- Brad Ascalon
Brad Ascalon, born in 1977, is an American
industrial design er who grew up in thePhiladelphia suburb ofCherry Hill Township, New Jersey . He earned a bachelor's degree atRutgers University , and received a Masters Degree in industrial design from New York'sPratt Institute . His early artistic and design influences included his grandfather, the Hungarian-bornArt Deco sculptor and industrial designerMaurice Ascalon , as well as his father, the American sculptor and stained glass artistDavid Ascalon , founder of |month=July-August|year=2005|pages=114 |accessdate=2008-10-06]His early design experience included work in the area of furniture and product design with the firm of
Karim Rashid , and packaging design for the cosmetics conglomerateL'Oreal . In 2005, the international design magazine "Wallpaper* " selected Ascalon as one the year's top-ten up-and-coming designers, citing the design of his his bent-plywood Tivola chair. [Lotozo, Eils. [http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=PI&s_site=philly&p_multi=PI&p_theme=realcities&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=10C3F699DB7242A8&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM "Designer-in-training on magazine's top 10"] , ", where he is the only American ever selected to design for the company.References
External links
[http://www.bradascalon.com Brad Ascalon's site]
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