The Green Design Summit 2009 presents “Behind The Scenes with Green Design Girl Mariela Campo.” Please click the above player to hear my interview for the Green Design Summit, recorded live via a Toronto/Denver webcast on June 24th, 2009.
I was thrilled to participate in this interview, as there are several well respected and high profile green experts taking part in the summit, including Planet Green’s Ed Begley Jr. [Living With Ed] and Graham Hill [Treehugger.com Founder]. See my previous post on the Green Design Summit for a list of featured experts.
The webcast was a fabulous experience, professionally interviewed by Green Design Summit’s Gail Doby, expertly organized by Gail and her GDS partner Erin Weir, and followed by some great live questions from our global audience. I’ve been feeling the Twitter, Facebook + e.mail love ever since. The interest in green design is indeed growing and I’m finding it all very inspiring. This summit is a fantastic idea and well overdue. Designers Gail and Erin are working hard to make it a success and I have no doubt that it will be, given their passion and the number of amazing speakers that were quick to sign on.
Topics covered in my 1hr + 15min interview include:
- my start in interior, set and green design
- my previous career as a Music Publicist + Radio/Club DJ
- living, working + studying in NYC [Parsons School Of Design]
- my work at HGTV, TLC and BBC Television
- my first on-the-job TV production training with popular Designer Doug Wilson of Trading Spaces
- my experience as a finalist on HGTV’s Designer Superstar Challenge
- how, when + why this design girl went green
- issues + challenges in sustainable design
- my current fave green design companies
- …and plenty more heaps o’ green design goodness
![The Green Design Summit presents “Behind The Scenes with Green Design Girl Mariela Campo.”
:: Wed. June 24th @ 11am EST ::
Sign up for the free webcast interview here by filling out the “contact info” section.
The Green Design Summit is a virtual 2 day event on June 29 & 30, 2009. You’ll hear from the following all-star line-up of 13 Green Design experts and best-selling authors…
Ed Begley, Jr. - Environmental Activist, Actor and star of Planet Green’s Living with Ed - “Living Green With Ed”
Graham Hill - Founder of TreeHugger.com & Vice President of Interactive Media, Planet Green - “Greenovate”
Penny Bonda - “Mother of Green Interiors” - “The New LEED Requirements - What You Need to Know”
Leslie Carothers - The Kaleidoscope Partnership - “How To Specify Green Furnishings”
Bob Dixson - Mayor of Greensurg, Kansas - “The Story of Greensburg and How Miracles Can Come From Devastation”
Joshua Foss, LEED AP - Host of Get Green and Blueprint Green - ”Building Your Practice With Sustainable Design”
Lisa Foster - Founder of 1 Bag At A Time - “What Is Your Carbon Footprint and What Can You Do to Reduce It?”
Tom Hamilton - Senior Product Marketing Manager for Philips Color Kinetics - “Designing Energy Efficient Lighting & Maintaining Aesthetics”
Libby Langdon - HGTV Star of Small Space, Big Style, Author of Design In Small Spaces - “Visually Trick the Eye - Libby Langdon’s Ideas for Living Large in a Small Space.”
Michael Port - Top-selling Author & Business Coach -“The Think Big Manifesto - Think you can’t change your life (and the world)? Think again.”
Sarah Susanka - Best-Selling Author of Eight Books, Architect & Certified Interior Designer - “not so big remodeling”
Cassie Walker - Author of The Green Office Handbook and Founder of The Sustainable Office - “How To Green Your Office”
Robin Wilson - New York Interior and Product Designer - “Eco-friendly Design From The Foundation To The Furniture”
I’m truly excited to be a part of this amazing summit, totally dedicated to green design. Please tune in tmrw morning [Wed. June 24th @ 11am EST] for my free webcast interview, which will act as a preview to the end of month two day event. I’ll be discussing everything from working in TV set design and my experience on HGTV’s Designer Superstar Challenge, to the current issues in sustainable design and the green design companies that I think are producing exciting products for the modern home.
::UPDATE:: If you missed the live webcast [which was fun and a great success!], please visit this post for an audio recording of the full 1hr + 15 min interview, which included a live audience Q+A.](http://13.media.tumblr.com/JEVcJTTe6p2l77y56mlE4uhzo1_500.jpg)
The Green Design Summit presents “Behind The Scenes with Green Design Girl Mariela Campo.”
:: Wed. June 24th @ 11am EST ::
Sign up for the free webcast interview here by filling out the “contact info” section.
The Green Design Summit is a virtual 2 day event on June 29 & 30, 2009. You’ll hear from the following all-star line-up of 13 Green Design experts and best-selling authors…
- Ed Begley, Jr. - Environmental Activist, Actor and star of Planet Green’s Living with Ed - “Living Green With Ed”
- Graham Hill - Founder of TreeHugger.com & Vice President of Interactive Media, Planet Green - “Greenovate”
- Penny Bonda - “Mother of Green Interiors” - “The New LEED Requirements - What You Need to Know”
- Leslie Carothers - The Kaleidoscope Partnership - “How To Specify Green Furnishings”
- Bob Dixson - Mayor of Greensurg, Kansas - “The Story of Greensburg and How Miracles Can Come From Devastation”
- Joshua Foss, LEED AP - Host of Get Green and Blueprint Green - ”Building Your Practice With Sustainable Design”
- Lisa Foster - Founder of 1 Bag At A Time - “What Is Your Carbon Footprint and What Can You Do to Reduce It?”
- Tom Hamilton - Senior Product Marketing Manager for Philips Color Kinetics - “Designing Energy Efficient Lighting & Maintaining Aesthetics”
- Libby Langdon - HGTV Star of Small Space, Big Style, Author of Design In Small Spaces - “Visually Trick the Eye - Libby Langdon’s Ideas for Living Large in a Small Space.”
- Michael Port - Top-selling Author & Business Coach -“The Think Big Manifesto - Think you can’t change your life (and the world)? Think again.”
- Sarah Susanka - Best-Selling Author of Eight Books, Architect & Certified Interior Designer - “not so big remodeling”
- Cassie Walker - Author of The Green Office Handbook and Founder of The Sustainable Office - “How To Green Your Office”
- Robin Wilson - New York Interior and Product Designer - “Eco-friendly Design From The Foundation To The Furniture”
I’m truly excited to be a part of this amazing summit, totally dedicated to green design. Please tune in tmrw morning [Wed. June 24th @ 11am EST] for my free webcast interview, which will act as a preview to the end of month two day event. I’ll be discussing everything from working in TV set design and my experience on HGTV’s Designer Superstar Challenge, to the current issues in sustainable design and the green design companies that I think are producing exciting products for the modern home.
::UPDATE:: If you missed the live webcast [which was fun and a great success!], please visit this post for an audio recording of the full 1hr + 15 min interview, which included a live audience Q+A.
![Play by Wendy Walgate
The quirky and colourful creations of Toronto ceramic artist Wendy Walgate were one of the new discoveries that caught my eye at this year’s Interior Design Show.
The aptly named Play consists of white earthenware [slipcast and glazed], sitting on top of a vintage toy drum. Walgate explains that her finished collections are built within objects that “reference lost, abandoned and imagined ‘play’ sessions and memories.”
So what’s green about her creations? Walgate, who has been working with clay for over 25 years, incorporates “heavily used objects, comprised of discarded and abandoned toys from the 1950’s, such as rusty strollers, carriages, wagons” and more. Her site has some fantastic examples of her work in a variety of colour palettes, ranging from the monochromatic to the circus like.
If you’re in Toronto in July, you can check out more of Wendy Walgate’s playful sculptures in person at the Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition.
The 2009 edition of the massive and prolific Interior Design Show was probably the best I’ve ever attended, thanks to an increase in green and Canadian design offerings and the expert publicity and organization of the brilliant team at Faulhaber Public Relations. I’m sure that they’re already busy gearing up for the 2010 show and I’m indeed looking forward to it.
::more Walgate posts::](http://2.media.tumblr.com/JEVcJTTe6obnu405PKrsB3TBo1_r1_500.jpg)
The quirky and colourful creations of Toronto ceramic artist Wendy Walgate were one of the new discoveries that caught my eye at this year’s Interior Design Show.
The aptly named Play consists of white earthenware [slipcast and glazed], sitting on top of a vintage toy drum. Walgate explains that her finished collections are built within objects that “reference lost, abandoned and imagined ‘play’ sessions and memories.”
So what’s green about her creations? Walgate, who has been working with clay for over 25 years, incorporates “heavily used objects, comprised of discarded and abandoned toys from the 1950’s, such as rusty strollers, carriages, wagons” and more. Her site has some fantastic examples of her work in a variety of colour palettes, ranging from the monochromatic to the circus like.
If you’re in Toronto in July, you can check out more of Wendy Walgate’s playful sculptures in person at the Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition.
The 2009 edition of the massive and prolific Interior Design Show was probably the best I’ve ever attended, thanks to an increase in green and Canadian design offerings and the expert publicity and organization of the brilliant team at Faulhaber Public Relations. I’m sure that they’re already busy gearing up for the 2010 show and I’m indeed looking forward to it.
Life is a Red Rebus Stroller by Wendy Walgate.
Probably one of her most playful pieces yet, Walgate uses a vintage metal stroller as the foundation for this vibrant work of art. I also came across this great photo of the Toronto ceramic artist in her studio, surrounded by her eye popping creations.
Photo :: confetti*snowstorm
I Am Not Greedy by Wendy Walgate.
The colour palette may be subdued and the theme may appear whimsical, but this is definitely a sculpture with a statement. Walgate, who recycles discarded objects and features them prominently in her creations, started with a vintage cup bearing the slogan “I am not greedy, but I want enough.”
Walgate believes that the cup’s statement is “incredibly apt for these times and particularly the need to have enough meat on our plates. The centre of all our meals - the meat. How about everything else we can eat that doesn’t involve confinement, torture and killing? How about being creative with our food and using all those fresh, brilliantly coloured foods that don’t involve death?” The artist further encourages us to “Go vegetarian and try hard for vegan. It’s the inevitable way of the future.”
Photo :: confetti*snowstorm
Trojan Horses by Toronto ceramic artist Wendy Walgate.
A real colour contrast to Walgate’s Play, Trojan Horses began with a pair of 1950’s discarded ceramic horse containers, which could have been used as bookends or planters in their day.
The artist explains: “I framed the piece with the black ceramic horses on the bottom and a large ‘Clydesdale’ horse on the top - with a golden pig on his back. When it was finished it seemed as if the contents of the horse bookends were spilling upward, similar to the surprise of the contents of the famous Trojan Horse.”
