ALSO is an award-winning design firm based out of Chicago and Brooklyn and headed by Matt Lamothe, Julia Rothman, and Jenny Volvovski. They are the authors of The Exquisite Book, from Chronicle Books. They are the designers and illustrators behind Design Sponge At Home (Artisan, F11). Julia is the author of several books including: Drawn In and Farm Anatomy, and the writer of the popular blog bookbyitscover.com. Besides books, ALSO creates websites for independent businesses like Reform School, David Spark, and The School at Columbia University. www.also-online.

com David Macaulay is an award-winning author and illustrator whose illustrated books about science, history, and technology-notably The Way Things Work, Castle, and Cathedral-have sold millions of copies in the United States alone, and his work has been translated into a dozen languages. Macaulay has garnered numerous awards including the Caldecott Medal, a MacArthur Fellowship. He lives in Vermont.