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DAS' Team of instructors & Authors (in order in which they joined DAS)
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Manuel León Ponce / Founder
The late Manuel León Ponce was an Associate
Professor of Interior Design at Florida State
University. In 1994 and 1999 he was judged
one of Florida State University’s very
best professors and was recognized with the university’s prestigious Excellence
in Teaching award. He developed and conducted ten highly acclaimed
CEU courses for Florida designers and architects,
including 21 seminars held in Paris during
the summers of 1995 and 1996 (See an article
on his Italy seminars published in the Volume
5, No. 3 issue of Florida Design magazineand on his Paris seminars in the Volume 8,
No. 3 issue of the same magazine.One of his
projects, his own apartment in Paris, also
appeared in the March/April 1998 issue of
Southern Accents magazine.
Manuel León Ponce passed away on January
9, 2001 after a two-year battle against brain
cancer.
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Richard F.Geary III is president of Geary Design, an award winning interior and furniture design firm in Naples, Florida. Most recently Geary Design has won the ASID Design Excellence Award of South Florida for Best Residence Under 3500 Square Feet (1996) and Best Residence Over 3500 Square Feet (1977) and Best Product (1997). Almost 50% of each of the firm's projects contain furniture, hardware and lighting fixtures of Geary's design. He has taught History of Modern Furniture and Furniture Construction courses at the University of Florida and is a member of its Interior Design Curriculum Advisory Board.
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Joy Dorst is an award-winning designer specializing in garden restoration. She has worked on acquisition and restoration projects in California and Florida. Her most recent works include garden restoration for Florida communities such as DeFuniak Springs, the Plantations of St. George Island, and the cities of Tallahassee and Key West. As a professor of landscape design, she serves as chair for the certification of Florida landscape designers and chair of the international accreditation board for landscape design. She is the vice-chair of the Florida Landscape Designers Association, a member of the American Society of Landscape Architecture and the Royal Horticulture Society.
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Rebecca Brandon, ASID, is a principal and owner of Rebecca Cresse Brandon Interior Design. Rebecca has extensive hands-on experience in the field of textiles, including four years as the F. Schumacher & Co. fabric representative for North Florida, and previously as the Florida representative of Lacey-Champion Carpets, whose showroom she opened at DCOTA in 1990. She has over 15 years of design experience in various Florida and Atlanta firms. At the Atlanta School of Fashion and Design she specialized her course of studies in textiles and residential design. Rebecca has served as industry representative for the board of the North Florida Chapter of ASID and while at Schumacher she served on various committees including wall covering, fabric design and sampling. Design Arts Seminars is very proud to have this highly qualified textile specialist as one of its instructors. She is the first of a group of specialists who will join Manny Ponce in the next few years in continuing to provide high quality CEUs to the Florida design community.
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Joseph A. Rey Barreau, American Lighting Association’s Director
of Education, is also an award-winning professor
in the epartment of Interior Design, Merchandising
and Textiles at the University of Kentucky
in Lexington. Joseph is also a registered
architect, a certified energy auditor and
lighting consultant with experience overseeing
more than 850 projects as a lighting designer,
lighting consultant and/or principal architect
in both residential and commercial sectors.
He also directed lighting education programs
and operated a large lab for a showroom/electrical
distributor in Kentucky. In 1990 and 1991,
he received two outstanding teacher awards
from the University of kentucky.
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Fredo Valladares, president of Design Nuovo, Inc., is an allied member of the American Society
of Interior Designers (ASID) with extensive international background
including an architectural degree in
Venezuela,
set design in Germany and interior
design
in Italy. Fluent in five languages,
Fredo
has both residential and commercial
experience
worldwide. He is the winner of the
prestigious
ASID’s Signet Award, 1989 for residential
design and the 1996 Florida Style Competition
for furniture design. He recently received
the Designer Of The Year "Gilda
Award
2000" for residential design from
the
Interior Design Guild. Author of numerous
articles on interior design, he is
also the
host of the famous design TV show "Detalles"
broadcasted by MGM Latin America Networks
in fourteen Latin American countries
as well
as in Spain and Portugal. He is also
a member
of DCOTA's (Design Center Of The Americas, Fort Lauderdale,
Florida) designer on call program.
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Robert Cangelosi, Jr., AIA has been the president of Koch and Wilson
Architects since 1996. Over the years, Mr.
Cangelosi has worked on projects ranging
from new construction to pure restoration,
adaptative reuse, as well as renovations
of residential and commercial structures.
His extensive knowledge of historic structures
has led to commissions for architectural
inventories. Mr. Cangelosi serves on the
board of several organizations and is co-editor
of the two latest books in the acclaimed
New Orleans Architecture series published
by the Friends of the Cabildo, Mr. Cangelosi
also lectures frequently on local architectural
history and has taught New Orleans architecture
at Tulane University for over a decade. An
award winning architect, Mr. Cangelosi was
also featured in “Model Citizens” in New
Orleans Magazine and appeared in “The Great
American Porch” and “Dream Drives” for Home
& Garden Television. This year Mr. Cangelosi
was honored with the Harnett T. Kane Award
of the Louisiana Landmarks Society, and was
named year 2000 Role Model by the Young Leadership
Council.
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Connie Dyar is an Assistant Professor of Interior Design and Program Coordinator at
Illinois State University. She was appointed Program Coordinator in 1996
where she reviewed and revised the Interior and Environmental Design program
for it's first FIDER process and site visit. She has a Masters Degree in
Housing and Environmental Design, and has worked in residential and commercial
design for the past 15 years. She is affiliated with many professional
organizations: American Society of Interior Designers, National Fire Protection
Association, International Interior Design Association, Interior Design
Educators Council, and the Illinois Interior Design Coalition. Professional
affiliations include Chair of the ASID Central Illinois Association, Board
Member of the Illinois Chapter ASID Nominating Committee and Vice President
of the Illinois Interior Design Coalition. Through the IIDC she has devoted
many hours to the legislative activities that protect the professional
practice of interior design. Her work related to building codes and standards
has been presented at National Fire Protection Association International
meetings and published in Fire Technology and Journal of Architectural
and Planning Research.
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Asha Hegde, an educator and researcher, has devoted her past 15 years teaching and
researching lighting in interior environments. Asha has a BS in Interior
Design From Florida State University, and a MS and a Ph.D. in Interior
Design with an emphasis in Lighting, from Oklahoma State University. She
has over 25 refereed publications and presentations in the field of light
and color. Currently, she is an adjunct faculty of Interior Design and
Lighting Design at South West Texas State University. Asha, also plays
a vital role in educating Architects, Interior Designers and other related
lighting professionals through her role as the Educational Chair of the
Southwest Region, and as an instructor in the Texas Capitol Section of
the Illuminating Engineering Society of North America.
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Marilyn Morgan - a professional member of ASID since 1990 and the president of Marilyn
Morgan, ASID since 1997 - is an award-winning interior designer whose work
has been featured in national and local publications. She holds a master's
degree from the Graduate School of Architecture, Preservation and Planning,
Columbia University. Adjunct professor of interior design and decorative
arts at the Ringling School of Art and Design (Sarasota, Florida), Marilyn
also writes and lectures on interior design and architecture-related topics
as well as she currently serves on the Sarasota County Historic Preservation
Commission.
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