Matano is the director of industrial design at the Academy of Art University in San Francisco, and back in the late '80s, he led the design team that made a splash with the Mazda Miata.

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Peter Schifrin, a member of the U.S. fencing team in the 1984 Olympics, is a longtime sculptor who has done numerous commissioned pieces and teaches sculpture at the Academy of Art University in San Francisco.

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The Academy of Art University in San Francisco is showing a collaborative collection sponsored by UBIFRANCE, the French Trade Commission, on Friday at Lincoln Center in an effort to boost the profile of French mills in the United States.

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