Lori Weitzner

Weitzner studied design at Syracuse University and earned a BFA in Textiles. After graduating in 1983 she traveled to Europe where she worked as a freelance designer selling to Italian and Swiss fabric makers such as Missoni and Boller Winkler / Schlossberg. Afterward she returned to New York where she did packaging design for Estée Lauder, Elizabeth Arden and Calvin Klein; product design for Dansk, Rosenthal, Marcel Schurman and Johnson & Johnson; display design for Saks Fifth Avenue, Barneys and Florian Papp; and environmental designs for Lufthansa, amongst others.^[5][6]

In 2000 she began designing fabric for Sahco Hesslein.^[5] In 2004 she launched Weitzner Limited.^[6]

Weitzner's work belongs to the permanent collections of such museums as Cooper Hewitt, Musee des Arts Decorates, the Museum of Architecture and Design, and London's Victoria and Albert Museum, among others.^[7] She is the recipient of over 25 design awards, including several Best of the Year awards from Interior Design Magazine and a nomination for a Chrysler Design Award.^[8][9]