R&R and R&D

Staff -- Interior Design, 8/1/2007 12:00:00 AM

Upwardly mobile appliance giant Electrolux called on Interior Design editor in chief Cindy Allen to facilitate a dialogue with designers. Of course, this had to occur at a spa: Canyon Ranch in Lenox, Massachusetts. To kick off the two-day event, everyone gathered for a dinner party just up the road at the Wheatleigh hotel, renovated by Tsao & McKown Architects.

1. The 1897 Bellefontaine mansion at Canyon Ranch.

2. The opening-night dinner at the Wheatleigh.

3. Interior Design Hall of Fame members Paul Siskin and Kitty Hawks toasting each other on a veranda at the Wheatleigh.

4. Interior Design Hall of Famer Calvin Tsao.

5. D.B. Kim, vice president of design for Sheraton Hotels & Resorts, and Interior Design Hall of Famer Lauren Rottet.

6. The lamp shade that mysteriously landed on Interior Design editor in chief Cindy Allen's head.

7. Weber Shandwick account director Annemarie Savage, architect David Ling, and designer Ghislaine Viñas.

8. The most devoted sisters, Joan and Jayne Michaels of 2Michaels.

9. Meeting and greeting in the library at Canyon Ranch.

10. Interior Design Hall of Famer Laura Bohn in a huddle with Allen.

11. Frank Downing, director of product and design for Electrolux, and Interior Design sales representative Karen Thomas.

12. Interior Design publisher and vice president Mark Strauss, Electrolux vice president of brand marketing MaryKay Kopf and national marketing manager of design and build professionals Sharon White, and Diane Downing.