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Staff -- Interior Design, 1/1/2007 12:00:00 AM

Record highs

Interior Design's 22nd annual Hall of Fame trumped previous years with its record 1,500 in attendance. The crowd filled the grand ballroom of New York's Waldorf-Astoria for dinner, video presentations, and speeches made from a gleaming new podium—the work of Tsao & McKown, using panels from 3form.

Hall of Fame inductee Rand Elliott.
The Waldorf-Astoria's grand ballroom at capacity.
Hall of Famers Lee Mindel and Zack McKown with Parallel Design principal Ali Tayar.
Inductee Paul Siskin.
Designer Previews founder Karen Fisher and fellow Hall of Famer Jamie Drake.
Tru Design president and creative director Laura Kirar.
Hall of Famer Clive Wilkinson and Interior Design deputy editor Edie Cohen.
VOA Associates principal Nick Luzietti.
Interior Design editor in chief Cindy Allen, times two.
Karen Daroff, president of Daroff Design + DDI Architects.
Hall of Famers Clodagh and R. Scott Bromley.
Rocky LaFleur, contract and hospitality sales rep for Kneedler Fauchère.
Interface senior vice president Joyce LaValle and public-relations director Reva Revis.
Interior Design publisher and vice president Mark Strauss toasting the crowd.
Hall of Famers Eva Maddox and Rysia Suchecka.
Hall of Famer Orlando Diaz-Azcuy.
Inductee Sergio Palleroni.
Hall of Famer Calvin Tsao.
Inductee Gaetano Pesce.
Wynn Design and Development executive vice president Roger Thomas.
Inductee Annabelle Selldorf making her way to the stage.

Best and brightest

It was a day after the Hall of Fame—but the party wasn't over yet, as 800 design notables packed the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York for Interior Design's first annual Best of Year Awards. The BoYs toasted both project and product categories, as selected by editor in chief Cindy Allen with judges Arthur Casas, Pam Light, Nick Luzietti, and Ali Tayar. Winners walked away with a resin lightbulb resting on an oak block, a trophy designed by Harry Allen.

Interior Design publisher and vice president Mark Strauss and editor in chief Cindy Allen on a live feed in the Guggenheim's theater.
Interior Design Hall of Fame member Stephen Apking, winner of the gilded lightbulb for the innovation category, and DEGW director Daniel Gundrum.
Hall of Famers Glenn Pushelberg and George Yabu, merit winners, with textile designer Suzanne Tick and business partner Terry Mowers.
John Edelman of Edelman Leather, sponsor of the event and winner in the leather category.
Hall of Famer Richard Gluckman, whose firm was a merit winner.
Merit winners Adam Yarinsky, principal of Architecture Research Office, and James Slade, principal of Slade Architecture.
Hilda Longinotti, architecture and design liaison for Herman Miller, the winner for furniture system, and Studios Architecture principal Todd DeGarmo.
Interior Design market editor Karen D. Singh and merit winner Wolf-Gordon's design director, Kari Pei.
Silke Stadtmüller and Johnson Chou representing his namesake firm, winner for budget office.
Patrick O. de Louwere and Bart Eijking of Eijkingdelouwere, the winner for large office.
The museum atrium.
Jeffrey Bernett, who designed the B&B Italia chaise that won for guest seating, and Bonetti/Kozerski Studio's Enrico Bonetti.
Hall of Famer Michael Gabellini, winner for public space, and B&B Italia chairman Valerie Moran.
Jayne and Joan Michaels of 2Michaels.
Artist Malcolm Hill with designers Shamir Shah and Ghislaine Viñas.
Hall of Famers Gary Lee and Lauren Rottet, who were also merit winners.
Allen congratulating Hall of Famer Peter Marino on his win for large retail.
Hall of Famer Gisue Hariri and her husband, Bahman Kia.
Susan Sullivan, marketing director for Pollack, winner for both contract textile and residential sheer.
Strauss and architect David Ling demonstrating kayak techniques.
Donghia's Sherri Donghia accepting the award for residential upholstery fabric.
The museum exterior, undergoing restoration.
Paul Mathieu, who designed the winning residential dining chair.