Dennis Miller studied architecture at Cornell and worked for I. M. Pei & Partners and Davis Brody before opening, in 1984, Dennis Miller Associates, a gallery that for four decades has presented furniture of the highest quality from artists, architects, and designers. He has donated his extensive archive, as well as the oral histories featured in this book, to the New York School of Interior Design. Thomas Mellins is an exhibition curator, architectural historian, and author. Donald Albrecht is an independent curator and author based in New York. Jonathan Adler is an American potter, interior decorator, and author.