Dustin Aksland ( dustinaksland.com) is a
San Francisco–based photographer. He
is praying that the ridiculous gas prices
will drop so he can afford to hit the open
road again and continue to work on his
current project, “Forecast for Today.”
Check out his extensive ReadyMade
debut on pages 22, 36, 50, and 58.
David Black (davidblackphotography.
com) is a photographer based in New
York City. He spends his time traveling
and photographing musicians, writers,
and artists. In 2006, Print magazine
included him in its issue devoted to new
visual artists under 30, and last year he
was featured in the Art Director’s Club
Young Guns 5 exhibition and book.
See his work on page 62.
Lisa Corson (lisacorsonphotography.
com) is an artist based in Greenpoint,
Brooklyn. She’s been documenting the
area’s music and art scene for the past
fe w years ( flickr.com/photos/lisacorson)
for fun and in hopes that, in 20 years,
it’ll be great to look back on. She also
collects homemade vintage dresses.
Her photograph of Todd Oldham’s
magazine rack is on page 56.
Anna Jane Grossman ( annajane.net)
is a freelance lifestyle reporter in
Brooklyn, New York, and the coauthor
of the book It’s Not Me, It’s You. When
not on deadline for such publications as
ReadyMade (read her piece on page 16),
she enjoys making macaroni portraits
of politicians. Her noodle homage to
Michael Bloomberg recently ran on
the home page of Slate.
Tom Fortier (tomfortiermodern@gmail.
com) designs and builds midcentury
modern–inspired furniture at his studio
in San Francisco. He has worked extensively creating props for major regional
theaters and national advertising campaigns in Connecticut, New York, and
San Francisco. See his take on the Ikea
Expedit shelf on page 40. It is always
1961 when Tom is around.
Linda Mason Hunter is a pioneer in the
green living/home ecology movement.
She is the author of The Healthy Home
and Creating a Safe and Healthy Home,
and coauthor of Green Clean. Learn how
to deep-clean your digs by following her
advice on page 70.
Kyle Monson ( kmonson@gmail.com) is
an editor at PC Magazine and founding editor of PC Mag’s AppScout blog.
When he’s not geeking out at his day
job or freelancing for ReadyMade (read
his story on page 62), he does kid stuff
like playing bass guitar in a pop-rock
band called Mere and writing for his toy
blog, ToyBugle ( toybugle.com). His life’s
ambition is to open a burrito stand that
ends the Great NYC Burrito Crisis.
Arthur Mount (arthur@arthurmount.
com) is an illustrator living in beautiful
Portland, Oregon. His last contribution
to ReadyMade featured an illustration
of Saddam Hussein and George W. Bush
engaged in a friendly game of cards.
That was a while ago. Find his newest
work on page 70.
Suzy Poling ( suzypolingphoto.com)
is an exhibiting photographer, experimental sound artist, and youth activist.
Her work has appeared in Chicago
Magazine, Esquire, Time Out Chicago,
Mojo, Seventeen, and Atlanta. Check out
her ReadyMade debut on page 30.
Nik Schulz is a San Francisco–based
illustrator. When he’s not drawing
informative pictures through his studio,
L-Dopa ( l-dopa.com), he’s traveling on
(and writing about) eyebrow-raising adventures. His journal from the months
he spent living on a mile-wide North
Atlantic island is being excerpted on the
blog Emerson ( emerson.typepad.com).
Berit Thorkelson is a freelance writer.
As far back as she can remember,
she has loved going to matinees,
rummaging through thrift stores,
writing essays, and traveling both near
and far. Her work appears in magazines
and newspapers nationwide, on her
travel-goods blog ( trustypony.com),
and on page 60.
Michael Whitney (michael@
michaelwhitney.com) is a 21st-century
hunter and gatherer. Since graduating
from Pratt in 1994, he has been designing and fabricating found object–
inspired functional products that can be
seen all over the globe, and on page 52
of this issue. He enjoys working after
work, and loves each one of his three
beautiful little girls.
