{"id":105169,"date":"2017-07-11T16:49:03","date_gmt":"2017-07-11T16:49:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/interiordesign.net\/designwire\/collin-burry-2013-hall-of-fame-inductee\/"},"modified":"2022-12-13T14:29:03","modified_gmt":"2022-12-13T19:29:03","slug":"collin-burry-2013-hall-of-fame-inductee","status":"publish","type":"id_news","link":"https:\/\/interiordesign.net\/designwire\/collin-burry-2013-hall-of-fame-inductee\/","title":{"rendered":"Collin Burry: 2013 Hall of Fame Inductee"},"content":{"rendered":"
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See any <\/span>Pixar films lately? Make a purchase from Apple or Nokia? Travel through San Francisco International Airport, or book lodging through Airbnb? Collin Burry, design principal at Gensler<\/a>’s San Francisco office, has worked for all of the above. Call him an avatar of contemporary culture.
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The culture in Alberta, where he spent his childhood, was all about ice and skates. From age 5, he was a competitive figure skater—the sport dominated his existence. Yet, early on, he had a glimpse of future possibilities. “Growing up in the middle of nowhere, where it was incredibly cold, I had a fertile imagination,” he says. It could run wild on his grandparents’ farm, where his toy building blocks were made out of two-by-fours by his grandfather. At 13, with Olympic dreams, the star skater moved to Vancouver, British Columbia, for advanced coaching. That city furthermore introduced a new word to his vocabulary: design<\/em>. “I was fascinated with buildings. I’d go to the library to read architecture magazines. I even made a book of house plans.” <\/p>\n