He commissioned Mr. Wilson, 56, continuing a budding movement among auction houses to retain design specialists for important auctions.

The staff are experienced academics and design specialists from the creative industries, including fashion, styling, interior design and publishing.

Mr. Gelman is a design specialist but his firm does everything from brand research to Web site design to planning a client's party.

Hiring Steve Meretzky as a design specialist for two weeks.

"We offer advertisers a captive audience," said Ms. Mattioli, a graphic design specialist.

The Institute's projects brought together a variety of design specialists, users, and experts in many other disciplines.

Q Map Art and design specialists.

The 50-year-old architectural design specialist will continue to be one of the firm's design partners.

A contractor is a design specialist.

The competition is based on the belief that every design specialist - at every scale of design - has something important to contribute.