From the Ground Up: Meet the Contestants Learn more about the 14 people vying for the role of Debbie Travis's chief designer.
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Chris Koser
Age: 31
Occupation: Product designer
Hometown: Montreal, Quebec
Design Style: Eclectic, whimsical, fun, hopefully timeless
Motto to Live By: Day by day, and I mean it.
Chris obtained a degree in product design from the renowned Parsons, The New School of Design, in New York City.
After graduating Chris found it extremely difficult to break into the highly competitve business of product design and is presently working on some of his own projects.
Chris has a lot to prove, with his very impressive credentials, but little experience. He's not worried. "I am ready to become a supernova. I will be Debbie Travis's new chief designer," he says.
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Clay Rochemont
Age: 28
Occupation: Urban artist
Hometown: San Francisco, Calif.
Design Style: A pot of urban with a dash of class, slow cooked with optimism
Motto to Live By: Know your limits, only to break your limits.
Clay attended the Academy of Art College in San Francisco. His first design was an illegal graffiti mural he did at 3 a.m. in downtown San Francisco. Now working in Toronto, Clay is eager to make his mark. He has hit the ground running, performing his art at numerous high-profile events.
Clay was raised in Los Angeles and San Francisco. After losing his mother to cancer at age 9, Clay turned to his grandmother for support and guidance.
Clay wants to be Debbie's new chief designer. "I feel I can do this over anybody, purely because of my passion to show the world something they haven't seen," he says.
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