Awards and Designers

2008 International Casual Furniture Market - Best New Woven Design - Cove Daybed
2005 International Casual Furniture Market - Best New Wood Design - Colorado Table
2001 Virtu / Directions in Canadian Design - Honorable Mention - Courtyard Cafe
1999 Virtu / Directions in Canadian Design - Honorable Mention - Courtyard Cafe
1999 International Casual Furniture Market - Best in Show - Napa Valley Bar
1998 International Casual Furniture Market - Design Excellence - San Francisco Barstools
1997 International Casual Furniture Market - Design Excellence - Santa Barbara Table

was born in Germany and immigrated to the United States in the early 1970's. He received a BSc degree in Mechanical Engineering from Utah State University and a Gesellen Brief, Holzmechaniker from the Industrie und Handelskammer, Hannover, Germany. In 1995, Behrens founded Natura Designs Inc. in the belief that mass production and beauty are not mutually exclusive. Behrens has received various teak wood design excellence awards and lives in Winston-Salem, North Carolina.

 is an independent designer based in Seal Beach, California. He has created dozens of successful teak wood designs for several manufacturers, and his teak wood works are sold all across the country and throughout the world. Muller received his BSc in Industrial Design from California State University, Long Beach. Other areas of study include architecture, music and graphic design. After graduation, Muller spent over ten years as Design Director at an independent design office specializing in teak wood furniture, lighting, and graphic design with award winning results. In 1993, Muller started his own practice, concentrating on designing teak wood furniture for residential and contract manufacturers. 

has studied architecture at Yale and Harvard, and has worked as an architect for several years before starting his industrial design practice. He currently designs lamps for Tiffany & Co. and various other contract clients. In his partnership with Dale Peterson, Siena Design, Valaoritis designs and sources teak wood furniture and lighting for various clients, including the high-end bath chain Waterworks and Martha by Mail. He is also working on several patentable inventions in the area of home storage. Dino Valaoritis lives and works in New York City.

is an industrial teak wood designer based in Toronto. A graduate of Ontario College of Art, she has worked on various teak wood projects in the areas of exhibition, environmental and product design. Specializing in teak wood furniture design, White was commissioned by Richard Meier's J. Paul Getty Center to furnish their Courtyard Café. Her outdoor teak wood furniture graces locations including London's Canary Warf, the 20th Century Fox studios in Los Angeles, and the Norton Simon Museum in Pasadena. Recently, White has also designed retail teak wood furnishings and fixtures for Roots Canada.

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