I would like to dedicate this book to all of the creative people whose work fills its pages, and to my daughter, Leigh, who began her official design work at age two, building ambitious structures with dozens of baby board books. I have no doubt that the parents of every one of this book’s contributors have a similar story to tell.

—PS

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Edited by Nancy Ringer and Lisa Hiley
Art direction by Alethea Morrison
Book design by MacFadden and Thorpe

Pencil renderings by Michael Gellatly
Technical drawings by Peter Sherratt
Cover photography by:

Front cover, row 1, left to right: © Eric Bishoff, © Alexis Liu, © Chad Kelly, © Lightbox Images Photography, images by Thomas Cooper, © Steven Ewoldt; row 2, left to right: © Arthur Koch, © Lightbox Images Photography, images by Thomas Cooper, © Sara Schalliol-Hodge; row 3, left to right: © Maya Lee, Marcelino Vilaubi, © Eric Bishoff; row 4, left to right: © Adele Cuartelon, © Christy Oates, © Mark Bradley; row 5, left to right: © Ryan Mahan, © Beth Blair, © Marcus Papay

Back cover; top to bottom: © Cezary Gajewski, © Dieter Amick, © James Scheifla, Marcelino Vilaubi

Interior photography credits appear on page 316

Indexed by Nancy D. Wood

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July 16, 2015

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