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I t was a big night for architects, designers, disciples of the mid- century, and historians when CAM Studio orchestrated one of the grand- finale evenings of Texas Design Week Houston. Nary an Edra settee nor Minotti chair was empty when a crowd of nearly 200 flocked to the first book signing of Making Houston Modern: The Life and Architecture of Howard Barnstone. The coming-out party for the Barnstone volume — edited by architectural authorities Barrie Scardino Bradley, Stephen Fox, and Michelangelo Sabatino — featured an illuminating talk by the authors, followed by a book signing. While Bradley was unable to travel due to her schedule, Houston architectural historian Fox and professor Sabatino, in from Chicago, were there, as was architect and Rice professor Carlos Jiménez, who penned the book's foreword and introduced the speakers. Design-Filled DAZE A Wrap-Up of (Continued) (Continued from page 84) Carla Muñoz, Michelangelo Sabatino, Carlos Jiménez, Igor Marjanovic, Cynthia Toles Danny Samuels, Stephen Fox, Serge Ambrose at CAM Thuy Tran Christine Tran at Laura Rathe Alia Diab Abier Alkhouri at CAM Celeste Kinya Ilse Galvanat at CAM Kurt Grether Bill Stubbs at Elegant Additions María Inés Sicardi Joan Brochstein at CAM Bobby McAlpine Ann Sutherland at Sutherland Dan Pederson at Visual Comfort Lauren Wills Grover, Laura Rathe Catherine Badger at Laura Rathe Greg & Peggy Stirman at Elegant Additions André DeJean, Joel Lowery, Michael Roeder at Decorative Center Houston Greg & Peggy Stirman at Elegant Additions 86