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Vicente Wolf named Design Icon by Las Vegas WMC and Design Center

World Market Center Las Vegas and Las Vegas Design Center named Vicente Wolf this year’s Design Icon at a ceremony held Wednesday evening during the September Las Vegas Market.

The annual award honors design legends by giving them a platform from which to share their stories and inspire and educate other designers. Past recipients include Roger Thomas, Vladimir Kagan and Larry Laslo.

Wolf, who owns Vicente Wolf Associates Inc., spoke candidly to the audience during the Wednesday evening ceremony, sharing that as a young adult he had been fired from every single job he’d ever held, including fashion, acting, advertising and merchandising. "It gave me no choice but to work for myself," he said.

He spoke briefly about lessons learned, emphasizing the importance of keeping a sense of humor and candor in business dealings. One secret to his success is that he continues reinventing and reengineering his business, he said, and proved as such by announcing the launch of a new consulting venture for manufacturers and showrooms.

In addition to being named one of House Beautiful’s 10 most influential designers in the U.S. and one of Traditional Home’s 20 Icons of Design, Wolf has published two books: Learning to See (Artisan, 2002) and Crossing Boundaries: A Global Vision of Design (Monacelli Press, 2006).

“We at World Market Center Las Vegas, along with the Las Vegas Design Center commend Vicente Wolf for his talent and creativity—they are unparalleled in the design industry,” said Robert Maricich, WMC president and CEO. Maricich said Wolf is not only an impressive artist, he’s an impressive person. "It's great to see other talented designers here honoring a very talented designer who also happens to be a very fine human being," he said.

--posted by Susan Dickenson, Retail Editor, Home Accents Today

Learn more about Vicente by reading the biography on his Web site, or visit his blog at www.vicentewolfblog.com.

Posted by Staff on September 18, 2009 | Comments (0)