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Paul Barbera
Paul Barbera is an Australian-born photographer who splits his time between Australia and Europe. He works mainly in advertising and editorial but what inspires him the most are his self-initiated projects, which are featured online. He has been published in more than 50 international publications, including View on Colour, Bloom, Elle Decor, Freudin, Grazia Casa, Vogue Living, Jalouse, and Black Book.

Whitney Joiner
Whitney Joiner is a journalist based in Marfa, Texas. Her work has appeared in Glamour, I.D., Marie Claire, The New York Times, Salon, Teen Vogue, and Time.

Johanna Lenander
Brooklyn-based freelance writer Johanna Lenander was born in Örebro, Sweden, where she grew up in a cabinet-making, house-building, sweater-knitting, curtain-weaving, lace-making, and embroidering family. After many crooked birdhouses and asymmetrical scarves, she gave up and decided to write about craft and design instead. She contributes to Surface, T, and HOW magazines, among others.

Ali Moran
Ali Moran is a Portland, Oregon native and Brooklyn-based journalist, copywriter and freelance book publicity consultant. Her enthusiasm for design has been a life-long love affair, and she credits her father, a furniture maker, for sparking her interest at a very young age.

Mike Vorrasi
Born in Washington DC and raised in Bethesda MD, photographer Mike Vorrasi now calls Brooklyn his home. Since moving to New York 10 years ago, Vorrasi has worked for companies such as Urban Outfitters, NYLON, and Manhattan magazine, photographing designers and artists in their most private spaces — their work studios and homes. Some of his favorite shoots have been with jewelry designers Pamela Love and Digby & Iona.