Deck The Hall

Staff -- Interior Design, 1/1/2008 12:00:00 AM

In addition to the dinner, video presentations, and speeches customary at the annual Interior Design Hall of Fame gala, attendees packed the grand ballroom of New York's Waldorf-Astoria hotel to enjoy a montage of design icons celebrating the magazine's 75th-anniversary year.

1. Interior Design editor in chief Cindy Allen in multimedia glory.

2. The grand ballroom's black-tie denizens, all 1,432 of them.

3. Designer Ghislaine Viñas, Glenn Gissler, principal of his eponymous firm, and Hall of Fame member Laura Bohn.

4. Jon Otis, principal and creative director of Object, and his wife, Diane Barnes, Northwest regional manager of HBF.

5. Jayne and Joan Michaels of Michaels with their partners, Todd Pickard and Larry Weinberg.

6. Donghia/Bergamo Fabrics president and CEO Rosencrans Baldwin and designer Scott Salvator.

7. Josephine D'Aquino, mother of inductee Carl D'Aquino, holding the hat of her firefighter son, Victor D'Aquino.

8. Carl D'Aquino with his fellow inductee, Francine Monaco.

9. Wall-covering innovators Joyce and Maya Romanoff.

10. Gensler principals John Bricker and Dana Jenkins with managing principal Robin Klehr Avia.

11. Interface senior vice president Joyce LaValle and VOA Associates principal Nick Luzietti.

12. Former Interior Design editor in chief Stanley Abercrombie and architect Paul Vieyra.

13. Tru Design president and creative director Laura Kirar and KV Design's Kate Verner.

14. Hall of Famer Jamie Drake and Herman Miller A&D liaison Hilda Longinotti.

15. Centerpieces by Doro's Annex, Ekobe, and Nemo Tile Company.

16. Artist Michele Oka Doner with designers Emanuela Frattini Magnusson and Monica Castiglioni.

17. Hall of Famers Kitty Hawks and Clodagh with Allen.

18. Inductee Murray Moss entertaining the crowd.

19. Designer Dakota Jackson.

20. Designer Jeffrey Bernett and Interior Design publisher and vice president Mark Strauss.

21. The Hall of Fame's director, Regina Freedman.

22. Inductee Todd DeGarmo.

23. The class of 2007, namely D'Acquino and Monaco, DeGarmo, Ingo Maurer, and Moss.

24. Hall of Famers Michael Gabellini and Rysia Suchecka.

25. Maurer shedding some light on the subject.

26. Bonnie and John Edelman of Edelman Leather.