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Furniture design student carves inspiration from nature

thumbnail imageBy Rich Kiley

While nearly 500 miles separate Montauk, N.Y., from Rochester, both communities have had an impact on Byron Conn.


“I spent a portion of my summers growing up in Montauk, learning how to surf with my uncle and it’s a large influencer 
of who I am,” says Conn, a fourth-year 
furniture design student in the School for American Crafts, College of Imaging Arts ... (more)