Bob Blaich,
FIDSA /FRSA
Living in Aspen, one wonders why one would leave to go anywheres else. However I still do. As Chairman of Teague Design (Walter Dorwin Teague) I am often in Seattle, and take the opportunity to cruise the San Juan Islands. As Vice President of Design for the World in Barcelona Spain, I am there several times a year and this May spent several weeks touring Andalusia. As a member of the Board of Advisors and visiting Professor of the University of Art and Design in Helsinki Finland and the Board of Advisors of the Center for Designand Business at the Copenhagen Business School, I am often in Scandanavia, and last year keynoted a conference in Alesund Norway.
As a member of the Board of Overeers of the Institute of Design at IIT, I am often in Chicago and spoke at this years IDCA Midwestern Regional Conference there. And as a graduate of Syracuse University (BFA 1952, Honorary Doctorate Honorus Causa 1990) I have been selected as a 2001 "Letter Winner of Distinction" given to past Varsity letter winners (Tennis and Skiing) for their lifelong achievement for example: IDSA Worldesign Award 1990, A Dutch Knigthood in 1991, and my years as head of design at Herman Miller and Royal Philips Electronics. When home in Aspen I am Chairman of the Planning and Zoning Commision. The Aspen Design Review Board and the Board of the International Design Conference in Aspen. I still play tennis several times a week and as a "Ski Ambassador" for the Aspen Ski Company I skied 71 days last winter (my age) I am still married to the same woman (Jan) after 48 years and have 3 sons, and 5 grandchildren. So "Life is Good."