INDUSTRY NEWS Theaster Gates Among the Provocative Speakers at Contract Design Forum Speakers at Contract Design Forum included Evelyn Lee (1), Mark Gilbreath (4), and Theaster Gates (10, pictured with IIDA Executive Vice President and CEO Cheryl Durst). The scene at Forum included (left to right in 2) Anthony Simon of IA Interior Architects, Lance Amato of Vocon, Dina Griffin of Interactive Design Architects, Denise Rush of Boston Architectural College, Mary Bledsoe of Gensler, and Bill Lyons of Room & Board; Griffin (3) in front of a piece of art at the Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego in La Jolla; Amato and Mark Gardner of Jaklitsch/Gardner Architects (5); Contract Editor in Chief John Czarnecki with Megan Chusid of MetLife (6); Charlie Klecha and Anna Habig of dPOP Design with Jeanette Peruchini of Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (7); Preston Knapp of Newell Rubbermaid and Scott Hierlinger of NELSON (8); a crowd of leading architects and design professionals listen to Gates (9); Todd van der Kruik and Sherry Dreger of Bentley (11); and Lauren Rottet of Rottet Studio (12). 1 2 4 5 6 7 3 14 contractdesign.com DECEM BER 2016http://www.contractdesign.com