BDT is more than a custom high-end designer product line.
Our group is an amalgamation of imaginative talents from the broad world of the creative arts, including the hospitality design & purchasing industry, fine art & collectables, fashion & apparel, furniture design & manufacturing.
Together we represent over 40 years of industry experience and project successes, in great part realized through the efforts of the principals of Robert Lastra & Associates, the premiere boutique purchasing firm specializing in high-end luxury hotels, world class destination resorts and private residences.
The extensive technical skill set and applied creative problem solving techniques refined by years of exper...
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obert Lastra was born into a family of highly creative and accomplished individuals, including musicians, artists and writers. As a young man, Robert found his "voice" in the world of imagined forms and interior environments. While his childhood peers were doodling, Robert was already "designing" homes. He was drawn to the concepts of interior volume and space. His first important position in the design industry - that of working for a manufacturing company that engineered and built custom special effects - allowed him his first formal exposure to the world of interiors. That experience has grown into what is now 30 years of on-the-job training in the creative s...
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avana-born, US-raised and irrepressibly imaginative, David Pascual spent years exploring various venues for the expression of his originality and creativity, none of which entirely fulfilled his pursuit. An accomplished classical pianist and innately self-trained in the basic aspects of visual design and composition, David finally discovered his niche and creative outlet in the field of interiors. His keen eye and uncanny sense of color, harmony and imagery - combined with his practical sensibilities backed by over 25 years in the discipline of purchasing for high-end hospitality and residential interiors - has earned David a unique position in the world of color, materials...
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ast coast-born and prep school-bred, Joe's career path led from working for a highly respected lighting manufacturer to the fast world of New York’s fashion and apparel industry. While he eventually opened his own West Coast clothing and merchandising showroom, his heart always belonged to the world of interior furnishings. The light, color, movement and form of fashion are what he truly yearned to apply to the creation of furnishings, textiles and three dimensional interior spaces. “Joey’s” serendipitous acquaintance with both David Pascual and Robert Lastra encouraged him to exit the fashion industry to pursue his true passion for interiors. He is now creating the Joe Fordi furnishings lin...
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Another East Coast transplant, Keith traveled West to California in search of creative expression. His family, also engaged in New York’s fashion industry, expected Keith to assume the helm of the family business but he opted otherwise; he had become smitten by the world of New York’s collectible art scene. He responded to his calling by taking a position with one of LA’s top art specialists and brokers, catering not only to the “carriage trade” but also the Hospitality design sector. During his gallery tenure, Keith acquired and developed new organizational and administrative skills while simultaneously building scores of still lasting professional and personal relationships with members o...
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