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Madeleine Sloback is an interior designer specializing in thoughtfully curated residential spaces that balance functionality, warmth, and timeless design. From early in her career, she discovered a strong passion for residential interiors, finding the greatest reward in transforming collaborative client visions into highly personal homes.

With over a decade of experience, Sloback has worked on hundreds of homes, developing a deeply client-focused approach shaped by her ability to connect with a wide range of personalities and lifestyles. Her expertise extends beyond design alone, drawing from hands-on experience in finishing carpentry as well as multiple personal home renovations.

Leading a team of skilled designers, Madeleine combines creativity with practical construction knowledge to create spaces that feel refined, livable, and tailored to each client’s unique way of living.

Atelier V&F was co-founded by Chen Furong and Vega Zaishi Wang. Their professional background and artistic upbringing shape the character of Atelier V&F. Its work tries to break the divide of territories and cultures, with an inclusive narrative to interpret aesthetics and functionality. The two designers’ poetics of life and living, their respect for different materials’ true nature, and their unceasing pursuit of exquisite craftsmanship instill vitality into Atelier V&F’s works — from artistic sculptures, installations, and spaces to practical and utilitarian objects. As a married couple, Vega and Furong’s collaborative works embrace the non-utilitarian and pure beauty, and are thus emotionally powerful.

Lucas Huillet is a French interior architect, designer, and ceramic artist whose multidisciplinary practice explores the dialogue between objects, spaces, and storytelling. Working across furniture, ceramics, and interiors, he develops projects that move fluidly between drawing and material, creating works that balance sculptural expression with functional purpose. Rooted in craftsmanship and a strong commitment to sustainable production, Huillet has produced a collection of handcrafted ceramic objects in his studio since 2019, while also collaborating with cultural institutions and luxury brands on projects that integrate design, narrative, and spatial experience.

Solid Objectives Idenburg Liu (SO–IL) is an internationally recognized architecture studio founded by Florian Idenburg and Jing Liu in New York City in 2008. With offices in New York and Amsterdam, the practice is known for its open, humanistic approach to architecture, creating cultural, civic, and residential projects that foster meaningful connections between people, space, and environment.

Working across architecture, research, and publishing, SO–IL combines material sensitivity with intellectual rigor and a refined spatial language. Their work has been widely exhibited and collected internationally, including by the Museum of Modern Art, the Guggenheim Museum, and the Art Institute of Chicago. The studio has received numerous distinctions, including the American Academy of Arts and Letters Architecture Award and the Architectural Review’s New into Old Award, and is featured in the 2025 Venice Biennale.

Jay Boggo is a Brazilian artist and designer whose multidisciplinary practice spans collectible design, sculpture, visual arts, and fashion. Working with reclaimed native woods, natural fibers, stone, and salvaged materials, he creates pieces that explore the relationship between nature, memory, and cultural heritage. Deeply influenced by the landscapes and communities of the Brazilian Amazon, Boggo approaches design as a dialogue between craftsmanship, sustainability, and storytelling.

Rooted in the principles of circular economy and environmental responsibility, his work reinterprets ancestral knowledge through contemporary forms, transforming raw materials into sculptural objects imbued with a strong sense of place. Through furniture, installations, and artistic projects, Boggo celebrates the connection between people and the natural world, creating works that serve as a passage between tradition and innovation, past and future.