Charles Hollis Jones AN AMERICAN FURNITURE DESIGN ICON Born in Bloomington, Indiana in 1945, Charles Hollis Jones started designing at the age of eight years old. At that time, his passion was designing cars. Later, as a teenager, he began designing cabinets, lamps and tables for his father's house-pattern business and, for the first time, was able to translate his designs from paper to finished product. In 1961, at age 16, Hollis Jones founded CHJ Designs and began designing department store furniture and accessories - small tables, mirrors, waste baskets and display cabinets. Bullocks Department Store was the first to order his work. Two years later, in 1963, Hollis Jones moved to Los Angeles and began working for Hudson-Rissman, an esteemed furniture accessory showroom. Within six months, he was appointed chief designer and began creating his signature acrylic and metal furnishings. Hollis Jones left Hudson-Rissman in 1972 and has since headed his own eponymous firm specializing in custom furniture commissions. In his 40 years as a designer, Hollis Jones' exploration of acrylics and metal have won him numerous awards and earned him international recognition. The Los Angeles Times refers to Hollis Jones as a "pioneer in acrylic design" and Dona Meilach, author of Creating Modern Furniture (Crown Publishers, 1975) considers him a "master designer" and "literally a virtuoso in the application of plastic sheet to contemporary furniture design." In 2004, Charles Hollis Jones was awarded the Pacific Design Centers 10th annual "Stars of Design Award" for product design. A special reception for the designer will be held at the inaugural exhibition and opening of Art + Industry Friday March 24, 2006 7 - 9 pm. 115 South Palm Canyon Drive, Palm Springs, CA.

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