`designers.json`

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{
  "_meta": {
    "source": "https://koroseal.com/inspiration/designers",
    "note": "Koroseal featured-designer roster. Portraits verified live (200 + image). Bios condensed from Koroseal copy for DW collection-page use. in_dw_store=true means a live vendor:Koroseal product set exists on the DW Shopify store.",
    "ticket": "TK-10037"
  },
  "designers": [
    {
      "name": "Sarah Rowland", "type": "person", "in_dw_store": true, "block_applied": true,
      "role": "Wallcovering & Textile Designer", "location": "Richmond, Virginia",
      "bio": "Sarah Rowland creates hand-drawn, bespoke patterns from her home studio along the James River. After 20 years in graphic design and study at the Royal College of Art, nature became her guide, mentor, and muse. Her 2022 Koroseal patterns were nominated by Interior Design Magazine in the Contract Wallcovering category.",
      "portrait_koroseal": "https://koroseal.com/getattachment/redefine-design/2024-June/Meet-the-Creator-Sarah-Rowland/BLOG-BODY-IMAGE-PORTRAIT.png",
      "portrait_selfhosted": "https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0015/4117/7456/t/182/assets/designer-sarah-rowland.png",
      "page": "https://koroseal.com/Inspiration/Designers/Sarah-Rowland"
    },
    {
      "name": "Clodagh", "type": "person", "in_dw_store": false,
      "role": "Founder, Clodagh Design", "location": "New York City",
      "bio": "Clodagh leads an award-winning multi-discipline studio working across 24+ countries, known for feng shui, biophilia, wabi-sabi, and chromatherapy. Her Koroseal Digital Lab designs translate personal travel photography into life-enhancing, wellness-focused wallcoverings.",
      "portrait_koroseal": "https://koroseal.com/getmedia/cc0732e6-27fc-49f8-947d-e746a6e43620/clodagh-bio.jpg",
      "page": "https://koroseal.com/Inspiration/Designers/Clodagh"
    },
    {
      "name": "Roger Thomas", "type": "person", "in_dw_store": false,
      "role": "Founder, The Roger Thomas Collection", "location": "Las Vegas, Nevada",
      "bio": "One of the world's most influential interior designers, Roger Thomas shaped Wynn Hotels & Resorts' iconic interiors and founded The Roger Thomas Collection. His work reinvents classical forms with opulent materials and vibrant color; Interior Design named his Scorpio sconce a 2019 Best of Year.",
      "portrait_koroseal": "https://koroseal.com/getmedia/5af4ef81-86b2-468e-a8af-d288665ccaf9/ROGER-THOMAS-HEADSHOT.png",
      "page": "https://koroseal.com/Inspiration/Designers/Roger-Thomas"
    },
    {
      "name": "Chris Collacott", "type": "person", "in_dw_store": false,
      "role": "Panoramic Landscape Photographer", "location": "Vancouver, BC, Canada",
      "bio": "Chris Collacott stitches dozens of ultra-high-resolution frames into billion-pixel panoramas of cityscapes and wilderness. With 50+ international awards and a Master in Fine Art, his imagery brings breathtaking depth to large-scale wallcoverings.",
      "portrait_koroseal": "https://koroseal.com/getmedia/23fdea8d-d86c-499f-b13d-34887d62928f/Chris-Collacott.jpg",
      "page": "https://koroseal.com/Inspiration/Designers/Chris-Collacott"
    },
    {
      "name": "Kurt Johnson", "type": "person", "in_dw_store": false,
      "role": "Nature Photographer", "location": "United States",
      "bio": "Kurt Johnson is a photographer of healing nature images, documenting botanical and landscape scenes for major healthcare systems including Mayo Clinic and Kaiser Permanente. His biophilic imagery turns sterile environments into restorative, wellness-focused spaces.",
      "portrait_koroseal": "https://koroseal.com/getmedia/2e90966d-6a92-43de-bbfe-fb124ac022a0/thumbnail_kurt-johnson-sm.jpg",
      "page": "https://koroseal.com/Inspiration/Designers/Kurt-Johnson"
    },
    {
      "name": "Mandy Budan", "type": "person", "in_dw_store": false,
      "role": "Landscape Artist", "location": "Canada",
      "bio": "Award-winning artist Mandy Budan paints abstract impressionist landscapes that read as realistic from afar and dissolve into intertwined abstract shapes up close. This dual near-and-far reading gives her wallcovering designs a distinctive shape-and-color interplay.",
      "portrait_koroseal": "https://koroseal.com/getmedia/b5961500-fbb2-4e92-a626-ba41e7697694/budan-bio-pic-2024.jpg",
      "page": "https://koroseal.com/Inspiration/Designers/Mandy-Budan"
    },
    {
      "name": "Patty Madden", "type": "person", "in_dw_store": false,
      "role": "Designer & Fine Artist", "location": "",
      "bio": "Shaped by early exposure to couture and trained at Parsons School of Design, Patty Madden merges digital technology with geometric design. She uses light and shadow to evoke delicate weaves, architectural trusses, and lace-like structures that shift across the wall.",
      "portrait_koroseal": "https://koroseal.com/getmedia/604df33d-2b04-49a9-96cb-94276d51ecc5/Patty-waist-up-headshot-2.jpg",
      "page": "https://koroseal.com/Inspiration/Designers/Patty-Madden"
    },
    {
      "name": "Sondra Alexander", "type": "person", "in_dw_store": false,
      "role": "Wallcovering Designer", "location": "San Francisco, California",
      "bio": "Internationally acclaimed for handmade wallcovering masterpieces in paper and fabric, Sondra Alexander works on sixty-foot tables using stone, sand, metal, and plaster. Inspired by the weathered patinas of ancient buildings, her designs carry intense depth, luminosity, and architectural styling.",
      "portrait_koroseal": "https://koroseal.com/getmedia/267d930d-7e40-433e-ba81-e2bf6561416d/sondra.jpg",
      "page": "https://koroseal.com/Inspiration/Designers/Sondra-Alexander"
    },
    {
      "name": "Stacy Garcia", "type": "person", "in_dw_store": false,
      "role": "Founder, Stacy Garcia Design Studio & LebaTex", "location": "New York",
      "bio": "Serial entrepreneur Stacy Garcia founded commercial-textile supplier LebaTex and her eponymous product-design and licensing studio. Her internationally recognized collections span resorts, hotels, and homes worldwide.",
      "portrait_koroseal": "https://koroseal.com/getmedia/c033aac4-5cbd-4715-815b-35a3f0d38e2e/SGNY-2025-3.jpg",
      "portrait_note": "Koroseal page shows a brand asset, not a personal headshot — source a real portrait (LinkedIn/press) if a headshot is required.",
      "page": "https://koroseal.com/Inspiration/Designers/Stacy-Garcia-New-York"
    },
    {
      "name": "Republic of II BY IV", "type": "studio", "in_dw_store": false,
      "role": "Product Design Studio", "location": "Toronto, Canada",
      "bio": "Founded in 2012 by the owners of II BY IV DESIGN, Republic of II by IV brings innovative, timeless design and thoughtful detail across furniture, lighting, wallcoverings, fabrics, and carpets.",
      "portrait_koroseal": "https://koroseal.com/getmedia/a9debf6d-69b6-4c85-bd57-a2bbed7e4dc4/Dan_Keith_Headshot_Left.jpg",
      "page": "https://koroseal.com/Inspiration/Designers/II-BY-IV-DESIGN"
    },
    {
      "name": "Evans and Brown", "type": "studio", "in_dw_store": false,
      "role": "Mural & Decorative Painting Atelier", "location": "San Francisco, California",
      "bio": "Mark Evans and Charley Brown lead a renowned mural and decorative-painting atelier whose work graces the Wynn, Stanford, Disney, and Skywalker Ranch. For nearly two decades they've designed groundbreaking wallcoverings for Koroseal's Designer collection.",
      "portrait_koroseal": "https://koroseal.com/getmedia/d7e3970f-dee4-49ca-ac62-961ecfed86b3/evansbrown.jpg",
      "page": "https://koroseal.com/Inspiration/Designers/Evans-and-Brown"
    },
    {
      "name": "Arte", "type": "brand", "in_dw_store": false,
      "role": "Wallcovering House", "location": "Belgium",
      "bio": "Family-owned since 1981, Arte designs and manufactures sophisticated wallcoverings sold in 80+ countries. Its in-house team spends over a year developing each trendsetting collection.",
      "portrait_koroseal": "https://koroseal.com/getmedia/a825f71c-8c59-4f7c-80c0-2ac3e09ecabb/Arte.jpg",
      "page": "https://koroseal.com/Inspiration/Designers/Arte"
    },
    {
      "name": "The Alpha Workshops", "type": "studio", "in_dw_store": false,
      "role": "Decorative-Arts Nonprofit Studio", "location": "New York",
      "bio": "Founded in 1995, The Alpha Workshops is the nation's only nonprofit providing decorative-arts training and employment to creative people with disabilities — melding Bauhaus and Arts & Crafts craftsmanship with social purpose.",
      "portrait_koroseal": "https://koroseal.com/getmedia/31cb6b87-6573-4002-80db-1abed53a06b2/alphaworkshops2.jpg",
      "page": "https://koroseal.com/Inspiration/Designers/Alpha-Workshops"
    }
  ]
}