Sara Baldwin and Kevin O'Brien

Successful entrepreneurs and PennDesign alumni Sara Baldwin (C' 89, MFA '91) and Kevin O'Brien (C'80, MFA '87) talk about their journeys in design and business. Sara Baldwin is founder of New Ravenna Mosaics, America’s premier designer and manufacturer of stone and glass mosaic tiles for both residential and commercial installations. Kevin O'Brien is founder of Kevin O'Brien Studio, a home furnishings company producing pillows, quilts, duvets and rugs found at luxury retailers like Saks Fifth Avenue, Neiman Marcus, Barneys New York, Bergdorf Goodman, and at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. After discovering textiles while traveling in China and Japan, O'Brien started producing handmade fabrics 20 years ago in his spare time, and now has a factory in Philadelphia and workshop in Kathmandu.

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