Contributors

Brian Sibley

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Brian Sibley is the author of numerous books on animation and writers.

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Sara Silm

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Sara Silm is a writer, cook, and stylist. She lives in the foothills of the Pyrenees in southwestern France. How to French Country is her first book.

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Hans Silvester

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Hans Silvester is a member of the Rapho photographic agency. His most recent reports took him to Rajasthan, where he photographed the people of the Thar desert and the incredible bestiary of Shekhawati wall paintings. His books include Natural Fashion and A Window on Africa. Silvester lives in France.

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Josh Sims

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Josh Sims is a design writer based in London. He is the editor of social trends journal Viewpoint and author of several books on menswear, including Icons of Men’s Style.

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Agnès Sire

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Agnès Sire has been the director of the Fondation Henri Cartier-Bresson in Paris since its creation in 2003.

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Nick Sissons

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Nick Sissons studied architecture at the University of Technology, Sydney. After completing his degree, he worked with Glenn Murcutt as an assistant on the Fletcher Page House in Kangaroo Valley, New South Wales. In 1997, Sissons traveled by motorcycle from Sydney to London, where he joined Foster + Partners. Sissons became a UK-registered architect and a member of the RIBA. He returned to Sydney in 2003, where he now lives and works with his wife, Patricia. They established their award-winning practice, Sissons Architects, in 2012.

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Lena Sjöberg

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Lena Sjöberg is an award-winning author, illustrator, and visual artist. She has published numerous books for children, and was awarded the Elsa Beskow plaque for her book What If.

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Ralph Skea

University of Dundee, Scotland

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Ralph Skea was for many years a senior lecturer in European urban conservation at the University of Dundee, Scotland. He is the author of Vincent’s Gardens, Vincent’s Trees, Monet’s Trees, and Vincent’s Portraits.

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Skylab

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Established over two decades ago in Portland, Oregon, Skylab is a band of makers—architects, designers, brand builders, and entrepreneurs—working together across a wide range of projects that revitalize communities, give rise to cultural epicenters, and create competitive advantage. Led by a team of five uniquely talented principals, the studio brings mastery across sectors including workplace, multifamily, residential, master planning, hospitality, civic/cultural, sport, resorts, retail, branding, and interior design. With work across the United States, the firm is known for projects that explore narrative storytelling, innovative approaches to design and construction, and the regenerative continuity between the built environment and nature. skylabarchitecture.com

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Svetlana Slapšak

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Svetlana Slapšak is a leading specialist in Balkan studies and award-winning essayist who has published more than eighty books. She won the American PEN Award for Freedom of Expression in 1993 and was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize in 2005. Both Charney and Slapšak live in Slovenia.

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Stacey Sloboda

University of Massachusetts Boston

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Stacey Sloboda is the Paul H. Tucker Professor of Art at the University of Massachusetts Boston. Her research focuses particularly on eighteenth-century art, design, and material culture in Britain, with a special interest in cross-cultural exchange and global networks.

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William Smalley

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William Smalley is a British architect known for his distinctive design language, which integrates a reverence for tradition with uncompromising refinement. Included in House & Garden's current Top 100 and described in The Times as “one of the hottest architects in the world right now,” Smalley's current work includes projects in the United Kingdom, New York, and the French Alps.

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Tony Smibert

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Tony Smibert is visiting artist researcher at Tate Britain, where he explores and demonstrates Turner's technique. As an artist, he has had over fifty solo exhibitions around the world. His books include Tate Watercolour Manual: Lessons from the Great Masters.

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Andrew Smiler

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Dr. Andrew Smiler is a licensed therapist with a master's in clinical psychology and a PhD in developmental psychology. He is author of the award-winning Dating and Sex: A Guide for the 21st Century Teen Boy and Challenging Casanova: Beyond the Stereotype of the Promiscuous Young Male and coauthor of The Masculine Self.

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Bob and Roberta Smith

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Bob and Roberta Smith, a.k.a. Patrick Brill, is a British contemporary artist, activist, writer, broadcaster, musician, art education advocate, and keynote speaker. He is a Royal Academician, and in 2017 was awarded an OBE for services to Art. Bob is a patron of The Big Draw and the National Society for Education in Art and Design. He sat on the Tate Modern Council and was recently a trustee of Tate. He is also a Trustee of Art UK and a contributor to the Guardian. He has extensive experience of teaching and is Associate Professor at the Department of Art and Architecture and Design at London Metropolitan University. He has curated numerous public art projects, including the 2013 Art Party to promote contemporary art and advocacy. His works have been exhibited internationally, and are in collections in Europe and the United States.

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Courtenay Smith

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Courtenay Smith is a freelance curator of contemporary art and design whose international exhibitions include “Shanghai Surprise” and the exhibitions and accompanying books for “Lucy Orta: Body Architecture” and “Xtreme Houses.” She has held numerous curatorial positions in museums and galleries in the United States and Germany.

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Ian Haydn Smith

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Ian Haydn Smith is the author of Selling the Movie and Cult Filmmakers and the update editor on 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die. Haydn Smith is also the editor of BFI Filmmaker Magazine and Curzon Magazine.

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Jennifer N R Smith

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Jennifer N. R. Smith is an award-winning illustrator based in Bristol and the author of Glow. She has a BA in fine arts and is certified in scientific illustration with the Medical Artists’ Association. In 2023, Glow was shortlisted for four AOI World Illustration Awards.

 

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Mr & Mrs Smith

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Mr & Mrs Smith was founded in 2003 by James and Tamara Lohan and has evolved into a global travel club with a million members in more than one hundred countries. Their specially selected experts, in London, Ibiza, New York, Los Angeles, and Singapore, travel the globe to discover the nest hotels and travel experiences.

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Paul Smith

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Paul Smith is a world-famous fashion designer and a passionate cyclist. He lives in England.

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Rachael Smith

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Rachael Smith is a photographer who studied under Mark Power, winning the Nagoya Award for artistic achievement for her degree show. She works regularly for the World of Interiors, House & Garden, Elle Decoration, Homes & Gardens, and leading magazines in Europe and Asia. Her work has been published in several interior design books, most recently The House of Glam.

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