Left to right: David Mohney, Lindy Roy, Michael Bierut, Els van der Plas, Clifford Curry, Chee Pearlman, Ravi Naidoo. Image by Keith StoneEls van der Plas is an Art Historian. In 1987, van der Plas, Born in the Dutch town of Leiden, founded the Gate Foundation, an international organization that promotes intercultural exchange in contemporary art. In 1997 she became the first Director of the newly established Prince Claus Fund for Culture and Development. Together with the Board of Advisors and the honorary Chairman, Prince Claus of The Netherlands, she determined the direction and scope of the Foundation. Van der Plas also writes and edits for various publications, lectures, curates exhibitions, serves on several boards and continues to direct the many operations of the Fund. Prince Claus Fund
Lindy Roy, of Cape Town, South Africa, received a B.Arch from the University of Cape Town in 1985 and M.Arch from Columbia University in 1990. After graduation she worked in the office of Peter Eisenman, then taught at Princeton University, Rice University, Columbia University and The Cooper Union. In 2000 she founded ROY Co. in New York. Roy’s major projects include the headquarters for Vitra USA, Andre Balazs’s Hotel QT, L’Oreal’s Living Labs, an extreme heli-ski hotel in Alaska, the Okavango Delta Spa in Botswana, the Poolhouse in Sagaponac, and High Line 519, an 11-story condo building in Manhattan, currently under construction. Roy Design
Michael Bierut studied graphic design at the University of Cincinnati’s College of Design, Architecture, Art and Planning, graduating summa cum laude in 1980. Prior to joining Pentagram in 1990 as a partner in the firm’s New York office, he worked for ten years at Vignelli Associates, ultimately as vice president of graphic design. Pentagram
Ravi Naidoo - founder and managing director of Interactive Africa, a Cape Town based media and marketing company, completed his MBA degree at University of Cape Town in 1994. He holds a B.Sc. (Hons) degree in Physiology from UCT. Naidoo is possibly best known for establishing Design Indaba, which has become recognized as one of the world’s leading international design institutions through its flagship conference and expo held annually in Cape Town. He also sits on the jury of the Index Awards in Copenhagen, and is a member of the jury of the Dutch Design Awards. Design in Daba, Interactive Africa
Clifford Curry is an Oregon-based architect who worked with developer William Colson to pioneer modern-day retirement facilities as affordable and livable communities. Curry is a 1970 alumnus of the University of Kentucky’s College of Architecture (now the UK College of Design). He is a co-founder of the Curry Stone Foundation, which makes grants to innovators working for public vitality. Curry Architecture
Jury Associates:
David Mohney is the former Curry Stone Design Prize Secretary.
Chee Pearlman, Curry Stone Design Prize Advisor and Principal of Chee Company, presided over the deliberations. Chee Company
Jury Assistants:
University of Kentucky undergraduate student research assistants:
Amy Westermeyer, Chris Winnike, Hendy L Bloch, John Mason, Keith Stone, Teddi Hibberd, and Tony Bays.
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