JudgeinProfile:ArtDirectorandVideoProducerGaelTowey-Remodelista

Judge in Profile: Art Director and Video Producer Gael Towey - Remodelista

Gael Towey was the founding art director of Martha Stewart Living and designed the inaugural 1990 issue of the magazine–and many, many after that. In 2012, Gael led the team that created The Martha Stewart American Made Awards, honoring creative entrepreneurship in small business.

Gael Towey is judging our Best Office Space (Professional) category.

10 Things to Know About Gael:

Cities I’ve Lived In: Boston and New York. He has a classical typographic background, but he is the most inventive and experimental designer I know.

And the Alabama Chanin store in Florence, Alabama (above, photograph via Heath Ceramics).

Favorite Shop: Ted Muehling on White Street in New York is always inspiring.

Favorite Artist: My friend Sheila Berger (who I did a short film about), and Kiki Smith (above, image via the Gund Gallery).

Latest DIY Project: I am working on an Alabama Chanin DIY appliquéd and beaded skirt. Last Art Exhibit I Saw: The Charles James show at the Met is amazing; he was an extraordinary couturier and the clothes are like sculpture.

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