Best Practice is a nimble design-intensive firm located in Seattle, WA. Founded in 2011 by Ian Butcher, Best Practice engages in a diverse range of work, from residential projects to large scale office & cultural works. We believe that meaningful design is a balance between content, beauty and function, and we take inspiration from the real-life needs of our clients and choreograph intuitive experiences. Our mission is to champion the needs of the people with whom we work, all while seeking to provide innovative solutions that explore the precarious balance between content, beauty, function and the realities of budget & time. Best Practice is fortunate to have a close working relationship with designers, artists, scientists and engineers and is always seeking to collaborate with like minded people on any scale of project. It is these talented individuals who lend their craft and insight to our projects, helping us realize a vision that provides a measure of unique, locally crafted feeling in all of our works.

We are a Madrid-based design company committed to innovation and good design, both in terms of objects and a lifestyle. We create unique and timeless and sustainable designer objects which a transmit a different viewpoint of the world around us. We apply our philosophy of sustainability to all areas of our business; products are durable, of proven quality, made with certified materials and highly recyclable. The objects are crafted with utmost care by artisans and industrialists. Every object tells a story, stories of entrepreneurship, design, craft and technology. More importantly they tell stories about those who made them their own, knew how to look after them and dreamed of them being given as presents to loved ones or passed on as a cherished legacy to their heirs.

David Lauer Photography Inc. is a Denver, Colorado, based photography firm specializing in modern architecture and design.

Dave has contributed to Dwell since its inception. He's a CalArts dropout, a former art critic for The New Yorker, and a producer of comedies on TV. He lives in, and writes from, Los Angeles.

David Baker Architects is a progressive architecture firm in San Francisco that creates acclaimed buildings in urban environments. Formed by David Baker in 1982, DBA is known for exceptional housing, creative site strategies, designing for density, and integrating new construction into the public realm. DBA has a passion for and deep understanding of the power of humane and respectful environments to transform neighborhoods and elevate the lives of individuals and families. We design thoughtful places that allow communities to thrive and that serve as a multiplier of good—that is, that enable or support further engagement, connection, or community benefit.

Ottawa, ON based interior design consultant. Curating lived-in spaces with old and new.