Max Humphrey spent 10 years in Los Angeles designing homes all over the US. In 2016, he moved to Portland to launch his own design firm. He has been featured in Architectural Digest, Domino, Dwell, The Wall Street Journal, and as one of Apartment Therapy’s design changemakers. Max was also featured as a Next Wave designer in House Beautiful and has been named one of Country Living’s 100 most creative people. He is the author of Modern Americana (Gibbs Smith, Spring 2021). He lives in Portland, Oregon.

Kathryn O'Shea-Evans writes about design, travel, and food from her home base in Colorado's Front Range. A contributing editor at Luxe magazine, her work is frequently published in The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, The Washington Post, Architectural Digest, and numerous other publications. She is the author of "Merry & Chic," "Alpine Style," co-author of "Lodge: An Indoorsy Tour of America's National Parks" and many ghost-written titles for Rizzoli New York, Abrams, Gibbs Smith and Monacelli.