Ten to Watch

The accomplishments of these designers, architects, curators and entrepreneurs are already substantial. Now Art+Auction has turned its eye to the big things they have in store for 2008—and beyond.

Dream Team: Patrik Fredrikson and Ian Stallard
In their short careers, Patrik Fredrikson and Ian Stallard have created furniture and decorative objects that have been snapped up by style arbiters and art world cognoscenti alike.

The Shape of Things to Come: Wendell Castle
Wendell Castle has been reinventing himself for the past four decades, and his latest incarnation seems destined to be his most illustrious.

New Blood: Zoë Ryan
Zoë Ryan may hold the title of curator at the Art Institute of Chicago, but she’s also a translator of sorts, helping make serious design meaningful to the public.

Net-Setter: Michael Bruno
In 2001, Michael Bruno launched 1stdibs.com, a commercial Web site that he hoped would open up the Paris antiques market to buyers worldwide.

A Good Scout: Jerry Helling
Jerry Helling has a soft spot for young designers, so in 2006, the 47-year-old creative director of North Carolina–based Bernhardt Design started ICFF Studio, a nationwide competition for up-and-coming designers.

Outta Sight: Issey Miyake
Issey Miyake’s clothes have always had an unusual amount of design in their design.

Letters Perfect: Pearl Lam
First Pearl Lam bridged the East-West divide. Now she’s connecting the seemingly impractical to the beguilingly functional in furniture that makes you think.

Piecing it Together: Bart Bettencourt and Carlos Salgado
Brooklyn designers Carlos Salgado and Bart Bettencourt built their furniture firm, Scrapile, by scavenging for scraps of wood and combining them to make ecofriendly tables.

Agent Provocateur: Michele Caniato
Who knew that designers, like Hollywood starlets and NFL players, required agents? Back in 2001, Michele Caniato did.

Two for the Road: Ben van Berkel and Caroline Bos
The husband-and-wife team of Ben van Berkel and Caroline Bos has been transforming theoretical concepts into functioning buildings since they started Van Berkel + Bos—now unStudio—in 1988.

"Ten to Watch" originally appeared in the April 2008 issue of Art+Auction. For a complete list of articles from this issue available on ARTINFO, see Art+Auction's April 2008 Table of Contents.