BIOGRAPHIES
Kips Bay Decorator Show House American Society of Interior Designers, New York chapter, president, 1981; Center for Tapestry Arts, charter member; American Craft Council, member
Kips Bay Decorator Show House Interior Design Hall of Fame, 1986; American Society of Interior Designers, Designer of Distinction, 1989
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BERNSTEIN, MAURICE
BRICKE, RONALD
Cairo, Egypt; emigrated to United States, 1952 Parsons School of Design, 1957 CAREER HISTORY: Jansen (Paris), 1957–1958; Raymond Loewy, 1958–1959; Howard Perry Rothberg, 1959–1961; established own practice, 1961
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New York City Parsons School of Design, 1961 (winner, Parsons design competition) CAREER HISTORY: Burge-Donghia; established Ronald Bricke Associates, 1973 EXHIBITED: Kips Bay Decorator Show House RECOGNITION: American Society of Interior Designers, honorary member
BRADFIELD, GEOFFREY (ca. 1948–) South Africa, emigrated to U.S. in 1977 Selborne College (East London, Eastern Cape, South Africa) Served in South African Army CAREER HISTORY: established own firm in Johannesburg, South Africa; Melanie Kahane; McMillen Inc.; partner in Jay Spectre Inc., 1978; established Geoffrey Bradfield Inc., 1992 EXHIBITED: Kips Bay Decorator Show House ORGANIZATIONS: American Society of Interior Designers BORN:
BRITT, THOMAS (1935–) Kansas City, Missouri Parsons School of Design, 1958; New York University, BS 1959 CAREER HISTORY: Rose Cumming; John Gerald; established Thomas Britt Inc., 1964 EXHIBITED: Kips Bay Decorator Show House RECOGNITION: Interior Design, Hall of Fame, 1990; Architectural Digest, AD 100 BORN:
BROWN, ELEANOR MCMILLEN (1890–1991) BRAHMS, DORA (1897/98–1970) Dora Sonet, New York City Established Dora Brahms Inc., ca. 1930; assisted in decoration of the Oval Office of the White House and served on committee for White House decoration, 1950s–1960s RECOGNITION: American Society of Interior Designers, memorial award in her name for encouraging historic preservation BORN:
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Eleanor Stockstrom, St. Louis, Missouri New York School of Fine and Applied Art, 1920 CAREER HISTORY: Elsie Cobb Wilson, 1921–1924; McMillen Inc., 1924; sold firm to Betty Sherrill, Luis Rey, and Mary Louise Gertler, 1986 EXHIBITED: Kips Bay Decorator Show House RECOGNITION: Chevalier de la Légion d’honneur, 1952 BORN:
BROWN, EVERETT (d. 1996) BRAHMS, RONNIE (1920–2007) ACTIVE
1950s–1980s American Society of Interior Designers
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BRAMANTE, LEWIS (deceased)
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established own office, 1934; branches in New York and
San Francisco Color Association of the United States, founding member; American Society of Interior Designers, president RECOGNITION: American Society of Interior Designers, fellow, designer of distinction ORGANIZATIONS:
Active 1960s–1980s
BUATTA, MARIO (1935–) BRASWELL, JOSEPH (1929–2006) Sheffield, Alabama Birmingham-Southern College; Parsons School of Design, advertising design, 1950 CAREER HISTORY: partner, Braswell/Cook Associates, with Inman Cook, 1956–1966; Braswell & Associates, 1965–1972; Braswell/Willoughby, with Ward Willoughby, 1972–1989; Braswell & Associates, 1989 BORN:
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Staten Island, New York Wagner College; Pratt Institute; Cooper Union; Parsons School of Design, 1961 CAREER HISTORY: B. Altman & Co.; Elisabeth Draper; William Pahlmann; Irvine & Fleming; Mario Buatta Inc., 1963; redecorated Blair House, with Mark Hampton, 1980s EXHIBITED: Kips Bay Decorator Show House RECOGNITION: Interior Design Hall of Fame, 1985, charter inductee BORN: