefit the SCAD Style Scholarship, which allows one undergraduate or graduate student from SCAD-Atlanta or the college’s Savannah location to study one quarter at SCAD-Lacoste in Provence, France.
Jonathan Adler
Jonathan Adler was born and raised in New Jersey. His entrée into the world of pottery occurred at summer camp in 1978. After studying semiotics and art history at Brown University and a brief career as a talent agent in the early 1990s, Adler followed his true love of making pots full time. Since receiving his first order for pottery from Barneys New York 15 years ago, Adler has grown his eponymous company to become an internationally recognized lifestyle and home furnishings brand offering tabletop, bedding, bath accessories, furniture, rugs, pillows and lighting. Adler is known for a design aesthetic that pairs modernist forms with bold colors and groovy graphics. The company motto, "If your heirs won't fight over it, we won't make it," reflects his commitment to impeccable craftsmanship and panache.
Adler has seven company-operated stores nationwide as well as a thriving consumer Web site. Through its wholesale division, the company sells its home décor in more than 1,000 locations worldwide. Additionally, Adler is one of the country's leading interior designers, working on luxury residential projects as well as large-scale commercial projects, including the celebrity hotspot Parker Palm Springs hotel. He also is the lead judge on the Bravo television series, "Top Design," which will begin filming its second season this spring.
Pierre Cardin
Pierre Cardin has been revolutionizing the world of fashion for more than half a century.
In 1945, Cardin moved to Paris and began working for Paquin and then Schiaparelli. Along with Jean Cocteau and Christian Berard, he made numerous costumes and masks for several films, such as “Beauty and the Beast” (1946). In 1946, he began to work for Christian Dior. By 1950, Cardin launched his own fashion house on Rue Richepanse in Paris. He presented his first ladies collection in 1953, and his bubble dresses found success throughout the world a year later. Cardin then opened his first boutiques in Paris: Eve for women, then Adam for men. In 1959, Cardin presented his first ready-to-wear collection for women at the Printemps department store in Paris, and, in 1961, Cardin started distribution of men's ready-to-wear plus accessories. In 1968, the Pierre Cardin name took the next step with its first license outside of fashion with porcelain crockery.
Cardin has been a French fashion industry icon since his earliest collections of the 1950s and '60s. He became known for his bold, "cosmic," futuristic designs. He was among the first to create a designer line that promoted environmental issues, called "Environmental art." Cardin's name is on hundreds of products, including menswear, perfumes, watches, floor tiles and furniture. His business empire extends into more than 100 countries and indirectly provides employment to almost 200,000 people. Cardin's products are consumed by 150 million people around the world and earn his business empire about $12 billion in annual sales. Cardin holds more than 500 patents in design, architecture, advertisement and entertainment.
To complement his many successes as an entrepreneur, Cardin also has initiated numerous humanitarian projects. He was appointed a UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador in 1991 and has continuously supported World Foundation for AIDS Research and Prevention programs of UNESCO.
Cardin is internationally regarded as a visionary and leader in art, business and public diplomacy. He is the owner of Maxim's and Espace Cardin Gallery on Champs-Elysees in Paris. Cardin owns the ruins of the castle in Lacoste, France, that was formerly inhabited by the Marquis de Sade. He has renovated the site and regularly organizes theater festivals.
Margaret Russell
For 19 years, Margaret Russell has infused Elle Décor with a distinctive sense of sophistication while preserving its mission to inspire designers, architects and homeowners with the best in interior and product design. Eight years ago, Russell was promoted to editor in chief of the magazine she helped found, which is the largest of 23 Elle Décor editions published around the world.
In addition to overseeing Elle Décor, Russell is committed to promoting the design community through charitable work both locally and nationally. She co-chaired the opening gala of the Winter Antiques Show for several years, which benefits East Side House Settlement; she is an honorary chair of the International Fine Art and Antique Dealers Show, in support of Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center; she served as a trustee of DIFFA (Design Industries Foundation Fighting AIDS) and co-hosted the charity’s Dining by Design events for nearly a decade; and she recently joined the board of God’s Love We Deliver.
Russell lectures frequently on interior design and the decorative arts, is a regular guest on numerous television programs, and was a featured judge on Bravo’s hit reality-TV series “Top Design”; she will return for the show’s second season, which will air this fall.
Stewart, Tabori & Chang published Russell’s first book, “Designing Women: Interiors by Leading Style Makers,” and “So Chic: Glamorous Lives, Stylish Spaces” recently was released by Filipacchi Publishing. A graduate of Brown University, Russell began her career at Glamour magazine. She was named a vice president of Hachette Filipacchi Media five years ago.
In recognition of their monumental contributions to the fields of style and design, honorees will be presented with a SCAD Style Étoile Award. Étoile, which means “a star in the sky” in French, connotes brilliance, glamour, iconic style and ideation.
This year, SCAD will honor interior designer and potter Jonathan Adler, Elle Décor Editor-in-Chief Margaret Russell and fashion designer Pierre Cardin, who also is being recognized for his historic restoration and cultural contributions to Lacoste, France, where SCAD has a campus.
Previous Étoile Award recipients include Linda Fargo, Pamela Fiori, Santiago Barberi Gonzalez, Dakota Jackson, Jeffrey Kalinsky, Judy and Michael Mauldin, Lisa Newsom, David Yurman and west elm.
Proceeds from the gala benefit the SCAD Style Scholarship, which allows one undergraduate or graduate student from SCAD-Atlanta or the college’s Savannah location to study one quarter at SCAD-Lacoste in Provence, France.
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Jonathan Adler was born and raised in New Jersey. His entrée into the world of pottery occurred at summer camp in 1978. After studying semiotics and art history at Brown University and a brief career as a talent agent in the early 1990s, Adler followed his true love of making pots full time. Since receiving his first order for pottery from Barneys New York 15 years ago, Adler has grown his eponymous company to become an internationally recognized lifestyle and home furnishings brand offering tabletop, bedding, bath accessories, furniture, rugs, pillows and lighting. Adler is known for a design aesthetic that pairs modernist forms with bold colors and groovy graphics. The company motto, "If your heirs won't fight over it, we won't make it," reflects his commitment to impeccable craftsmanship and panache.
Adler has seven company-operated stores nationwide as well as a thriving consumer Web site. Through its wholesale division, the company sells its home décor in more than 1,000 locations worldwide. Additionally, Adler is one of the country's leading interior designers, working on luxury residential projects as well as large-scale commercial projects, including the celebrity hotspot Parker Palm Springs hotel. He also is the lead judge on the Bravo television series, "Top Design," which will begin filming its second season this spring.
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Pierre Cardin has been revolutionizing the world of fashion for more than half a century.
In 1945, Cardin moved to Paris and began working for Paquin and then Schiaparelli. Along with Jean Cocteau and Christian Berard, he made numerous costumes and masks for several films, such as “Beauty and the Beast” (1946). In 1946, he began to work for Christian Dior. By 1950, Cardin launched his own fashion house on Rue Richepanse in Paris. He presented his first ladies collection in 1953, and his bubble dresses found success throughout the world a year later. Cardin then opened his first boutiques in Paris: Eve for women, then Adam for men. In 1959, Cardin presented his first ready-to-wear collection for women at the Printemps department store in Paris, and, in 1961, Cardin started distribution of men's ready-to-wear plus accessories. In 1968, the Pierre Cardin name took the next step with its first license outside of fashion with porcelain crockery.
Cardin has been a French fashion industry icon since his earliest collections of the 1950s and '60s. He became known for his bold, "cosmic," futuristic designs. He was among the first to create a designer line that promoted environmental issues, called "Environmental art." Cardin's name is on hundreds of products, including menswear, perfumes, watches, floor tiles and furniture. His business empire extends into more than 100 countries and indirectly provides employment to almost 200,000 people. Cardin's products are consumed by 150 million people around the world and earn his business empire about $12 billion in annual sales. Cardin holds more than 500 patents in design, architecture, advertisement and entertainment.
To complement his many successes as an entrepreneur, Cardin also has initiated numerous humanitarian projects. He was appointed a UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador in 1991 and has continuously supported World Foundation for AIDS Research and Prevention programs of UNESCO.
Cardin is internationally regarded as a visionary and leader in art, business and public diplomacy. He is the owner of Maxim's and Espace Cardin Gallery on Champs-Elysees in Paris. Cardin owns the ruins of the castle in Lacoste, France, that was formerly inhabited by the Marquis de Sade. He has renovated the site and regularly organizes theater festivals.
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For 19 years, Margaret Russell has infused Elle Décor with a distinctive sense of sophistication while preserving its mission to inspire designers, architects and homeowners with the best in interior and product design. Eight years ago, Russell was promoted to editor in chief of the magazine she helped found, which is the largest of 23 Elle Décor editions published around the world.
In addition to overseeing Elle Décor, Russell is committed to promoting the design community through charitable work both locally and nationally. She co-chaired the opening gala of the Winter Antiques Show for several years, which benefits East Side House Settlement; she is an honorary chair of the International Fine Art and Antique Dealers Show, in support of Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center; she served as a trustee of DIFFA (Design Industries Foundation Fighting AIDS) and co-hosted the charity’s Dining by Design events for nearly a decade; and she recently joined the board of God’s Love We Deliver.
Russell lectures frequently on interior design and the decorative arts, is a regular guest on numerous television programs, and was a featured judge on Bravo’s hit reality-TV series “Top Design”; she will return for the show’s second season, which will air this fall.
Stewart, Tabori & Chang published Russell’s first book, “Designing Women: Interiors by Leading Style Makers,” and “So Chic: Glamorous Lives, Stylish Spaces” recently was released by Filipacchi Publishing. A graduate of Brown University, Russell began her career at Glamour magazine. She was named a vice president of Hachette Filipacchi Media five years ago.
