Yum!: Thomas Schlesser, Philippe Starck among James Beard Award Finalists
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Yes, dear readers, there is a design angle to the James Beard Foundation Awards, the ultimate in foodie honors. Among the many prestigious—and possibly chocolate-filled—medallions doled out annually by the New York-based foundation are those for restaurant design (Tadao Ando won last year for Morimoto in New York City) and restaurant graphics (2008 saw Robert Louey Design take home the award for its work for Chicago restaurant Sepia).
This year, Thomas Schlesser of Design Bureaux (a finalist for both The Publican and Bar Boulud) will battle it out with Philippe Starck and friends (The Bazaar by José Andrés) in the restaurant design category, while JNL Graphic Design (also for The Publican, which really must be something to see), Korn Design (The Corner Office), and Steven Solomon (Terroir) are finalists for restaurant graphics. Winners of the 2009 James Beard Foundation Awards will be announced on May 4 at a Lincoln Center ceremony hoted by chef/mogul Emeril Lagasse, actor Stanley Tucci, and Iron Chef Cat Cora (full disclosure: Iron Chef gives us terrible nightmares). “Definitely gonna use the awards night to pimp our t-shirts,” noted Solomon on his blog. “I have a Howard Johnson’s-colored blue text on orange ‘Terroir T Shirts Still Only $19’ that I am gonna wear with a pink tuxedo.” Click “continued…” for more details on the restaurant design and graphics finalists.
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