Contributors

Adrienne Breaux (editor-in-chief) – A graduate of Louisiana State University with a B.A. in Interior Design, Adrienne worked in the design field for years at a number of different design jobs, ran her own interior design consulting firm for over a year, and now does all sorts of freelance writing, editing, copy writing and photography for the web and in print on the subjects of interior design, architecture, furniture, home design tips, and more. She’s been lucky enough to convince a few pretty awesome websites to pay her on a regular basis. Among them are 2Modern and Apartment Therapy.

Top Contributors

Kirsten Grove – As an Interior Stylist and furniture reclaimer enthusiast, Kirsten Grove most loves taking dated designs and transforming them into modern masterpieces. She is mildly obsessed with colors and patterns, and believes the most important factor in a room is lighting. When she’s not designing, she’s most likely on an adventure with her 2 kids or eating something that includes ginger. You can find more about Kirsten on her design blog, simplygrove.com.

Claudia Endler – Claudia Endler is passionate about modern jewelry, art, architecture, design, and self-expression. As the designer and owner of Claudia Endler Designs, a premier Los Angeles modern jewelry design house, she indulges in her passion by conceiving contemporary jewelry creations that combine elements of modern art, graphic design, and modern architecture. Her designs occupy the private collections of some of L.A.’s top cultural leaders, including museum curators, architects, gallery directors, artists, and other jewelry designers.

Safir Kaylan – color specialist, cfm interaction coordinator, feature article writer and educator – through the exploration of color relationships with direct experience in color sensitivity, with her passion to define color from concept to product and her constant search for color effectiveness in different contexts and situations; Safir expanded her creative inclinations into color projects. Her work has encompassed major home appliances, countertop appliances, stand mixers, furniture and textiles. Recently, she have been supporting, communicating, and advocating color education, color relativity and the recognition of color by contributing feature articles in various media including her own blog – colorineverydaylife.wordpress.com.

Promila Shastri  – An unabashed design enthusiast who, even in college, had a hard time deciding which creative discipline incited her passions most. When she’s not making art, taking pictures or reading and writing about visual culture, she spends an unreasonable amount of time rearranging furniture and rethinking color schemes in her New York house. Much that captures her imagination can be seen on her personally curated image archive, STILL LIFE, at mystilllife.wordpress.com.

Cecilia Gómez Lauría – Cecilia is a product designer and photographer based in Mexico City. Moved by natural creations, human ingenuity and fascinated by all things cultural, she has an eye for simple and meaningful design. Her background includes a B.S. in Computer Science and a Master of Design in Designed Objects from the School of The Art Institute of Chicago. She gravitates towards the analytical side of design, however also deeply enjoys designing physical objects. She’s been described as being diversely curious with a hyperactive mind and unusual sensibility. Cecilia is currently designing accessories in collaboration with the Huichol community of Mexico. Some of her previous creations may be seen at gomezlauria.com.mx.

Adam Whatley – Originally from Southern California, Adam has spent the last 17 years in Austin, TX. Adam’s focus is on all things design including art and architecture. He is currently producing a line of interior ceramic lights and vases as well as continuing his pursuit of finding the perfect El Pastor Torta. Adam is married with no children or pets but does have a yard full of succulents. Some of Adam’s figurative work can bee seen on his website adamwhatley.com.

Alex Levin – Living in Brooklyn, NY, Alex Levin is a writer specializing in green technology and design. Alex Levin inherited his passion for sustainability from his Babooshka who would scoop out the last grain of rice from the pot before washing it. Now he yells at his friends for wasting food and generally has a holier-than-thou attitude about most things. Alex enjoys watching reality television, playing free rice and wrestling with his puppy-wuppy. You can check out more of his work at Granite Transformations, a remodeling company that advances green building practices by finding new ways to recycle and reduce waste.

Anand Gahlot – Anand Gahlot is an expert on urbane design and problem solving, often mixing his background of traditional print design and fine art skills with his passion for flinging into the mix whatever materials are within arm’s reach, even if he had to produce them himself. When he’s not busy spreading the love here at 2modern, he’s spreading the love through Fenetik Design and teaching at the Art Institute of Washington. You can always catch him unassumingly impressing anyone within sight with his firm grasp on all aspects of visual communication and Simpson’s quotes. He’s determined to keep 2modern readers up to date in all things design and just plain awesomeness.

Lauren O’Malley – From a small town with big city tastes, Lauren has always been obsessed with good design. A lover of all things aesthetically pleasing, she created the blog Style Niche as a reference for those looking for beautiful low cost/high end designs, inspiration, and products for their home no matter what their budget, and is always searching for great architecture, innovative products, and beautiful color schemes. Her current love is mid century/retro and is on the lookout for the perfect mid century modern abode for her fiance and adorable new baby. In her spare time she loves to paint, scrapbook, knit, design web pages and create digital art. You can find Style Niche here: http://styleniche.blogspot.com

Capree Kimball – Capree has a deep love of Victorian-era “fancy lads”, 19th Century anatomy drawings, and tin robots. She grew up in a dusty suburb of Phoenix, AZ, but spent a great deal of her youth reading through her father’s art and design books, as well as accompanying her mother on trips to furniture stores and model home tours. Shortly after graduating with a BFA in Photography, she discovered her true passion as a design blogger. Capree currently resides in Utah with her wonderful husband and their miniature schnauzer, Wrigley. She still likes going through model homes, if for nothing else, their plastic fruit and cookie-scented candles. You can also find Capree spreading the mod love on GrassrootsModern, My Adventure Is Your Advantage!, and Curbly.

Weekly Contributors

Megan Geckler – Megan Geckler is a site-specific architectural installation artist. Each piece a unique dynamic drawing in space, her bright and colorful artwork is a combination of fine art and craft, design and architecture. When she’s not on-site, installing her enormous works of art in museums and galleries across the country, she is teaching design at Cerritos, Fullerton and Glendale Colleges. Geckler was born in 1975 outside of Philadelphia, received her BFA from the Tyler School of Art in 1998 and her MFA from Claremont Graduate University in 2001. More at her website: www.megangeckler.com.

Cassandra D’Alessandro – A LEED Accredited Professional. Designer, writer, and color guru. Having studied art history, fine arts, and architecture she is obsessive with all things art and design related. She is in love with everything modern and particularly get excited about bold colors and dramatic lighting. Cassandra is currently living in New England and find design inspiration in found objects and all things sustainable.

Rachel Pfeffer – Rachel Pfeffer is a designer of all kinds currently living in Boston. She likes to make things and take pictures of things and take pictures of things she makes. Her claim to fame are Bullet Buddies: Empty Shells, Full of Life. Everything you’ll ever want to know about her is on her website, www.rachelpfeffer.com.

Stratos Bacalis – Designer and writer: Having studied civil engineering and fashion design, Stratos now works for an architectural firm specializing in exhibition spaces and museums. Visit his blog at http://sandman-chronicles.blogspot.com

Mette Dyhrberg – Importer of Danish Design and furniture designer who splits her time between New York and Copenhagen. She is passionate about design in all its forms and stay on top of the latest trends in modern Scandinavian Design and Lifestyle.