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Vitale

“This Way to Smiles,” page 45 design director: Lucía Chover. design director: Carlos Folch. design director: Santiago Martín. firm site: Castellón de la Plana, Spain. firm size: Three designers. current projects: EFI headquarters and a podiatry clinic in Castellón de la Plana; a medical clinic in Barcelona, Spain. honors: Interior Design Best of Year Award; Living Ceramics Award; CETEM International Furniture Award. feels: Chover loves handmade ceramics and vacationing on the Portuguese coast. heels: Folch’s favorite sport is European handball. wheels: Martín is passionate about motorcycling. vitale.es

“Lightness of Being,” page 92 design director: Jinshi Hong. firm site: Xiamen, China. firm size: Eight architects and designers. current projects: A showroom, a tearoom, and a gallery, all in Xiamen. trip: New Zealand is on Hong’s bucket list. kismet: He met his design partner while traveling. 139501177@qq.com

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Camber Studio

“Fitness Brigade,” page 120 principal: Wes Rozen. firm site: Brooklyn, New York. firm size: Four architects and designers. current projects: Residences in Brooklyn and Crawford,

Colorado. honors: NYCxDesign Award. rural: Rozen grew up in California, Arizona, and Colorado. urban: His firm recently completed Paradise Parados, a permanent installation at the Brooklyn Academy of Music, with artist Teresita Fernández, a frequent collaborator. camber.studio

Diane Lam Design

“Mission Statement,” page 112 principal: Diane Lam. firm site: Los Angeles. firm size: One designer. current projects: Chapman University Sandi Simon Center for Dance in Orange; Orange Coast College chemistry building in Costa Mesa; and the SEED School of Los Angeles, all in California. clay: Lam can often be found in a ceramics studio creating objects that explore unusual forms and surface textures. wood: She designed the Raleigh, a rift-sawn white-oak dining table now available at arborexchange.com. dianelamdesign.com

Rios

“Healing Elements,” page 82 creative director, partner: Sebastian Salvadó. firm headquarters: Los Angeles. firm size: 250 architects and designers. current projects: A residence in Montecito, California; notNeutral line of drinking cups. honors: IIDA SoCal Calibre Award; Southern California Development

Forum Design Award; Los Angeles Business Council Awards. east: Salvadó earned his master’s in architecture from the Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation at Columbia University in New York. west: A SoCal resident now, his favorite surfing spots include Malibu Colony, Ventura, and Scripps. rios.com

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Department of Architecture

“Bridge to Tomorrow,” page 74 principal: Amata Luphaiboon. principal: Twitee Vajrabhaya. firm site: Bangkok. firm size: 18 architects and designers. current projects: Central Chidlom Department Store women’s section in Bangkok; 18 North Observatory in Chiang Mai, Thailand; Vanke Shenzhen commercial complex in Shenzhen, China. honors: Interior DesignBest of Year Awards; Architizer A+ Firm Award; Architecture MasterPrize. on the job: Luphaiboon and Vajrabhaya met in 2001 while working at Metric Consulting Engineers & Architects, a leading Bangkok firm. off hours: Luphaiboon is an enthusiastic movie buff, while Vajrabhaya enjoys sketching and traveling. departmentofarchitecture.co.th

22 INTERIORDESIGN MARCH.22 “Mission Statement,” page 112 principal: Steve Johnson, AIA. principal: Jim Favaro, AIA. firm site: Culver City, California. firm size: 16 architects and designers. current projects: A Canyon Charter Elementary School building in Los Angeles. The Museum of Redlands and the City of Rancho

Palos Verdes Ladera Linda Park, both in California. honors: Interior Design Best of Year Award honoree;

Chicago Athenaeum American Architecture Award. italian style: Johnson cannot resist 1960’s and ’70’s furniture by Mario Bellini, Afra and Tobia Scarpa, and Joe Colombo. italian place: Favaro’s favorite city is Florence. johnsonfavaro.com