Raise Guide is the definitive resource for knowing when and how to ask for a pay raise. Website: https://www.raiseguide.com/

Michael is a designer and illustrator born and raised in Ontario, Canada. His company, MKN Design blends strategy, artfulness, and purpose into visual solutions that delight and engage. He currently resides living in the Great Lakes Region of Michigan. www.mkn-design.com/studio | www.instagram.com/mkn_design

Born and raised in Nigeria, Ike Edeani is a photographer currently based in San Francisco. He used to be an architect; now he travels a lot, watches too much TV, and is always looking for good light.

Mel has traveled to many beautiful places in the world, but coming home to Vancouver’s North Shore ranks among her favourite experiences. Mel and her husband Ian raise their two sons in the very neighbourhood in which she was raised and she works in the community she knows and loves. Mel’s deep connection to her community is evidenced by her numerous volunteer activities; from her longstanding commitment to the PAC of her children’s elementary school to sitting on committees at the municipal level, Mel’s personal involvement in her community fosters a deep and personal understanding of what really matters to her clients. Raised in real estate, by parents who also made their careers as realtors, Mel continues the legacy of honesty, integrity and professionalism established by her family over 30 years ago. Her deep roots in the real estate community are complemented by the collaborative relationships she nurtures with her colleagues. Mel possesses the rare gift of establishing professional connections which blossom into personal relationships, largely due to her personal investment in her clients. She provides a bedrock of goodwill to all who know her and accompanies her clients every step of the way of their real estate journey. A consummate professional, Mel is well-versed in Vancouver’s market data, trends and industry forecasts; she prides herself on sharing her knowledge with her clients. By providing accurate, timely information to buyers and sellers, Mel ensures that her clients have a clear understanding of their investments in Vancouver’s dynamic real estate market.

Born and raised in Connecticut, photographer Tony Luong currently lives and works in Boston, MA. He is currently an MFA candidate at the Massachusetts College of Art and Design in Boston.

Todd Davis brings a variety of professional experiences as an architect to a wide range of private residential and retail projects. He and his team oversee all phases of design and construction on TDA projects from conception to completion. Todd was born and raised in the Bay Area and established a passion for architecture at an early age with a variety of interests that have informed his design work including photography, sculpture, furniture and travel.

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Sean Woolsey is a California born and raised furniture designer, artist, craftsman, husband and father. Inspired by his own father, a photographer and well-known stained-glass lamp maker, Woolsey launched The Sean Woolsey Studio in sunny Costa Mesa, Calif. in 2011. The studio's focus is on fine art and handmade furniture with a design process guided by the Japanese philosophy of Wabi-Sabi which recognizes the beauty in imperfect things that bear the imprint of time. Wabi Sabi is about the minor and the hidden, the tentative and the ephemeral. It finds true beauty in the organic. All studio pieces are proudly built to last for generations, crafted within a 35-mile radius of the workshop and shipped worldwide. For more information, please visit www.seanwoolsey.com and follow the studio's latest news on Instagram @thewoolsey.

Raised in the United States and Norway, Nils Finne established FINNE Architects in Seattle in order to bring a Scandinavian understanding of craft and landscape to the Pacific Northwest. The firm has practiced smart sustainable design for twenty-five years, designing new custom homes and renovation projects in many states including Washington, Oregon, California, Michigan and Massachusetts. FINNE is a member of the Green Building Council. Dedicated to the idea of Crafted Modernism, Nils Finne typically designs custom lighting, furniture, cabinets and hardware for every project. FINNE has produced more than 80 pieces of custom fabrications, which are also sold as stand-alone items.

Rebecca L. Weber is a journalist who covers social justice, the arts, and health. She has written for publications such as the Christian Science Monitor, O the Oprah Magazine, the Washington Post, and many others. Born and raised in Boston, she is now based in South Africa.

Born in 1919 and raised in Copenhagen, Denmark, Jens Quistgaard forged metal on his own anvil at age 14 and exhibited self-designed sets of knives a year later. He formed Dansk, a flatware and cookware company, in 1954 with American entrepreneur Ted Nierenberg.

João Canziani was born & raised in Lima, Peru, spent adolescence in Vancouver, and is now based in New York City. A fascination for different cultures led him to travel whenever he could. João calls home wherever he takes his camera. He has a Bachelor's degree in Psychology as well as a Bachelor's of Fine Arts in Photography from Art Center College of Design in Los Angeles.

Mariko Reed is an architectural photographer living in San Francisco, California and Honolulu, Hawaii. Mariko photographs interiors and exteriors for editorial and commercial clients. Mariko was born in Hawaii and raised with a combination of Japanese sensitivity and American ingenuity. The daughter of a general contractor and a fashion executive, Mariko is at home on a job site or beside a runway, bringing a unique sensibility to her photographs. While attending photography school, she discovered her quiet patience was the perfect match for architectural photography. Mariko's work focuses on capturing images with respect to the natural light and feeling of a space.

Elizabeth Weinberg lives in Brooklyn, New York. She was selected as one of PDN's 30 Emerging Photographers to Watch in 2010, and has been published in American Photography 26. Born and raised in Massachusetts, she graduated with a degree in Photojournalism from Boston University in 2004.

A designer by trade, Johanna Björk has always had a passion for storytelling and style. She currently works in the intersection of design, fashion and sustainability and is the founder of web magazine Goodlifer. Born and raised in Sweden, she's lived and worked in Miami, Brooklyn and is currently based in the LA-area. As Editor of Goodlifer, columnist for conscious culture site EcoSalon (ecosalon.com), and a freelance writer, she reports on the latest and greatest in good living, sustainable style, culture and trends from all over the world.

Sean Yoo is a textbook example of the multi-cultural, globally fluent designers of his generation. He is a Korean-American, raised and educated in Los Angeles, started his career in Milan Italy, and is currently living and working in Mexico City. Infusing his design skills with his eclectic backgrounds, he has been working on designs that are rooted in utility but can transcend cultural boundaries.

Spencer Lowell is a photographer born, raised, and based in Los Angeles He shot the Miner and Major loft in Brooklyn ("Finishing Touch," March 2011) and spent much of the time talkng with the five residents about art, culture, and life. "It was one of those days that felt more like hanging out with friends than working," he says. "Fortunately, I didn't forget what I was there for and took plenty of photographs ofthe dynamic space."

Chris Silas Neal is an illustrator and designer, born in Texas and raised in Florida and Colorado. His work has been published by a variety of magazines and book publishers and, has been recognized by Communicatin Arts, American Illustration, AIGA, Society of Illustrators, Society of Publication Designers, Art Directors Club of Denver, Print Magazine and Society of News Designers. He exhibits drawings at various galleries across the country. He currently works and lives in Brooklyn and teaches Illustration at Pratt Institute.

Born and raised in Sweden, Greta Magnusson Grossman represents a literal link between European design and California modernism. In 1940, after already establishing herself as a renowned designer in Sweden, she and her husband, jazz bandleader Billy Grossman, immigrated to Los Angeles. Although Grossman's work was well known and in demand through the 1950s and '60s her work was photographed by Julius Shulman, she appeared frequently in John Entenza's Art & Architecture magazine and she received two prestigious Good Design Awards from MoMA–she faded into relative obscurity. Recently, renewed interest in this pioneering modernist has resulted in some of her pieces being brought back into production.

born and raised in santa monica, pascale graduated from crossroads high school then received her bachelors degree in architecture at usc school of architecture. in her fourth year of college, she studied abroad in japan, china, hong kong, cambodia, vietnam, malaysia, singapore and indonesia — collaboratively working with the iban tribe and university of malaya to develop a community center for the rural tribe. upon graduating from usc, she was presented the raymond s. kennedy award for her thesis project on the evolving structure. she continued to travel the world studying architecture, technology and culture. her love for creating symbiotic relationships between the built environment, nature and its inhabitants, along with her eye for detail, has lead her to inspiring opportunities working with oma*amo and gast architects. since 2013, she opened her own firm where she helps clients envision and execute their desired projects within their respected budgets and aesthetic design. most recently, her love for nature and wellness has inspired her to work with clients to develop designs for holistic and sustainable wellness centers and spas.

"Following Mickey Muenning around the curvy dirt roads of Big Sur was one of the happiest experiences, ever," says California-raised, New York-based writer Keshni Kashyap, whose love of whimsical designers began when her father hired an eccentric architect and student of Louis Kahn's to design the house in which she grew up in. "Mickey is one of the gentlest souls I have ever met," she notes. "His glass Teepee felt like a piece of heaven."

A hand raised bird is a bird that has been at least partially raised by a person. The bird may live in the cage with its parents, but it has been handled, fed, and cared for by a person. The upside of buying a hand raised bird is that when it comes time for you to purchase the bird, it's already used to people. You will still have a "getting to know you" period where the bird gets comfortable with its new family, but you won't have a bird that is terrified of people and wants nothing to do with you. If you look online for videos or posts about, "How to hand tame a cockatiel", or, "How to hand tame a bird", you'll see that a lot of people are trying to deal with a bird that wants nothing to do with them. This can be a big issue for owners of pet shop birds. They want the bird to be a part of the family, but it's a long, drawn out process because you're asking a bird to become part of a human flock when the bird has never really been around humans. Hand taming a cockatiel can take months, if not longer, and you may never get a bird that really feels comfortable with your proximity. https://www.tythehunter.com/blog/hand-fed-vs-parent-raised-cockatiels

The Childs Dreyfus Group (CDG) was founded on the idea that changing the perception of a space can fundamentally change how people experience that space. Being a modern design firm with more than 50 years of experience and success, CDG understands the evolving realities of how people use space to live, work and play. Over the years, CDG has evolved to embrace new aspects of design, new markets and new challenges. From multi-family developments to luxurious rentals and for-sale developments to mixed-use spaces and to student housing and beyond. CDG has built enduring partnerships with clients across the nation by delivering designs that inspire, delight, tantalize and challenge the senses. Each CDG project is designed with the client’s priorities in mind. ROI, not vanity, drives our business and informs our creativity. By creating efficient yet emotionally effective designs, CDG stands apart as a forward-thinking partner who builds tremendous value—and breathtaking beauty into every assignment. Lead by Rene Pabon, President and CEO, CDG continues to foster an award winning culture driven to exceed expectations in interior architecture, merchandising and design. Member of the Institute of Residential Marketing and has been published in leading industry publications such as Builder, Raising Standards, Student Housing Business, Build, Multifamily Real Estate News and Professional Builder.

Amy Silberman was born and raised on the East Coast, she packed up and headed for the occasionally sunny shores of Northern California in 1997. She is most likely outside climbing rocks or hiking about.

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Photographer Hotze Eisma was born and raised in Amsterdam. "I was named for my grandfather, who lived in a small village in Friesland, which is a nothern province of Holland that has its own language. Even for the Dutch, my name is uncommon," he says. "While shooting the Friesland residence of Paula Leen (July/Aug 2012), I overheard her daughter Lotte asking in Frisian, 'Is Hotze there?' It felt like coming home!"

I'm a photographer/interiordesigner/marketing associate and love to surf and raise environmental awareness

I find fulfilment in planting and raising cacti and succulents. This is life. http://newhampshiredrugrehab.com

Born and raised in southern California, Anna Wolf loves the sun and warm weather. After a year long stint living in Mexico City, learning spanish and taking pictures, she now resides in New York. Shooting for a variety of advertising and editorial clients, she also makes personal work and ongoing projects. She is a graduate of Art Center College of Design and was a selected winner of the Magenta Flash Forward competition in 2006 and PDN 30 in 2007.

Born in New York City in 1907, Girard was raised and educated in Italy by an American mother and French-Italian father. Much of his most famous work emerged from his time as the director of fabric and textiles at Herman Miller, a position he held from 1952 to 1975. There, he collaborated with George Nelson and Ray Eames on designs that broke new ground for the industry in the US and well beyond. Girard's style was boldly colorful, incorporating geometric patterns and illustrative folk art-inspired imagery. Other notable works of Girard include the branding of Braniff Airlines, the design of New York’s La Fonda del Sol restaurant, and a huge mural at the John Deere headquarters. Today, Girard’s work is distributed by House Industries and some of his textile designs have been re-released through Urban Outfitters and other popular merchants. Girard died in 1993.