Don and Juan: How A Wall Changed it All (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781537263458)

EMIL VICALE Emil Vicale, born of Immigrant parents and raised in the Arthur Avenue section of the Bronx, later went on to become the Product Design and Development Director for Habitat International and Architectural Supplements in New York City. In 1990, he started, BBC Design Group. BBC designs and develops products and solutions in the consumer product, clothing, lighting, furniture, weapons, and other industries. In September of 2001, Vicale purchased and then developed Toybuilders.com, the first custom toy 3D printing company. In February of 2002, in the wake of 9/11, he went on to create Herobuilders.com - the first political toy company in the world - with the introduction of the George Bush Action Figure. In June of 2004, Vicale developed the first ON-DEMAND mass customization website so individuals can build a custom action figures of their choosing. The site is still active at vicale.com. In 2005, the on-demand website, vicale.com was featured in a German book called, Vom Personal Computer Zum Personal Fabrication. Within that year, Vicale developed the first of its kind Conceal Carry clothing for BlackStarOps.com. He also launched the first Custom Action Figure business that makes action figures that look, talk, and dress like the you. HeroBuilders is the premiere maker of Custom Action Figures. In 2006, Cooper & Schindler used HeroBuilders and its 3D printing services as a case study in their new college text book, Marketing Research. In 2012, the site Vicale.com received recognition in the form of the MIT MC-500 top 500 mass customization websites for Vicale's on-demand website, vicale.com. Today, Emil Vicale is a design and development business consultant and continues to work as the CEO of his various companies. He is active in new business development, marketing, digital marketing, branding, app development and product development at emilvicale.com. Laura Pennimpede-Bagnarol Laura Pennimpede-Bagnarol is a proud, first-generation Italian-American, daughter to two, self-sacrificing, loving parents and sister to five, LOUD, opinionated siblings. She holds a Masters degree in Social Work from Fordham University. In 2014, Laura founded Feisty Fems, LLC, an innovative social advocacy company that promotes gender equality and is making a significant difference in the lives of girls and boys in her community. She is the crazed mamma of three, living the good life, along with her husband, in Dutchess County, New York.