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Skylar Tibbits is faculty at MIT's Department of Architecture, teaching graduate and undergraduate design studios and co-teaching How to Make (Almost) Anything, a seminar at MIT’s Media Lab. The Self-Assembly Lab, directed by Skylar Tibbits and Jared Laucks, focuses on self-assembly and programmable material technologies for novel manufacturing, products and construction processes. Author affiliation details are correct at time of print publication.

Nirit Putievsky Pilosof, Tel Aviv, Israel. Nirit Putievsky Pilosof is a registered architect and a PhD candidate at the Faculty of Architecture and Town Planning at the Technion - Israel Institute of Technology. Nirit holds a Post-Professional Masters of Architecture from McGill University and a B.Arch and B.SC from the University of Wales. Nirit practiced architecture as a design project manager at leading architecture firms in Israel and in Canada, specializing in healthcare design, as well as researching and teaching in academic architecture programs. She has gained international awards including the prestigious AIA Academy of Architects for Health award, the American Hospital Association (AHA) graduate fellowship, the McGill University major fellowship, and the Azrieli Foundation fellowship. Author affiliation details are correct at time of print publication.

George Elvin is the founder of Gone Studio, the company pioneering post-petroleum design through zero-plastic, zero-waste, zero-electricity manufacturing. His designs have been featured by the Discovery Channel, Macworld, Treehugger, and over 50 other green design venues. The author of over 40 books and articles, his work on green design and technology has been published by Routledge, Wiley and Princeton Architectural Press, among others. Previous positions have included Assistant Professor of Architecture at the University of Illinois and Visiting Fellow at the University of Edinburgh. He is currently an Associate Professor of Architecture at Ball State University in Indiana. Author affiliation details are correct at time of print publication.

Michele Zinzi