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Get to know our talented guest judges -- an incredible group of designers, bloggers and all-around design gurus.
Clockwise from top left: Amy Lau, Eddie Ross, Grace Bonney, Jaime Derringer, Jaithan Kochar, Jason Oliver Nixon, John Loecke, Joy Cho.
Amy Lau founded her interiors firm Amy Lau Design in 2001. A graduate of Sotheby's Fine and Decorative Arts graduate program, Amy also serves as an independent adviser to collectors of 20th Century decorative arts. Amy is also co-founder of the prestigious Design Miami fair, which assembles significant galleries specializing in design from the post-war period to the present. Amy's work has been featured in LUXE magazine, Metropolitan Home, ELLE DECOR and The New York Times. Her firm's current initiatives include a collection of contemporary curtains and upholstery textiles to be manufactured by S. Harris - Fabricut and a wallpaper collection for Maya Romanoff's 40th Anniversary.
Eddie Ross began his career working in television, first as a food editor on "Martha Stewart Living" and later as associate design director for all in-house production at Food Network. After working as an editor at House Beautiful and appearing on season two of Bravo's "Top Design," Eddie co-founded lifestyle company Eddie Ross with partner Jaithan Kochar. Since then, Eddie has been featured in Woman's Day, on HGTV and has created campaigns for clients like Lowe's, Gracious Home and Carleton V.
Grace Bonney is the editor and founder of Design*Sponge, which has been called a "Martha Stewart Living for the Millennials" by The New York Times. Grace has worked as a contributing editor at Domino and CRAFT magazine, and previously as style editor of HGTV's Ideas Magazine. She also runs a national series of meetups for women running design-based businesses called the D*S Biz Lady Series and hosts an annual D*S Scholarship to support up-and-coming art and design students.
Jaime Derringer is editor and publisher of the Milk sites: Design Milk (modern design) and Dog Milk (modern dogs). Flagship site Design Milk originally began as a collection of Jaime's favorite internet finds and soon branched out beyond home decor to art, architecture, and technology. In addition to penning her Milk sites, Jaime has been a ShelterPop contributor since 2009.
Jaithan Kochar is a writer and designer, working closely with partner Eddie Ross in every aspect of their Connecticut-based design and creative media consultancy, Eddie Ross. With degrees in psychology from Stanford University and interior architecture from the Rhode Island School of Design, Jaithan seeks to create narrative environments -- a room, a window, a memory, a story -- that elicit a multi-sensory, emotional experience of place.
Jason Oliver Nixon is the global lifestyle editor at Delta Sky magazine (and the former editor in chief and editorial director of Gotham, Hamptons, Los Angeles Confidential and Aspen Peak magazines). Jason has since teamed up with partner John Loecke to focus on yet another of his passions: Interior design. Together, they run John Loecke Inc. and pen the blog Demystifying Design.
Joy Deangdeelert Cho is a graphic designer and blogger who worked with numerous fashion clients before launching her own business, Oh Joy! in 2005. She now designs textiles, packaging and branding for clients in the fashion and food industries. Joy consults other creative businesses through her Rx program, and sells her stationery, home office and wallpaper line nationwide. She has authored the Oh Joy! design blog since 2005 and her food blog, Oh Joy Eats since 2009. Her first book, Creative, Inc., a book about becoming a freelance creative talent, was recently released this fall. Joy is located in Los Angeles, CA.
John Loecke has been working in the design field for eleven years, opened his namesake New York City firm in 2000. He's been named one of America's Top 25 Young Designers by House Beautiful magazine and his projects have been featured in numerous publications including Domino, O at Home and Better Homes & Gardens. His work can also be seen on the HGTV television series "Small Space, Big Style." He and his partner Jason Oliver Nixon now run Demystifying Design and John Loecke Inc., a New York-based design firm.
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