Entre las multiples actividades del museo se encuetran tres concursos internacionales de diseño y arquitectura, el jurado en estos concursos esta conformado por una variedad de personalidades del germio de diseño, entre los cuales destacan:
JAMES BIBER
Pentagram, New York
Biber taught Architecture at Cornell University, Syracuse University and Parsons School of Design in New York. There he distinguished himself as a designer for designers, completing a series of design offices for Graphic Design firms, as well as restaurants, residences and office interiors. His office was a precursor of the association to come: it included a graphic designer and illustrator in residence in addition to his architectural practice. In 1991, Pentagram invited him to become the second architectural partner in the firm after founder Theo Crosby. He joined Pentagram, his first joint practice, because it was not a typical
architectural office. It was filled with Graphic Design,
Product Design and Architecture in various combinations that expanded the horizon of a single-purpose practice.
JENNIFER M. CARPENTER
Truck Product Architecture, New York
Jennifer Carpenter is a partner at product + furniture design firm TRUCK Product Architecture and is director of retail architecture at Rogers Marvel Architects; her award-winning work at both firms has been widely recognized in national and international press. Recent projects include
contemporary children’s furniture collections and shops for the Plaza Hotel’s new retail venue. Phaidon’s highly regarded “& Fork” publication recognizes her as one of the most interesting product designers to emerge in the last five years. She has taught thesis studio in Parson’s I.D.
department and lectures at architecture and design schools and in public design forums. Jennifer earned her BA in Architecture at Yale and her M.Arch at Columbia’s Graduate School of Architecture, Planning & Preservation.
Jeremy A. Hill has a Bachelor in Architecture from Catholic University of America’s School of Architecture and
Planning, from 1999 to 2003. He worked for Cox Graae + Spack, Washington D.C., on a number of projects one of which was the Philips Collection Museum Renovations Addition. In 2003, he joined bulthaup kitchen architecture as a designer in the Washington, D.C. showroom and then transfered to bulthaup’s head office to take on the role of the design & product support manager for bulthaup Corporation. He is responsible for the concept and design of the bulthaup showrooms located in the US.
bulthaup has won numerous GOOD DESIGN Awards.
DOROTHY OTTOLIA
Department of Design
California State University, Long Beach
Professor Ottolia is a California-licensed architect and a principal of Ottolia & Barnes Architecture—an award winning architecture and interior design firm located in the South Bay. She has been practicing in the profession since 1984 and teaching at CSULB since 1999. Her
professional experience includes residential estates, historical renovations, international corporate
headquarters, financial institutions, restaurants, health and exercise facilities and exquisite hotel resorts in the United States and Asia. She is the internim chair of the Department of Design at California State University.
PAUL GONZALES
Yazdani Studio of Cannon Design,
Los Angeles
Paul Gonzales joined the Yazdani Studio of Cannon Design to serve as the Studio Design Manager. Paul brings
extensive experience in all phases of architectural practice and has executed large, architecturally significant projects nationally and internationally. A native of New Mexico, Paul worked in the world renowned studios of Antoine Predock and Pritzker prize winner Thom Mayne of Morphosis. His has the ability to add a disciplined process to challenging projects and initiatives make him an invaluable partner to inspired designers. Paul has been recognized as a strong leader and consensus builder with the ability to help guide clients and teams through all phases of complex projects.