Born in Colombia, Richard Mishaan attended Columbia University Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation and began his career apprenticing for Philip Johnson. His firm, Richard Mishaan Design, has been creating interiors for residential, hospitality, and commercial clients for 30 years. He designs furniture for Theodore Alexander and lighting for Visual Comfort. His work has been featured in numerous design publications and is the subject of two previous books, Modern Luxury and Artfully Modern: Interiors by Richard Mishaan. He lives in New York. Jacqueline Terrebonne is the editor in chief of Galerie magazine. She has been a contributor to and editor at Architectural Digest, Gourmet, and Vogue. She lives in New York.