Peter Danko
Peter Danko (born 1949) is an American inventor, designer, and artist. He focuses on creating sustainable designs that center on living in harmony with nature and creating a comfortable future. His work often involves re-purposing and recycling and he prefers to use resources he calls OMG: materials which can be seen by the casual eye to Obviously Manifest Green.
Peter Danko
- Name
- Peter Danko
- Born
- 1949
- Birthplace
- Washington, D.C., U.S.
- Education
- University of Maryland, College Park
- Occupation
- * Inventor
- Nationality
- United States
- Languages
- English
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Peter Danko (born 1949) is an American inventor, designer, and artist. He focuses on creating sustainable designs that center on living in harmony with nature and creating a comfortable future. His work often involves re-purposing and recycling and he prefers to use resources he calls OMG: materials which can be seen by the casual eye to Obviously Manifest Green.
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Peter Danko (born 1949) is an American designer. The designer studied at University of Maryland.
Languages used include English. Works by Peter Danko are held at Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum, Museum of Modern Art and Smithsonian American Art Museum.
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• Name — Peter Danko • Born — 1949 • Birthplace — Washington, D.C., U.S. • Education — University of Maryland, College Park • Occupation — * Inventor • designer • artist
Early life
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Danko was born in 1949, in Washington, D.C. He attended college with the intention of becoming an illustrator. In 1971, he received an undergraduate degree in fine arts and art history from the University of Maryland, College Park.
Career
Career
Danko's work been curated by and is in the permanent collection of many museums, including the Museum of Modern Art, the Cooper-Hewitt Museum, the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, and the Smithsonian American Art Museum. Danko has received the best of NeoCon Silver Award for chair design in 1998, IDSA Certificate of Achievement in 1983, and National Endowment for the Arts Design Fellowships in 1980 and 1975. He has been featured in many books, including Objects for Use: Handmade by Design by Paul J. Smith and Furniture with Soul: Master Woodworkers and Their Craft by David Savage.
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1949
Peter Danko was born on 1 January 1949.
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- 1.Hospitality Design Magazine, October 2008, "Seriously Sustainable" by Tara Mastrelli
- 2.Smart Magazine, March/April 2012 Issue, "Eco-Modern Appeal" by Stephanie Kalina-Metzger
- 3.Peterdanko.com. Our Mission: To make furniture a positive symbol of Sustainability.
- 4.Paartsexperience.com. Peter Danko Green Design Furniture.
- 5.Klingseis, Katherine. Famous furniture designer uses materials that 'Obviously Manifest Green'. Iowa State Daily. April 19, 2011.
- 6.Museum of Modern Art. The Collection | Peter Danko (American, born 1950).
- 7.Collection.cooperhewitt.org. Peter Danko | People | Collection of Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum.
- 8.Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Collections Search.
- 9.Smithsonian American Art Museum. Search Collections.
- 10.Office and Contract International Magazine, May 2009, "Eco-Modernism: A Manifesto for Sustainable Design" by Peter Danko
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