‘American by accent, Chilean by birth and British by
persuasion’, journalist and content strategist DANIELA
WALKER splits her time between London and
Westcliff-on-Sea. Although she reports on innovation
and trends across a wide range of sectors, her area of
expertise is in all things food and drink. Walker spent
five years at the Future Laboratory, where she was the
editor of trend-forecasting platform LS:N Global. Her
work has appeared in publications including Wired UK,
Monocle, Vice and Riposte. On page 136, she investigates
why out-of-category brands are now entering the
hospitality market.Australian-Spanish freelance writer, editor and
consultant SUZANNE WALES specializes in design,
architecture and creativity. Based in Barcelona for over
20 years – a city she says ‘never ceases to astound her’ –
Wales has written and consulted for many architecture
and design firms, such as Dwell, Metropolis, Wallpaper*
and the e-zine The Spaces. Additionally, she has acted
as the editor of the website for the Catalan cultural
institution Roca Gallery. You can read about her visit to
Barcelona’s Sir Victor hotel on page 108.Originally from Yanbian, Chinese photographer
XIAOYUN now calls Shanghai home. After graduating
in environmental art design and working as a column
photojournalist in real estate media, he realized that he
liked Japanese commercial advertising photography.
Then, in 2017 he started working with Daylab, which
began his relationship with capturing architectural
spaces and the characters in them. Since then, he has
cooperated with many other design companies and
his work has been published in Gooood, ArchDaily and
Frame. You can find his portraits of Daylab’s partners
on page 54.ERIC KELSEY is a Los Angeles-based writer, journalist
and editor. As a former reporter for Reuters in Berlin and
LA, he has covered Hollywood, politics, sports, business
and celebrities behaving badly. Past assignments have
included an international cyberattack, the #MeToo
movement, a Nazi war crimes trial, and countless obituaries.
On page 122, he explores the world of luxury cannabis,
writing a story about Barneys New York’s leafiest retail
venture yet.8 CONTRIBUTORS