Contributors
LINDSAY, editorial director Anticipating the demise of humanity, Lindsay Reichart believes sustainability must become inherent in human practice.
RACHEL, managing editor Rachel Meade Smith likes meeting new spaces. A classic INFJ, her favorite parts are the corners.
KAMALA, peer reviewer Kamala Murali is from Chennai and is pretty good at flying kites.
KOMAL, peer reviewer Komal Sharma believes pottery classes should be free and mandatory for all.
LAURA
peer reviewer & PR manager It is late evening; somewhere in New York Laura Wing stirs at the faintest hint of jasmine, eucalyptus groves and that cold Pacific Ocean.
NATALIE,
copy editor If Natalie Nielsen were an object, she would be a snuggie.
HAYLEY, copy editor Hayley Arsenault loves to ride her bike along the river with a coffee in the basket.
GIGI, designer Gigi Polo is from Dominican Republic. When she moved to NY in 2003, she found her muse in a pair of yellow galoshes.
JUAN PABLO, designer Juan Pablo Pemberty is a designer from Colombia. He assures us that his city, Medellin, is South America’s most interesting place.
YOKO, photo editor Yoko Wang wants to be a round watermelon swimming in a cool stream with two short but slim legs.
JHEN YI, production manager Jhen Yi (Maggie) Lin believes in the kindness of the human heart and aims to be a systems thinker.
SALEM, Believing creative expression is a fundamental human quality, Salem Tsegaye lives for loosening capitalism’s grip on art and design.
*Cover illustration by Lexie Smith. Authors published in this issue of Plot(s). °Academic Advisor: Susan Yelavich, Associate Professor and Director MA Design Studies, School of Art and Design History and Theory.