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Recent reasons for cartwheeling:
  • Top Forty U.S. Designers, I.D. Magazine, 2006
  • Artist's Grant winner, Burning Man 2006
  • Emerging Designer Finalist, RISD/Surface Magazine, 2005
  • 25 Most Intriguing Persons, Santa Barbara Magazine, 2003
  • First Place, International Design Resource Awards, 2002
  • Featured articles in Washington Post, Wall Street Journal, Metropolis, Boston Globe, Christian Science Monitor, I.D. Magazine, and others.
 
 
 
 
 
I´ve been living in La Paz, Bolivia with my family since November 2004, after I sold most of my stuff and moved out of Santa Barbara, California.
 
It´s been good. I work with Aid to Artisans, a non-profit group which provides design and marketing expertise to artisans around the world. (www.aidtoartisans.org)
 
I maintain my original business in the States called Ukao Grass Furniture. (www.ukao.com)
 
And I´m really excited about a current project taking place in Lake Titicaca, Bolivia... where I work with an indigenous Aymaran family to create pieces which will be exhibited in NYC in spring 2007. (www.minakawa.com)