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innovative use of use plastic laminate throughout, including laminated wall paneling, shower surrounds and the first known post-formed countertop edges. The Wilson House became the first vernacular mid-century modern structure ever awarded
National Landmark status when it was designated a significant architectural structure by the
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Jeffers works as a design consultant for several
American material manufacturers, including Wilsonart, a manufacturer of high pressure laminates, and MeadWestvaco, a packaging company. Her Lustralite® product line for MeadWestvaco (now Onyx Specialty Papers) has been in production for over a decade.
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Australian writer, historian, educator and artist based in New York. She pioneered and continues to lead an interdisciplinary and integrated approach to the study of materials. Her writings and lectures draw on 20th century art, design and cultural history, emphasizing the intelligent use of
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Interiors & Sources. She is currently writing a
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American Society of Industrial Designers (ASID), the Interior Design Continuing Education Council Inc. (IDCEC), the American Institute of Architects (AIA), and the National Exposition of Contract Furnishings (NeoCon). At NeoCon
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competition aims to foster the careers of emerging furniture designers in North
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Wilsonart-sponsored chair design class and student design competition, "Wilsonart Challenges." For the past 13 year she has been the creative director of the program, co-teaching each class, a final judge and a mentor to all the students who've entered. The annual
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She has always been an innovator in conservation and her solo restoration of The Ralph Sr. and Sunny Wilson House earned a
National Merit Award for Historic Preservation from the National Trust for the preservation in 1999. The house, completed in 1959, is distinguished by its extensive and
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In 1999 she created the "Millennium
Collection" of custom-designed laminates for Wilsonart. The collection featured the work of 22 artists, including ceramicist Jonathan Adler, furniture makers Lloyd Schwan and Nick Dine, industrial designer Karim Rasid, and illustrator Mark Todd.13
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2016, Jeffers’ lecture on Global Forestry 101 addressed the relationship between wood products and their forests of origin, identifying threatened and endangered wood species.
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