2022 Exhibitors
This year’s exhibition featured a “Best in Show” award with two honorable mentions, determined by a panel of industry professionals. The award granted one participant an exhibition opportunity with a New York gallery, Otras Formas NYC, which developed into representation.
Congratulations to Malcolm Majer for winning Best in Show, and to Maxwell McInnis and Jordan Maurice for their honorable mentions.
“Best In Show” Award Panelists
Alexandra Burr
Alexandra Burr, AIA is a partner and founder at AlexAllen Studio, an architecture and lighting design studio based out of Gowanus, Brooklyn. The studio produces work across different scales and typologies - from small products, to residential townhouses and larger commercial spaces, with a focus on restrained, well detailed and innovative design. The studio's work has been featured in top publications such as The New York Times, Interior Design, Vogue Living and Elle Decor. Prior to co-founding AlexAllen Studio, Alex worked in the offices of Rafael Vinoly, Leroy Street Studio, and Bernheimer Architecture. Alex earned a Master of Architecture degree from Yale University in 2008 and a Bachelor degree in Studio Art and Art History from Middlebury College in 2004. Alex is a licensed architect in the state of New York.
Alex Lithgow
Alex Lithgow is an American designer (and native New Yorker) who focuses on furniture and product design.
From 1999 to 2006, Alex co-founded and operated Caoba colección de muebles, a furniture design/build business, which produced custom and production pieces in the South Bronx that were offered through its retail shop in TriBeCa, as well as showrooms around the U.S.
More recently, Alex served as Head of Design at Dmitriy & Co. While at Dmitriy (2015-2020), Alex is credited with having ideated, designed, and developed approximately two-thirds of the current collection. This includes such forms as the Masson, Magari, and Belgard Sofas, as well as the Arp Chair and Bandra Ottoman, the latter having received a “Best of Year” award from Interior Design magazine.
Francine Monaco
Architect Francine Monaco has created a diverse career, combining the practical with the magical, to create memorable and timeless spaces. Her focus on the intersection of architecture and interior design has led to a uniquely balanced practice with a holistic approach to the built environment. Francine is also a professor at Pratt Institute's Interior Design department where she continues to challenge and shape the next generation of Designers.
Patrick Weder
Patrick Weder’s work can be best described as a blend of streamlined architectural elegance with instinctual sculptural refinement. Inspired by naturally occurring forms and by pushing raw materials beyond their practical application, Patrick consistently challenges the traditional boundaries of functional design. Doing so by developing original sculpting techniques in concrete, and by juxtaposing his organic forms and sculpted concrete elements with his signature clean minimal Swiss aesthetic. Born in Zurich, Switzerland, Weder launched his own venture, Patrick Weder Design in 2001 to focus on producing elegant and functional interior home décor.
Images by Dave Pinter
