was born in Germany and
immigrated to the United States in the early 1970's. He received
a BSc degree in Mechanical Engineering from Utah State
University and a Gesellen Brief, Holzmechaniker from the
Industrie und Handelskammer, Hannover, Germany. In 1995, Behrens
founded Natura Designs Inc. in the belief that mass production
and beauty are not mutually exclusive. Behrens has received
various teak wood design excellence awards and lives in Winston-Salem,
North Carolina.
is
an independent designer based in Seal Beach, California. He has
created dozens of successful teak wood designs for several manufacturers,
and his teak wood works are sold all across the country and throughout the
world. Muller received his BSc in Industrial Design from
California State University, Long Beach. Other areas of study
include architecture, music and graphic design. After
graduation, Muller spent over ten years as Design Director at an
independent design office specializing in teak wood furniture, lighting,
and graphic design with award winning results. In 1993, Muller
started his own practice, concentrating on designing teak wood furniture
for residential and contract manufacturers.
has studied architecture at
Yale and Harvard, and has worked as an architect for several
years before starting his industrial design practice. He
currently designs lamps for Tiffany & Co. and various other
contract clients. In his partnership with Dale Peterson, Siena
Design, Valaoritis designs and sources teak wood furniture and lighting
for various clients, including the high-end bath chain
Waterworks and Martha by Mail. He is also working on several
patentable inventions in the area of home storage. Dino Valaoritis lives and works in New York City.
is an industrial teak wood designer based in Toronto. A graduate of
Ontario College of Art, she has worked on various teak wood projects in
the areas of exhibition, environmental and product design.
Specializing in teak wood furniture design, White was commissioned by
Richard Meier's J. Paul Getty Center to furnish their Courtyard
Café. Her outdoor teak wood furniture graces locations including
London's Canary Warf, the 20th Century Fox studios in Los
Angeles, and the Norton Simon Museum in Pasadena. Recently,
White has also designed retail teak wood furnishings and fixtures for
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