Laura C. Mallonee is a New York-based writer. Her articles have appeared in The Guardian, The Atlantic, and The Paris Review.

ONE 10 STUDIO Architects is an Indianapolis-based, design-centered architectural practice with a reputation for producing award-winning, modern design solutions. ONE 10 concentrates on a true collaborative design process by fostering an open studio culture. We believe thoughtful, highly-crafted architecture can and should occur anywhere, anytime and at any budget.

Raydoor is sliding wall and door company, with over 15 years of experience dedicated to pursuing the art and technology of interior division. Their patented TWINFRAME sliding door design and proprietary no floor track installation are our signature features. Raydoor specializes in interior dividing solutions with over 13 technically advanced system configurations. Their doors are handcrafted in New York and offer ADA compliant, as well as, green options for residential, hospitality, and commercial spaces.

ASG Real Estate Inc. ® was founded with the singular goal of adding value to the real estate transaction. We pride ourselves on being “unusually helpful.” We’ve become experts at overcoming obstacles, spotting missed opportunities, identifying real estate trends, and adapting to the ever-changing real estate markets.

Local Diez Arquitectura is a design, production and assembly office of Ephemeral Architecture projects, founded in 1995 in Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico. It is integrated by architects, industrial designers, carpenters, blacksmiths, electricians, and ceramic coating installers with activities in Monterrey, Mexico City, and Guadalajara. For all of us, the team of Local Diez Arquitectura, avant-garde design focused on the client and its products, is what is important. Being different and creative defines us and give us the elements to understand the links between architecture, marketing, corporate and product communication. For more than 20 years of activity, our team of architects and designers has developed a wide variety of projects that go from stands, showrooms and sale point displays, to corporate interior design and residential architecture. In 2010, we began experimenting with different materials such as ship containers and untreated wood recovered from other projects. The experiment was successfully completed at the Porcelanite Lamosa booth exhibited in Coverings 2010, being awarded the Overall Best in Show and published in the book Stands 10 (Editorial Links, Barcelona) Design development for the ceramic coating industry has been extensive and important, although other industries are also part of our portfolio. Our capacity of design, manufacture and assembly is approximately of 1500 sq m of stands in the same trade fair and we have successfully developed up to 80 ceramic coating showrooms per year. Our main clients are: Lamosa, Porcelanite, Firenze, Verve Ceramics, Ghent, Daltile, Tec de Monterrey, Torrecid, Deacero, Home Depot Mexico, Lowe's México, Rolcar, among others.

Ever since I was six years old I would go into a room and dream about how I could change it to make it look a whole lot better. I am an Interior Designer.