The Design Icon Award is an annual award from the

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Las Vegas and the Las Vegas Design Center to an interior or furniture designer who has made a large contribution to the industry. The recipients give a talk to the Las Vegas Market registered trade attendees. The award is given at a reception before the designer's presentation.

Recipients

*2011

Christopher Guy Harrison Christopher Guy Harrison (3 September 1960 – 19 August 2020) was a British luxury furniture designer. He was the founder and head designer of the international furnishings brand. Originally known for a wide range of decorative mirrors, the Chr ...

, a British luxury furniture designer *2010 Juan Montoya. a furniture designer. Much of his work is illustrated in the book, ''Juan Montoya''. He was named one of Architecture Digest's Top 100 *2009

Vicente Wolf Vicente Wolf is a Cuban-born American interior designer based in Manhattan. He is the head of Vicente Wolf Associates. He has designed hotels, private residences, and furniture. Biography Early life Vicente Wolf was born in Cuba and lived there unt ...

, an interior designer for the past 35 years. He has written two books, ''Lifting the Curtain on Design'' and ''Crossing Boundaries: A Global Vision of Design''. *2009 Roger Thomas, executive vice president design for Wynn Design and Development, known for his resdesign of the

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and

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resorts on the

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, and then later the

Bellagio Bellagio may refer to: * Bellagio, Lombardy, an Italian town * Bellagio (resort), a luxury resort and casino in Las Vegas * Bellagio (Hong Kong), a private housing building * Bellagio declaration, an intellectual copyright resolution * 79271 Bellag ...

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and Encore. *2008

Vladimir Kagan Vladimir Kagan (August 29, 1927 – April 7, 2016) was an American furniture designer. He was inducted in the Interior Designer Hall of Fame in 2009, 62 years after he started designing and producing furniture. His Midcentury modern furniture wi ...

. ''The New York Times'' called Kagan an "icon of modern furniture design." and the ''Wall Street Journal'' credited him as being one of the pioneers of modern-American design. *2008 Larry Laslo, an interior landscapes for decades. His interiors have been published among the pages of

Architectural Digest ''Architectural Digest'' is an American monthly magazine founded in 1920. Its principal subjects are interior design and landscaping, rather than pure external architecture. The magazine is published by Condé Nast, which also publishes internati ...

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, and elsewhere.

References

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External links

Las Vegas Market Design Center

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Design awards