WESTWEEK Recap - Stars of Design Awards

A perennial highlight of the Pacific Design Center's WESTWEEK is Stars of Design, which this year included the addition of Stars on the Rise. Established over a decade ago at the PDC, the Stars of Design Awards recognize the contributions and achievements of professionals in various fields of design. Stars on the Rise calls attention to new talent and identifies them as ones to watch in the future. The evening was hosted by Charles Cohen, who presented the awards on behalf of the PDC and himself.





This year's honorees were:

Stars of Design:


Luc Leestemaker ART


Regina Rubino GRAPHIC DESIGN


Roger Davies PHOTOGRAPHY


Molly Wood URBAN DESIGN


Donna Livingston INTERIOR DESIGN


Neil M. Denari ARCHITECTURE


Waldo Fernandez LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT

Stars on the Rise:


Natasha Baradaran


Tracie Butler


Alexandra von Furstenberg

Wolfgang Puck's Red 7 was the venue for the by-invitation-only dinner for seventy attendees, who enjoyed a three-course dinner of salad, chicken and mushroom risotto and a Meyer lemon tart. A private viewing of "The Total Look: The Creative Collaboration Between Rudi Gernreich, Peggy Moffitt and William Claxton" at the MOCA Pacific Design Center served as the icing on the cake.


von Furstenberg and Fernandez



Livingston and Marc Appleton



John van Hamersveld, Alida Post and Fernandez



Butler and Jason Hoehn



Dinner at Red 7


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