The Las Vegas Market Design Icon Award highlights the achievements of exemplary interior design and architectural professionals who have made a significant contribution to the home furnishings industry throughout their career. From living legends like Frank Gehry to internationally renowned designers like Timothy Corrigan and Martyn Lawrence Bullard, the Las Vegas Market Design Icon Award allows market attendees to connect up close and personally with the talented professionals who have helped influence generations of design and architect professionals as well as consumers all over the world.
Stay tuned for the announcement of our next Design Icon, coming soon! Until then, relive some of the best moments from our 2020 Design Icon celebration and then enjoy a stroll down memory lane with some of design’s most prestigious names.
Design Icon 2020
Martyn Lawrence Bullard: From Actor to Icon
Interior designer Martyn Lawrence Bullard is responsible for creating interiors for some of the world’s most famous personalities, many on more than one occasion. So how did the 2020 Design Icon build a business that has taken him all over the globe and into the homes of the rich and famous? Hear the story as he shares his journey with Bob Maricich, chairman and CEO for International Market Centers.
Internationally acclaimed architect Frank Gehry is head of Gehry Partners, a full-service firm with broad international experience in academic, commercial, museum, performance and residential projects, and is considered “architectural royalty” throughout the world. Gehry has redefined architecture in numerous cities across the globe and continues to shape contemporary commercial and residential landscapes.
Corrigan’s global design philosophy combines European elegance with California comfort. He has been hailed in Architectural Digest as “Today’s Tastemaker” and has been named to most of the design world’s best designer lists, including the AD100, Robb Report’s Top 40 and the Luxe Gold List.
Pheasant is recognized internationally for his interior designs and furniture collections. Pheasant was honored by Architectural Digest in 2005 with the distinction “Dean of American Design,” and he is a fixture on the AD100, the annual list of top architects and designers compiled by the magazine.
Varney is president of New York-based Dorothy Draper & Co. Inc., one of the oldest established interior design firms in the United States. His design philosophy, much like Dorothy Draper’s, stresses the use of bright colors and the rejection of all that is impractical, uncomfortable and drab.
Thomas, Founder of The Roger Thomas Collection and Executive Vice President of Wynn Design & Development is one of the world’s foremost hospitality designers. Consistently named in the AD100, he is based in Las Vegas and finds much of his inspiration from other cultures.