We asked each of this year's Dwell 24 about their everyday lives as designers. What inspires them? What does a typical workday look like? Who are their heroes? Follow along with the infographics below to read their responses.

I am...

19% Left-handed
74% Right-handed
7% Ambidextrous

2. Who are your heroes in design or in life?

Hans Wegner (in design) and Michael Jordan (in life). —Samson Wang
Olafur Eliasson. —Ian Cochran
Immigrants—people who leave behind and risk everything for a better life. —Maria Camarena

3. What contemporary design trends do you despise?

Soft, squishy things. —Urvi Sharma

I can tell I’m getting older by my response: the ugly-beautiful situation running about. I like organic forms and surprising material combinations, but this new stuff is beyond my comprehension. —Mark Grattan

All of it. —Aaron Aujla

Any trend that ignores environ- mental issues. —Maria Camarena

4. Choose one...

48% Bauhaus
22% Memphis
30% Brutalist

5. Choose one...

34% Form
30% Function
36% Fun

6. Choose one...

11% Past
52% Present
37% Future

7. What is your most treasured possession?

A pine tree, actually. —Simon Schmitz
In my studio, my manual Muji pencil sharpener. In my purse, my silver hairpin from Bali gifted to me by someone dear to my heart. —Paola Sakr
My moleskin. I never leave home without it, cliché as it may sound. —Gabriel Tan

8. I sketch with...

59% Pen
26% Pencil
15% Computer

1. What skills would you most like to learn?

The ability to carve the human figure in marble. But more important, being able to capture the figure’s soul in the sculpture. —Ryan Heinz
Negotiation tactics. —Stein Wang
Proper Italian pasta making! —Joel Booy
Teleportation, a kind of super strength like in Marvel comics. I really hate to waste too much time on the road. —Mario Tsai

2. What's in your dream house?

Secret passageways. —Urvi Sharma
A separate refrigerator for ice cream and a library with a spa. —SeonHee Kim
A cedar-wood sauna (on a lake!). —Kate Booy
A room full of all my favorite stationery in the world, including some items I can’t get anymore. I’d call it the Stationery Museum. —Nicki Shen
An indoor hammock. —Miranda Tengs Brun

3. What everyday object would you like to redesign?

For a long time I dreamed of a folding house that I can keep in my car, like the cartoon character Doraemon. I’d love to design a folding house someday. —SeonHee Kim
Mobile phones—they all look the same now. —Ángel Mombiedro
A mirror. —Ian Cochran

4. Design should...

Dare. —Simon Schmitz
Strive to have worthy aims and then attempt to meet them. —Joel Booy
Be thoughtful and functional. —Nicki Shen
Withstand the scrutiny of being questioned “why.” —Stein Wang

5. I work best with...

56% Music
37% Silence
7% Podcast

6. My studio is...

33% A study in head- clearing minimalism.
67% A hive of productive clutter.

7. I do my best work...

48% First thing in the morning
11% In the afternoon
19% Sometime in the evening
22% Late at night

8. What is Instagram?

26% An amplifier for ideas
48% A useful promotional tool
22% A homogenizing force in the design world
4% I avoid Instagram

9. How do you procrastinate?

With the help of the Internet. —Simon Schmitz
You mean, what is Instagram? —Mark Grattan
Often and needlessly. —Paola Sakr
My zodiac sign is Sagittarius, so procrastination isn’t a part of me. —Topher Kong
I meticulously organize everything around me or start rearranging the furniture in my house. —Urvi Sharma

To learn more about each of the designers and their backgrounds, visit the Dwell 24 homepage.