Anne Pearson is a co-producer of ADFF: Vancouver and also the owner of the design shop “Vancouver Special”. She is highly active in the Vancouver design community: as an alumna of the School of Architecture at the University of British Columbia, where she often participates as a guest critic and thesis committee member, and also an ongoing guest critic in the department of Industrial Design at Emily Carr University. Anne is passionate about all facets of design from architecture, interiors, and furniture, especially the design traditions of Scandinavia and Japan. She is constantly researching, teaching, and traveling in order to provide an inspiring and constantly evolving product mix.