She doesn’t name any of her 12 chickens, but they do  live in an architect designed chicken coop on their Lake Michigan property in WI . . . along with alpacas, horses, dogs and cat, and her diverse collection of musical instruments. 

On a path for veterinarian medicine until she met a bunch of architecture students and heard that creative calling. Renee Hytry Derrington is now the Managing Principal, Design, for the Formica Co. and lives both a personal and professional life of creativity, innovation and trend setting.  And she started as most creatives do, with a childhood filled with music and drawing floor plans, with a cat named Sawdust, a name influenced by her parents when building their own house.    

Renee’s long career at Formica has taken her around the globe; speaking, designing, working with world renowned architects and she has won numerous awards for her designs of Paper Terrazzo laminate and Reclaimed Denim Fiber laminate along with countless other awards and collaborations. Click below for a few short storytelling videos of how she does her design work. 

In between her travels she is spending more time at home and doing the things she loves, spending time with the animals, playing music and enjoying the view. I was fortunate enough to find her at home for this chat about her career and personal creative pursuits. 

https://www.formica.com/en-us/articles/our-products/design-story-birchbark

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