Marcelo Peña is a South American Designer of European background who was inspired by his father's techniques and dared to innovate with contemporary designs, bringing new life to the objects of his dreams.  His inspiration comes from the classic streamline designs from the Art Deco to Mid-Century Modern periods.   Inspired by movies such as Captain Nemo and Batman he's created wonderful renditions of these classic and much desired items.

The String® System was designed in 1949. Over the last 60 years it has evolved from being a ground-breaking concept to becoming one of the most loved pieces of classic Scandinavian design, being a favorite of both designers and architects.

Joyce McAdams was born in Massachusetts and studied at the Rhode Island School of Design. Since 1971 she has exhibited her paintings throughout the country. Her work has been featured at the National Gallery of American Art in Washington, the Guggenheim Museum of Art and shops and galleries in Boston, Washington, NewYork, Atlanta, Santa Fe and New Oleans and many other major cities. Her work is an intricate mosaic of images. It appeals to many levels of consciousness, is literate, often humorous and touches deeply rooted mythical elements in our lives.

Andre Masson was born in Balagny-sur-Thérain, France, on January 4th, 1896.  He began his study of art at the age of eleven in Brussels and later he studied in Paris. His early works display an interest in cubism.

Alessandro Mastro-Valerio was born in Italy, was educated at the Salvador Rosa Institute in Naples, Italy (1906-1912), and came to the U.S. in 1913.

Louise Nevelson began to attract attention with her innovative work in the early 1940's.  In the 1950's museums began to acquire her work.  She was Born on September 23, 1899, in Kiev, Russia and soon after her family moved to the United States where she grew up in Maine.   In 1933 she traveled to Germany and studied Cubist art with Hans Hofmann and later at the Art Students League in New York City where other Abstract Expressionists such as Jackson Pollock were studying as well.

Hugo Scheiber was born in Budapest, Hungary in 1873 but went to live in Vienna with his family at an early age, moving back to Budapest in 1890.  Starting in 1898 he studied at the Kunstgewerbeschule in Budapest, attending evening classes, while working during the day to support his family and finished his studies in 1990.   A post-impressionistic plein air landscape period followed, however from the 1910′s he showed an early interest in Futurism and German Expressionism. He met Filippo Tomasso Marinetti in 1915 and they became personal friends.