CONTRIBUTORS
JOSEPH ALTSHULER
Joseph Altshuler is an architectural designer, educator, and cartographer. His work investigates the role of the built environment in activating public spaces, fostering sustainable communities, and celebrating healthy food culture. He works as the director of CARTOGRAM, a multi-disciplinary architecture and urban design studio, and as a designer for ArchitectureIsFun, Inc.
www.cartogram.org | www.josephaltshuler.com
JONATHAN ANDREW
Jonathan Andrew is an experienced and award winning photographer. Originally from Manchester, he lives and works in Amsterdam. His work encompasses commissions for advertising, design and editorial clients, as well as personal projects.
www.jonathanandrewphotography.com
IOANNA ANGELIDOU
Ioanna Angelidou is an architect, writer and collector of trivial data based between Europe and New York, occasionally elsewhere. She has worked as an architect in Japan and is currently completing a research project on elastic modernity and the city.
www.thenevermodern.net
JAVIER ARBONA
Javier Arbona is a PhD candidate in geography at UC Berkeley with a background in architecture and urbanism. His work looks at the politics and ideas of land use, spatial practices, design and visual culture, experimental landscapes, social movements, mappings, social theory, digital culture, and ephemera.
javier.est.pr | @17644995
ATELIER OLSCHINSKY
Atelier Olschinsky is a creative studio based in Vienna, Austria. Peter Olschinsky and Verena Weiss are operating in various fields such as graphic design, illustration, photography and art direction.
www.olschinsky.at | www.nevertheless.at
NICK AXEL
Nick Axel is currently keeping himself occupied in Madrid, Spain, where he continues his engagement with the discipline of architecture through a variety of mediums in order to reveal latent opportunities for spatial praxis at the limits of the contemporary city.
nickaxel.net | @alucidwake
XAVI AYALA
Xavi Ayala works at BAMMP Arquitectes i Associats in Barcelona and is a collaborator in MAS Studio. He is currently finishing his degree of Architecture at Escola Tecnica Superior d’Arquitectura del Valles (ETSAV) in Barcelona after a period of studies in Rome (Universitá degli studi di Roma Tre) where he focused on urban planning and landscape.
www.bammp.com
CHRISTOPHER BAKER
Christopher Baker is an artist whose work engages the rich collection of social, technological and ideological networks present in the urban landscape. He creates artifacts and situations that reveal and generate relationships within and between these networks.
http://christopherbaker.net | @bakercp
ETHEL BARAONA POHL
Ethel Baraona is an architect who develops her professional work linked to a number of technical publications in the architectural field. Her work shows a clear innovative way to bring the contents to the public transcending the boundaries between time and space.
www.dpr-barcelona.com | @dpr_barcelona | @ethel_baraona
MATEU BAYLINA
Mateu Baylina is a partner of BAMMP Arquitectes i Associats in Barcelona were he develops architecture and urban planning projects. He is also a regular collaborator in MAS Studio.
www.bammp.com
VLADIMIR BELOGOLOVSKY
Vladimir Belogolovsky is the founder of the Intercontinental Curatorial Project with a focus on organizing, curating, and designing architectural exhibitions worldwide. Trained as an architect at Cooper Union, he has published several books as well as over 150 articles appearing in American, European, and Russian publications.
http://curatorialproject.com
CRAIGHTON BERMAN
Craighton Berman is a creative director, designer, illustrator & idea-shaper. Fueled by a background in industrial design, innovation consulting, and illustration, he views design as a broad tool for shaping ideas of any subject matter and at any scale. He is also a lead designer with gravitytank and teaches in the Designed Objects program at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago.
www.craightonberman.com | www.gravitytank.com | @craightonberman | @fueledbycoffee
LEE BEY
Lee Bey is interested in studying, covering and impacting architecture, urbanism, historic preservation and the role politics play in the creation of the built environment. He is executive director of the Chicago Central Area Committee, on-air architecture contributor for Fox News Chicago, writes an architectural blog called “Lee Bey’s Chicago” for public radio station WBEZ, and is an accomplished photographer.
www.leebey.com | @LEEBEY
ERIC BRICKER
Eric Bricker is the director, writer and producer of Visual Acoustics: The Modernism of Julius Shulman. He graduated from Indiana University receiving his B.A. in English Literature with a minor in Theatre. Originally from St. Louis, he lived in Los Angeles for 15 years before recently moving to Austin. He is currently at work on a narrative feature film exploring the contemporary art world while running Kaleidoscope Mediaworks.
www.juliusshulmanfilm.com
MAYA BRITTAIN
Maya Brittain is an architect and painter, living and working in Bassano del Grappa, Vicenza, Italy. She has worked as lighting designer for interiors and urban landscapes in Chicago and New York, and has designed and built retail spaces and houses in and around Vicenza. She is currently collaborating with local Italian administrations to create events to awaken awareness regarding the possibilities of modern urban planning.
EDUARD BRU
Eduard Bru is an architect and director of Cercle (Research Group & Review from ETS Architecture of Barcelona). He has written several books and his work focuses mainly on contemporary urban and territorial phenomena. With his own practice, he has been involved in the sustainable development of Greater Barcelona.
www.bagsl.eu
ANDREW BUSH
Andrew Bush is a photographer based in Los Angeles. He studied photography at the Yale University in New Haven, CT. He has exhibited extensively in solo and group shows and his work can be found in major collections such as the MoMA in New York, Art Institute of Chicago and the Bibliotheque Nationale in Paris.
http://andrewbush.net
PAUL BUTT | SECTION DESIGN
Paul Butt is a freelance graphic designer currently working on his own personal projects under the name of Section Design. He has a fascination with infographics, as he sees it as one of the ultimate combinations of form and function, and he loves playing with type and creating book and magazine layouts.
www.sectiondesign.co.uk | @sectiondesign
CANDY CHANG
Candy Chang likes to make cities more comfortable for people. She is a public installation artist, designer, urban planner, TED Fellow, and co-founder of Civic Center in New Orleans.
www.candychang.com | @candychang
JACOB CHARTOFF
Jacob Chartoff is an architect at Peter Gluck and Partners in New York, a firm specializing in Architect-led Design Build. Previously he worked at Wheeler Kearns Architects in Chicago where he redefined their graphic and digital identity.
jacob.chartoff.net | www.gluckpartners.com
JENOVA CHEN
Jenova Chen is the creator behind the games Cloud and flOw, and co-founder of thatgamecompany and the creative director of Flower. Like what Hayao Miyazaki did to anime, Jenova wants to be one of the heroes who can turn video games into a form of art and play that can be appreciated and enjoyed by every human being.
thatgamecompany.com | www.jenovachen.com | @JenovaChen
MICHAEL CHEN
Michael Chen is a principal of Normal Projects, a multidisciplinary architecture and design firm based in New York and Los Angeles. He is currently on the faculty at Pratt Institute School of Architecture.
www.normalprojects.com | @michael_chen
LUIS CHILLIDA
Luis Chillida is the director of the Department of Communications, Marketing and Friends of Museo Chillida-Leku, as well as a member of the Executive Committee and the Board of Directors. From 2000 to 2004 he was the director of Museo Chillida-Leku. He raced motorcycles and cars from 1988 to 1997.
www.museochillidaleku.com
JEREMIAH CHIU
Jeremiah Chiu is a designer and co-founder of Plural, a Chicago-based creative studio practice. With a focus on pursuing meaningful projects, Plural explores new approaches within the design process, experimenting in a wide range of media including print, web, video, sound, interactive and installation.
www.weareplural.com | @PluralDesign
MICHAEL CHRISMAN
Michael Chrisman is a born explorer. He spends his time delving into places most people don’t know exist or at least prefer to pretend they don’t exist. Alleyways, industrial brownfields, vast parking lots; the modern landscape. Michael’s interest in the not-so-fine line where the natural environment and the man-made environment meet has influenced his professional work greatly. He splits his time between environmental design and photography to the detriment (and sometimes benefit) of both.
www.chrisman.ca | @michaelchrisman
ANDREW CLARK
Andrew Clark is a designer at MINIMAL and a collaborator in MAS Studio. He has designed solutions for communications, brand, vision, experience and visualization projects. His work is featured in “Shanghai Transforming” (Actar, 2008), “Building Globalization” (UChicago Press, 2011), and “Work Review” (GOOD Transparency).
www.mnml.com | @andrewclarkmnml
MATT CLARK
Matt Clark is the Creative Director of United Visual Artists (UVA), a London-based art and design practice he founded in 2003 along with Chris Bird and Ash Nehru. Their work spans architectural and responsive installations, live performance and public art.
www.uva.co.uk
KATHRYN CLARKE ALBRIGHT
Kathryn Clarke Albright is an architect, an associate professor in the School of Architecture + Design at Virginia Tech and serves as chair of its Foundation Program. She has received numerous awards, including the University’s Excellence in Teaching Award in 2005. She founded her own practice in 2001 as well as Friends of the Farmers Market in Blacksburg, Virginia. She also serves on several town advisory committees.
archdesign.vt.edu/faculty/kathryn-clarke-albright
JÖRG M. COLBERG
Jörg M. Colberg is the editor and founder of Conscientious, a website dedicated to contemporary fine-art photography. He has written articles for international magazines and the introduction to Hellen van Meene’s monograph “Tout va disparaître”. American Photo included him in its list of “Photography Innovators of 2006″.
www.jmcolberg.com/weblog | @jmcolberg
JON COLE
Jon Cole is a new media designer based out of Chicago. He specializes both individually and in the combination of photography, video, and motion graphics. Through the integration of a good idea and digital mediums, his love for storytelling isn’t based off of how life is, but instead on how life could be.
www.jcolemedia.com
BEATRIZ COLOMINA
Beatriz Colomina is an internationally renowned architectural historian and theorist who has written extensively on questions of architecture and media.
http://soa.princeton.edu/02fac/fac_frame.html?colomina.html
ANDRÉ CORRÊA
André Corrêa is a designer at MAS Studio. As part of the office, he has been involved in several urban and architecture projects, including a single-family housing in New Orleans and a renovation of a house located in the northwest of Spain.
www.mas-studio.com | @acorrea33
BRENDAN CRAIN
Brendan Crain is a writer and urbanist who spends an inordinate amount of time pondering the effects of social technology on the urban environment (and vice versa). He is the founder of the Where blog and the Program Coordinator for the Institute for Urban Design.
http://thewhereblog.blogspot.com | @thewhereblog
DAVID GARCIA STUDIO
David Garcia Studio is an experimental architectural platform which tests new methods and processes at all scales. Collaborating with architects, designers, artists and engineers, the studio works with an “open door” philosophy, where objectives and partnerships are established from project to project.
www.davidgarciastudio.com | @davidstudio
DE ARCHITEKTEN CIE.
de Architekten Cie. combines strong individuals with experienced teams. Our office comprises approximately 50 professionals from no fewer than 10 countries. Our workshop culture generates innovative solutions and individually tailored projects.
www.cie.nl
DESIGN WITH COMPANY
Design With Company is the Illinois-based consortium founded by Stewart Hicks and Allison Newmeyer in 2010. They teach at the UIUC and practice what they call “Slipstream Architecture,” which reveals latent conditions of reality through design narratives and fictions.
http://designwith.co | @designwithco
ANDREW DRIBIN
Andrew Dribin is s a designer and a collaborator in MAS Studio. In addition to MAS Studio, Andrew is an active participant of the Dill Pickle Food Co-op, and in the beginning stages of starting an Urban Design Cooperative.
@ndrwdrbn
SARAH DUNN
Sarah Dunn is the co-founder of UrbanLab, an architecture and urban design firm with a reputation as a professional practice known for its innovative solutions to, and long-range strategies for, the problems of both public and private communities. Their primary interest is in forward-looking projects that speculate on a more resilient and resourceful tomorrow.
www.urbanlab.com
ECOSISTEMA URBANO
Ecosistema Urbano is an innovative agency focused on the understanding of the city as a complex phenomenon, from a special point of view between architecture, urbanism, engineering and sociology. The team’s field of interest is defined by something they call ‘creative urban sustainability’, from where to react to the present situation of cities through innovation, creativity and particularly action.
www.ecosistemaurbano.com | @ecosistema
PETER EISENMAN
Peter Eisenman is an internationally recognized architect and educator whose award-winning large-scale housing and urban design projects, innovative facilities for educational institutions, and series of inventive private houses attest to a career of excellence in design. He is the founder and principal of Peter Eisenman Architects.
www.eisenmanarchitects.com
MITCH EPSTEIN
Mitch Epstein is a photographer whose work is in numerous major museum collections, including New York’s Metropolitan Museum, Museum of Modern Art and Whitney Museum of American Art, the J. Paul Getty Museum in Los Angeles, and the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. He has published eight books and received numeorus awards including the Berlin Prize in Arts and Letters and a Guggenheim Fellowship. He has also worked as a director, cinematographer, and production designer on several films, including Dad, Salaam Bombay!, and Mississippi Masala.
www.mitchepstein.net
JOSÉ MARÍA EZQUIAGA
José María Ezquiaga is a PhD. Architect and Sociologist, Professor at the Madrid School of Architecture Ezquiaga has focussed his professional attention on theoretical research and the integration of the many geographical and social scales that make up both territory and city. His projects have led to experimentation and investigation regarding the creation of contemporary landscapes. He was recently awarded the Premio Nacional de Urbanismo 2005 and the Premio Europeo Gubbio 2006.
http://www.facebook.com/JmEzquiaga | @JmEzquiaga
FANGORIA
Fangoria is a Spanish band formed in 1989 by Alaska and Nacho Canut. They have been together in different influential bands since 1977 and as Fangoria, they have released nine albums. In 2009, they released their album Absolutamente.
www.fangoria.es
JACK HENRIE FISHER
Jack Henrie Fisher is a freelance graphic designer and a design researcher at Jan van Eyck Academie. He has worked and taught at Bruce Mau Design, studio/lab, and the University of Illinois at Chicago. He is formulating a practice with typography as an experiment with forms of ascesis connected to listening and writing.
www.jackhenriefisher.com
FORMLESSFINDER
Formlessfinder is a laboratory for methodological experimentation oriented toward the introduction of moments of formlessness into architecture. It was created by Garrett Ricciardi and Julian Rose and exists as the nexus of their ongoing collaboration.
www.formlessfinder.com
THE FREISE BROTHERS
The Freise Brothers (Nathan & Adam Freise) are directors and producers of visual content. Using CG, video, and animation they create digital narratives, short films, and other productions that are highly influenced by their background in architecture and design.
www.freisebrothers.com/studio
NAOTO FUKASAWA
Naoto Fukasawa is a product designer who established Naoto Fukasawa Design in 2003. Representative works include MUJI’S CD player (part of the permanent collection, MoMA New York), the mobile phones “Infobar” and “neon” and the Plus Minus Zero brand of household electrical appliances and sundries.
www.naotofukasawa.com
CECILIA GALERA
Cecilia Galera is currently involved in her third year of photographic studies in Barcelona and has published in the Wall Street Journal and Timeout.
cargocollective.com/ceciliagalera
ANTÓN GARCÍA-ABRIL
Antón García-Abril is a PhD Architect and associated professor in School of Architecture in Madrid. He received the Spanish Academy Research Prize in Rome in 1996. In 2000, he established ENSAMBLE STUDIO, leading his team in a search for architectural application of conceptual and structural experimentation.
www.ensamble.info | @ensamblestudio
DOUG GAROFALO
Doug Garofalo is an architect, partner at Garofalo Architects Inc and professor at the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC). In 2006, his firm was the subject of a retrospective exhibit at the Art Institute of Chicago. He has been the recipient of numerous awards, including his 2008 selection as a United States Artists Target Fellow.
www.garofaloarchitects.com
NICK GENTRY
Nick Gentry is a London-based artist who reuses obsolete media formats of the past, like floppy disks and VHS tapes to create his work. In it, he explores issues of information, identity, and technology. Besides several group exhibitions, he recently had a solo show called “Auto emotion” at Studio55 in London.
www.nickgentry.co.uk | @nickgentryart
IKER GIL
Iker Gil is an architect, urban designer, and director of MAS Studio. In addition, he is an Adjunct Assistant Professor at the School of Architecture at UIC. He is the recipient of the 2010 Emerging Visions Award from the Chicago Architectural Club.
www.mas-studio.com | @MASContext
LISELORE GOEDHART
Liselore Goedhart is a designer who graduated from the Utrecht School of the Arts, course Design for Virtual Theatre and Games (DVTG). In 2008 she started Monobanda, together with 4 other classmates, to create games that exist on the edge between the virtual and the tangible world, something we like to call ‘fusionplay’.
www.monobanda.nl | www.lizzywanders.nl
MARC GOODWIN
Marc Goodwin is an architectural photographer and doctoral candidate at Aalto University, Helsinki, where he is researching the relationship between photographic representation and architectural design. He is a recipient of 2011 Finnish Cultural Foundation and CIMO Grants.
www.marc-goodwin.com
SHARON HAAR
Sharon Haar is an architect and Associate Professor at the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC) where she teaches housing design and urban design and theory. She has published several books, most recently a book titled City As Campus: Sites of Urban Education.
www.arch.uic.edu/faculty/haar.php
YU HAIBO
Yu Haibo is one of the most prominent documentary photographers in contemporary China. Since 1989, Haibo has been living in Shenzhen, where most of his photography projects are made, including ‘Dafen Oil Painting Village’, ‘the wide Passage of Shenzhen’, ‘Night Breath’, and recent two projects ‘China’s Urban Expansion’ and ‘Global Village’.
www.haiboyu.com
PADDY HARRINGTON
Paddy Harrington is creative director for Bruce Mau Design (BMD). He is an award-winning writer and filmmaker with experience in architecture, broadcasting and advertising.
www.brucemaudesign.com | @paddyharrington
JUAN HERREROS
Juan Herreros is a PhD Architect, Chair professor and Director of the Thesis Program at the School of Architecture in Madrid, as well as a Professor in practice at Columbia University. In 1984 he founded, together with Iñaki Abalos, the office Abalos&Herreros and in 2006 his current office, HerrerosArquitectos.
www.herrerosarquitectos.com
JOHN HICKENLOOPER
John Hickenlooper is the current Governor of Colorado. He was previously the Mayor of Denver, Colorado from 2003 to 2011.
http://www.colorado.gov/GOVERNOR
THOMAS HILLIER
Thomas Hillier is an architect but his architectural interests go beyond the built environment to include art, design, story telling and installations with a particular interest in how literature can be directly translated into urban and architectural space.
www.thomashillier.co.uk
LICK FAI ERIC HO
Lick Fai Eric Ho is a licensed architect practising in NYC. He has taught at Harvard GSD, Boston Architectural Center and was an invited critic for Columbia University, New York Institute of Technology and Pratt Institute. As a founding member of Tsunami Design Initiative, he collaborated with MIT Senseable City Lab and Prajnopaya Foundation on the construction of the Tsunami Safe(r) house in Sri Lanka.
www.publi-cities.org
MATTHEW HOFFMAN
Matthew Hoffman is an architectural “coordinologist” at HollwichKushner (HWKN). Recipient of numerous awards for his architectural design and research, his work addresses architecture in the greater context of media & (pop) cultural theory, with an emphasis on non-traditional interactivity in the name of architectural activism.
http://issuu.com/mdh264/docs/art_meadow__the_feral_artscape
CODY HUDSON
Cody Hudson is a Chicago based artist, also known for his graphic design contributions under the name Struggle Inc. His graphic work and paintings have been exhibited throughout the US, Europe and Japan. He has produced logos, album covers, and clothing for clients such as Nike, Converse, Stussy, The Cool Kids, and A-TRAK.
www.struggleinc.com | @Struggle_Inc
BJARKE INGELS
Bjarke Ingels is principal of the architecture firm BIG/Bjarke Ingels Group. In addition, he has been a visiting Professor at Rice University and the Graduate School of Design at Harvard University. He has received numerous awards, including the 2004 Golden Lion at the Venice Bienale and the 2005 Forum AID Award.
www.big.dk | @BjarkeIngels
JIANG JUN
Jiang Jun is a designer, editor and critic who has been working on urban research and experimental study, exploring the interrelationships between design phenomena and urban dynamics. He founded Underline Office in late 2003 and has served as the editor-in-chief of Urban China since the end of 2004.
www.urbanchina.com.cn
KARO*
KARO* is a platform for communication, architecture and spatial tactics founded in 2000 by Stefan Rettich, Antje Heuer and Bert Hafermalz. Stefan Rettich was visiting professor at the university of Kassel and is teaching since 2007 at the Bauhaus Kolleg in Dessau. KARO* has been invited to various international exhibitions, among others to the XI. and the XII. architecture biennale in Venice and has been awarded with the 2010 European Prize for Urban Public Space.
www.karo-architekten.de
TOM KEELEY
Tom Keeley is an artist, writer and co-author of the fanzine project Go. His practice investigates and celebrates the built environment with an emphasis on what makes places special and distinctive.
www.mrtomkeeley.co.uk | @mrtomkeeley
STEPHEN KILLION
Stephen Killion is an Architectural Designer and writer currently based in Chicago. A regular contributor to Architizer blog, he has also written articles for Mark Magazine and Design Bureau. With an interest in the overlap of architecture and graphic design disciplines, he acted as images researcher and contributed original images for Float! published by Frame publishers.
KISHO KUROKAWA ARCHITECT & ASSOCIATES
Kisho Kurokawa Architect & Associates, established in 1962 by Kisho Kurokawa, has provided numerous number of architectural design works representing the respective time. Upon the decease of Kisho Kurokawa in 2007, his son Mikio decided to carry on his will and to succeed his position representing the firm.
www.kisho.co.jp
AARON KOBLIN
Aaron Koblin is an artist specializing in data visualization. His work takes social and infrastructural data and uses it to depict cultural trends and emergent patterns. Currently, Aaron is Technology Lead of Google’s Creative Lab.
www.aaronkoblin.com | @aaronkoblin
labRAD / WAYNE CONGAR & ARIELLE ASSOULINE-LICHTEN
labRAD was founded in 2007 by Arielle Assouline-Lichten and Wayne Congar as a student administered think-tank and production unit. labRAD has served as a virtual hub for designers from various schools of architecture and design in the US and abroad.
www.lab-rad.com
JIMENEZ LAI
Jimenez Lai is the leader of BUREAU SPECTACULAR and a Clinical Assistant Professor at University of Illinois at Chicago. He graduated with a Master of Architecture from University of Toronto. Previously, Lai has lived and worked in a desert shelter at Taliesin, AZ, and resided in a shipping container at Atelier Van Lieshout on the piers of Rotterdam. Professionally, Lai has worked for Michael Meredith, RE X, OMA /Rem Koolhaas in Rotterdam and New York. Currently Lai is busy working on a comic book.
www.bureau-spectacular.net
SEAN LALLY
Sean Lally founded the office WEATHERS to embrace the potential overlap between the disciplines of architecture, landscape architecture and urban design. He is an Assistant Professor at the School of Architecture at the University of Illinois Chicago. Sean is most recently a quest editor and contributor for the AD Journal issue entitled “ENERGIES – New Material Energies” His current book, The Air on Other Planets – A brief History of things to Come, is forthcoming.
www.weathers.cc
ANDREAS E.G. LARSSON
Andreas E.G. Larsson is a Swedish photographer based in Los Angeles. Influenced by the trademark simplicity of Scandinavian design, Larsson’s photographs are clean and uncluttered. His portfolio includes interiors,portraits, editorial features and advertising campaigns, and his images have appeared in world-renowned publications.
www.andreasphoto.com | @AndreasLphoto
JESSE LeCAVALIER
Jesse LeCavalier is trained as an architect, with degrees from Brown University and the University of California, Berkeley. He is currently pursuing a doctoral degree at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Zurich, where he has taught design studios and research seminars.
www.thiswill-this.net
GEORGE LEGRADY
George Legrady is a professor of Interactive Media, with joint appointment in the Media Arts & Technology program and the department of Art, UC Santa Barbara. His focus is on research and experimental projects in the areas of data visualization, algorithmic processes, computational photography, and interactive installation.
www.georgelegrady.com
ALEX LEHNERER
Alex Lehnerer is an architect and urban designer who received his PhD from the ETH in Zurich and is currently based in Chicago, where he holds a position as Assistant Professor at the University of Illinois, School of Architecture. He is also partner at Kaisersrot in Zurich, CH and ALSO Architekten.
www.alexlehnerer.com
JAMES LOCKHART
James Lockhart is an Anesthesia Technician at the Washington Hospital Center in Washington, DC. He received his BS from Morehouse College in Atlanta, GA and has completed his postbaccalaureate premedical studies at Northwestern University Chicago campus. He is currently applying for Medical School to pursue a career in Anesthesia.
EMILIO LOPEZ-GALIACHO
Emilio López-Galiacho is an architect, visual artist and composer. In 1992, he co-founded Arquimedia, a group focused on the relationship between New Media, Architecture and Communication. He is Deputy Publisher and Art Director of FronteraD digital magazine.
www.emiliogaliacho.com | www.fronterad.comm | @emiliogaliacho
JESSICA LYBECK
Jessica Lybeck is the co-founder of Dabble, a community marketplace for people to teach, discover and host unique and affordable classes online. Prior to that, she co-founded Hoply and founded Till Creative, a strategy firm which helps entrepreneurs focus, develop and market their big ideas.
www.dabblehq.com | www.hoply.com | @dabblehq
IÑIGO MANGLANO-OVALLE
Iñigo Manglano-Ovalle is an artist who investigates diverse subjects such as technology, climate, immigration and the global impact of social, political, environmental, and scientific systems. His work has been exhibited at acclaimed international institutions such as the Museum of Contemporary Art in Chicago.
www.inigomanglano-ovalle.com
CHRISTOPHER MARCINKOSKI
Christopher Marcinkoski is a founding director of PORT A+U. Previously, he was a senior associate at James Corner Field Operations (JCFO) in New York City, where he led much of the office’s large-scale master planning and urban design work. Mr. Marcinkoski is currently an Assistant Professor of Landscape Architecture and Urban Design at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia.
www.portarchitects.com
CHRIS MARTIN
Chris Martin is a 26 year old photographer based in South Florida and specializing in music, commercial, editorial, portrait, wedding, engagement, child, and event photography.
www.photosbychrismartin.com | @wordsnowheard
MAS STUDIO
MAS Studio is a collaborative architecture and urban design firm directed by Iker Gil. MAS studio takes a multidisciplinary approach to its work, with teams including architects, urban designers, researchers, graphic designers, and photographers among others, in order to provide innovative and comprehensive ideas and solutions.
www.mas-studio.com
BRUCE MAU
Bruce Mau is the Chairman and CEO of Bruce Mau Design Inc., a design studio based in Toronto that works across cultural, civic,educational and corporate sectors. In 2007 Mau was presented with the AIGA Gold Medal in the field of communication design.
www.brucemaudesign.com
JÜRGEN MAYER H.
Jürgen Mayer H. is the founder and principal of the cross-disciplinary studio J. MAYER H. Architects. His work has been published and exhibited worldwide and is part of numerous collections including MoMA New York and SF MoMA.
www.jmayerh.de
ANDREW MODDRELL
Andrew Moddrell is a founding director of PORT A+U. He recently represented PORT A+U in Washington D.C. as part of the advisory panel for the National Endowment for the Arts inaugural “Our Town” initiative. He is currently a Clinical Assistant Professor teaching graduate and undergraduate design studios related to contemporary issues of urbanism at the University of Illinois-Chicago School of Architecture.
www.portarchitects.com
BRUCE G. MOFFAT
Bruce G. Moffat has authored two books on the Chicago “L” system and two on the Chicago freight tunnels, as well as having contributed to several other books pertaining to Chicago transportation history.
MARIA MORENO-CARRANCO
Maria Moreno-Carranco is a Visiting Professor at the Universidad Autonoma Metropolitana – Cuajimalpa in Mexico City. Maria has worked as a practicing architect in Mexico and the US and has taught at three major universities in Mexico City and as lecturer at UC Berkeley. Her research interests include how urban processes, spatial practices and systems of representation are been transformed and redefined in the current era of neo-liberal globalization, particularly in the Latin American context.
http://www.cua.uam.mx/csh/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=239&Itemid=198
PAUL MOUGEY
Paul Mougey is a brand and strategy storyteller. He’s currently at work on his first novel.
NORA NIASARI
Nora Niasari is an Iranian-Australian documentary filmmaker based in Melbourne, Australia. Over the course of her architectural studies at the University of Technology, Sydney, she directed and produced a number of short films that have been screened at festivals such as the Aljazeera International Documentary Film Festival and the Cannes Short Film Corner.
@niasarin
CAMILLA NIELSSON
Camilla Nielsson is a documentary filmmaker based in Copenhagen, Denmark. Her documentary films have focused on human rights and development issues, primarily in Africa and South Asia. Democrats, her first feature documentary, is expected to be released in 2012.
www.upfrontfilms.dk
OFFICE FOR METROPOLITAN ARCHITECTURE (OMA)
OMA is a leading international partnership practicing architecture, urbanism, and cultural analysis. Our buildings and masterplans around the world insist on intelligent forms while inventing new possibilities for content and everyday use.
www.oma.eu
OMNIBUS
OMNIBUS is an urban research platform created in 2009 by Charlotte Malterre-Barthes and Noboru Kawagishi. It is a trans-disciplinary structure, meant to be at crossroads of media, art, politics, illustration, landscape, architecture and urban design. It believes that architecture must open up towards other disciplines and should be political and controversial whenever needed.
http://omnibus-lab.com
JASON PICKLEMAN
Jason Pickleman is a graphic designer and partner at JNL Graphic Design based in Chicago. His clients include the Steppenwolf Theatre, Hyde Park Art Center, The Renaissance Society, Museum of Contemporary Photography, Chicago Transit Authority, and Avec restaurant.
www.jnldesign.com
LIZ POTOKAR
Liz Potokar is an interior designer at Perkins+Will: Eva Maddox Branded Environments, where she concentrates on interior design and branding projects. She has completed extensive research in workplace trends for several of their clients. In 2008, she was the first interior design student at the University of Cincinnati to become a LEED Accredited Professional.
www.perkinswill.com
RICHARD PROUTY
Richard Prouty earned his PhD in English and Film Studies from Temple University. His critical essays have appeared in The Journal of Modern Literature, Film Quarterly, and Cinema Journal. His most recent publication was an essay on Rem Koolhaas’s concept of the generic city, which appeared in Static.
onewaystreet.typepad.com | @rmprouty
REALITIES:UNITED
realities:united (realU) is a studio for art, architecture and technology founded in 2000 by the brothers Tim Edler and Jan Edler. realities:united develops and supports architectural solutions, usually incorporating new media and information technologies. The office provides consulting, planning, and research, also undertaking projects for clients such as museums, businesses, and other architectural firms.
www.realities-united.de
ELIZABETH REDMOND
Elizabeth Redmond is the founder, president, and director of product development at POWERleap Inc. Prior to founding POWERleap Inc. in Fall of 2008, she was a partner in Ecolect- a sustainable materials and design consultancy for industries across the globe. Elizabeth graduated from the University of Michigan in 2006 with a BFA from the School of Art and Design.
www.powerleap.net | @powerleaper
CESAR REYES
César Reyes is an architect from Guatemala. Co-author of the book “Sustainable Architecture,” which was pre-selected for the prestigious Riba Book Awards 2008 in the category of Construction. He runs the architecture and design studio dpr-barcelona.
www.dpr-barcelona.com | @dpr_barcelona | @cerreyes
RICARDO BOFILL TALLER DE ARQUITECTURA
Ricardo Bofill Taller de Arquitectura accomplishes a collective and elaborate system for project design, establishing a technical collaboration in all countries where it undertakes projects. It is a practice composed of a structure which endeavours for the highest quality, capable of conceiving and carrying out projects anywhere in the world. With this aim the ‘Taller’ uses all of its means available: modern techniques, human resources, the professional expertise of each individual and the efficient organization of its structure.
www.ricardobofill.com
SARAH RICH
Sarah Rich is a writer, editor and new media entrepreneur. She is a co-founder of Longshot Magazine and the Foodprint Project, a former senior editor at Dwell and co-author of Worldchanging: A User’s Guide for the 21st Century.
www.sarahrich.com | @sarahrich
EDWARD EMILE RICHARDSON
Edward Emile Richardson is an architect and native of New Orleans. He has practiced architecture in Louisiana, Massachusetts, New Mexico and Texas. He has taught studios at the University of Texas and University of New Mexico, and he edited the 39th edition of Perspecta, the Yale Architecture Journal, titled Re_Urbanism (MIT,2007).
www.clarkrichardson.com
ANTONIO RULL
Antonio Rull is a photographer and journalism student.
www.antoniorull.com | @AntonioRull
CESAR RUSS
Cesar Russ is a photographer based in Chicago who has worked for some of the most prestigious international press publications. In 2007 he was named the 2007-2008 “Artist of the Year” by the Chicago Convention and Tourism Bureau.
www.cesarrusscollection.com
MIKA SAVELA
Mika Savela is an architect and designer. He is a graduate of the Aalto University in Finland and is currently living and working in Helsinki.
www.mikasavela.com | mikasavela.tumblr.com
DAVID SCHALLIOL
David Schalliol is a Ph.D. student in the Department of Sociology at the University of Chicago. He is academically and artistically interested in issues of social stratification and meaning in the social and physical worlds. In addition to his sociological and photographic activities, David plays an active role on several websites, including his work as Founder and Editor of metroblossom and Managing Editor of Gapers Block.
www.davidschalliol.com | @metroblossom
SIMON SCHEITHAUER
Simon Scheithauer studies architecture at Bauhaus-Universitaet Weimar. He is co-organizer of horizonte lectures, co-editor of HORIZONTE – magazine for architectural discourse, and author of Durchmessungen-Blog.
www.simonscheithauer.com | www.durchmessungen.wordpress.com
JEFFREY T. SCHNAPP
Jeffrey T. Schnapp is Professor of Romance Languages & Literatures at Harvard and also on the faculty at the Graduate School of Design. Before moving to Harvard in 2011, he occupied the Pierotti Chair of Italian Studies at Stanford, where he founded the Stanford Humanities Lab in 2000.
http://jeffreyschnapp.com | @jaytiesse
MARCUS MAX SCHREINER
Marcus Max Schreiner is a media designer, specialized on format developing for multimedia happenings. He is member of the “kunstcollective weimar”, the gaswerk design- and projekt werkstatt Weimar and the singer of the audiovisual band “]>I<.>O>[ :InfiniteOrder:”. He studied at the Bauhaus – University Weimar and the Concordia University of Montreal. His main interest is the potential of synaesthetic perceptions.
JOSEF SCHULZ
Josef Schulz is a Düsseldorf-based photographer. His work has been exhibited internationally in solo and group exhibitions, most recently at Fiebach & Minninger Galerie (Köln), Fotografins Hus (Stockholm), Galerie Weigand (Ettingen/Karlsruhe), Galerie Wagner + Partner (Berlin) and Dollinger Art Project (Tel Aviv)
www.josefschulz.com/
JULIA SEDLOCK
Julia Sedlock is in her final year of the M. Arch program at UIC School of Architecture. As a founding member and editor of UIC’s student journal Fresh Meat, her previous interview credits include K. Michael Hays, Michael Speaks and Stan Allen. Julia’s post-graduation plans include the development of a design cooperative which will provide a platform for opportunistic and transient collaborations.
KAREN SEMONE
Karen Semone is the Director of Content Strategy at VSA Partners, an experienced, high-performing branding firm for the modern age. VSA Partners blends world class strategic, creative and digital capabilities to help businesses drive results by inventing, reinventing and building brands positioned to thrive in today’s dynamic environment. For 30 years VSA has helped some of the world’s leading businesses including IBM, Nike, Harley-Davidson, P&G, GAP, Caterpillar and GE.
www.vsapartners.com
PAUL SHEPHEARD
Paul Shepheard is a writer living in London, England. He is qualified as an architect but since the publication of What is Architecture? by the MIT Press in 1994 has gradually shifted the emphasis of his activities to writing and lecturing.
www.paulshepheard.com | @paulshepheard
CLAY SHIRKY
Clay Shirky divides his time between consulting, teaching, and writing on the social and economic effects of Internet technologies. He is an adjunct professor in NYU’s graduate Interactive Telecommunications Program, where he teaches courses on the interrelated effects of social and technological network topology.
www.shirky.com | @cshirky
KARLA SIERRALTA
Karla Sierralta is an architect, educator and co-founder of Strawn.Sierralta, a design studio based in Chicago. Born and raised in Venezuela, she moved to the U.S. after receiving a Fulbright scholarship for environmental studies. She has served as an Adjunct Assistant Professor at the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC) and Universidad Rafael Urdaneta (URU).
www.strawnsierralta.com
CAMERON SINCLAIR
Cameron Sinclair is the co-founder and ‘Chief Eternal Optimist’ (CEO) of Architecture for Humanity. He was trained as an architect at the University of Westminster and at the Bartlett School of Architecture, University College London. During his studies Sinclair developed an interest in social, cultural and humanitarian design.
http://architectureforhumanity.org | @casinclair
ROB SMITH
Rob Smith is partner in a Shanghai based consultancy company (ACT-Link) and keen armature photographer. He specialises in capturing images of everyday life on the streets of Shanghai.
www.flickr.com/photos/robshanghai
SNØHETTA
Snøhetta is an international architecture, landscape architecture, and interior design office based in Oslo, Norway and New York City. Snøhetta’s work includes the Bibliotheca Alexandrina in Egypt; the National Opera and Ballet in Oslo, Norway; and the Lillehammer Art Museum. They have been commissioned to reconstruct the public spaces in and around New York City’s Times Square.
www.snohetta.com
SPIRIT OF SPACE
Spirit of Space is an organization that uses digital media to promote greater awareness of designed environments formed by Adam Goss, Red Mike, Ryan Clark, and Dean Storm.
www.spiritofspace.com
STEVEN HOLL ARCHITECTS
Steven Holl Architects is a 40 person innovative architecture and urban design office working globally as one office from two locations; New York City and Beijing. Steven Holl leads the office with partner Chris McVoy. Steven Holl Architects is internationally-honored with architecture’s most prestigious awards, publications and exhibitions for excellence in design.
www.stevenholl.com
FRANCINE STOCK
Francine Stock is an artist, historian and curator. She is the curator of the Tulane School of Architecture’s New Orleans Virtual Archive with generous assistance from the Graham Foundation for Advanced Studies in the Fine Arts. In addition, she is President of DOCOMOMO US/Louisiana and is collaborating with filmmaker Evan Mather on a documentary about lost modern public schools.
www.regional-modernism.com | @docomomo_nola
BRIAN STRAWN
Brian Strawn is an architect, zoologist and co-founder of Strawn.Sierralta, a design studio based in Chicago. His work with the studio has been recognized nationally and internationally. He has lectured at the Chicago Architecture Foundation, the Graham Foundation, CalPoly, and the Universidad Central de Venezuela.
www.strawnsierralta.com
JOHN SZOT
John Szot is an award-winning designer working in the New York metropolitan area. He runs John Szot Studio where he focuses mainly on researching the relationship between new technology and what makes the built environment meaningful.
www.johnszot.com | @johnszot
BENEDETTA TAGLIABUE
Benedetta Tagliabue is an architect and principal of EMBT in Barcelona. She has taught and lectured internationally, and received multiple awards, such as the Honorary Doctor of Arts degree from Napier University (2004), The RIBA Stirling Prize 2005, the Centenary Medal from Edinburgh Architectural Association and the 2005 Spanish National Architecture Prize for the Scottish Parliament building.
www.mirallestagliabue.com
TROY CONRAD THERRIEN
Troy Conrad Therrien is a founding partner in the creative curatorial agency Th—ey, and Chief Architect, Cloud Communication at Columbia University’s Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation. He holds an M.A. from the Architectural Association and an M.Arch from Columbia. His writing has appeared in journals such as Hunch, Volume, and San Rocco, and he has curated exhibitions at PS1/MoMA, the CCA, the Berlage Institute and elsewhere.
www.th-ey.co | @troytherrien
CHERYL TOWLER WEESE
Cheryl Towler Weese founded Studio Blue in 1993. She acts as creative director and oversees the mentoring of the design team. Cheryl’s influence on the studio’s work shows in her contextual approach as well as her intrepid demand for craft and innovation. She has served on the national board of the AIGA, the professional association for design; taught and lectured on design at universities and conferences; and juried numerous design competitions, including AIGA’s 50 Books/50 Covers competition, which she has chaired and juried four times.
www.studioblueinc.com
NICOLA TWILLEY
Nicola Twilley is the author of the blog Edible Geography and a freelance writer with work published in GOOD, Dwell, Wired UK and more. She is also co-director of Future Plural, co-founder of the Foodprint Project and co-curator of Landscapes of Quarantine.
www.ediblegeography.com | @nicolatwilley
URBAN-THINK TANK
Urban-Think Tank is an interdisciplinary design practice dedicated to high-level research and design on a variety of subjects, concerned with contemporary architecture and urbanism. In 1993, Alfredo Brillembourg founded U-TT in Caracas, VZ, and in 1998, Hubert Klumpner joined as co-director.
www.u-tt.com | @UrbThinkTank
LUIS URCULO
Luis Urculo is an architect whose work is characterised by the unusual way to portray architecture, using it as a means, more than an end. The output can be illustrations, animations, installations, or interiors. He also works as a teacher with Jaime Hayón for Master of European Design Labs in Instituto Europeo di Design, Madrid.
www.luisurculo.com | @luisurculo
RICK VALICENTI
Rick Valicenti is the founder and design director of Thirst, a communication design firm devoted to art, function and real human presence. Rick was recently awarded the 2011 National Design Award: Communication Design by The Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum. In 2006, Rick was awarded the American Institute of Graphic Artists (AIGA) Medal for his sustained contribution to design excellence and development of the profession. This medal is the highest honor in the graphic design profession.
www.3st.com | www.movingdesign.com | @3stDesign
MIKE WALSH
Mike Walsh is the author of Bowling Across America: 50 States in Rented Shoes (2008, St. Martin’s Press). He is the world’s foremost expert in the geographical nuances of rented footwear.
http://bowlingacrossamerica.com
MASON WHITE
Mason White is Director of the Master of Architecture Program, University of Toronto. He is a Partner in Lateral Office, and a Director of InfraNet Lab.
lateraloffice.com | infranetlab.org | @masoncwhite
MARCEL WILSON
Marcel Wilson is a licensed landscape architect. His design practice Bionic, is based in San Francisco, Ca. He teaches graduate level studios at the University of California at Berkeley, and is a former principal at the internationally renowned landscape architecture firm Hargreaves Associates. Marcel graduated with distinction from The Harvard Design School where he was awarded the prestigious Weidenman Prize for design excellence.
www.bioniclandscape.com
LEBBEUS WOODS
Lebbeus Woods is an architect and educator based in New York City. After working for Eero Saarinen and Associates and going into private practice, Lebbeus Woods has concentrated on theory and experimental work since 1976.
www.lebbeuswoods.net
DAVID YOON
David Yoon is a writer, designer, photographer, and self-confessed urban planning geek living in Los Angeles, where he work as an art director at an ad agency by day and otherwise spend my time writing fiction and screenplays. He grew up in Orange County and has lived in Berkeley, Yokohama, and Boston before winding up back here in Southern California.
www.davidyoon.com | narrowstreetsla.blogspot.com | @narrowstreetsLA
YOSIGO
Yosigo is photographer and graphic designer based in San Sebastian, Spain, whose work pays particular attention to space, simmetry and color. He has recently exhibited his work in the monographic exhibition Kresala in the Aquarium San Sebastian and has had his work in the cover of Colors (April, 2010).
www.yosigo.es
MIMI ZEIGER
Mimi Zeiger is a Brooklyn-based freelancer, writing on architecture, art, and design for a variety of publications including The New York Times, Dwell, and Architect, where she is a contributing editor. She is the founder of the architecture zine and blog loud paper.
www.loudpaper.typepad.com | @loudpaper
