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56 CULTURED CONTRIBUTORS Established by Alex Mustonen and Daniel Arsham, SNARKITECTURE is a collaborative and experimental practice operating in territories between art and architecture. Exploring the boundaries of disciplines, the studio designs permanent, architectural scale projects and functional objects with new and imaginative purposes. For this issue's Cultured Commission, Snarkitecture created Drip light. GEORGE LINDEMANN, a graduate of Brown University, has been a contributing editor for Cultured since the magazine's inception. He is a strong advocate of the arts, education and the environment. He is a member of the Lake Point Project, a partnership project to restore the Florida Everglades. The project will result in a donation in excess of $100 million toward Everglades conservation and restoration. He is also president of the Friends of the Bass Museum. For this issue, Lindemann investigates Maria Pergay's Circle chair. San Francisco-based writer EMILY HOLT was formerly the fashion news editor at Vogue, and contributes to The Wall Street Journal, Elle and Cherry Bombe, among others. In this issue, Holt sat down with entrepreneur Bita Daryabari. "Like the best philanthropists in Silicon Valley, Bita is open to others' ideas and unafraid to do the work. What differentiates her is her unmitigated passion for Iranian culture and her understanding of the practical needs of the community." PORTRAIT BY NOAH KALINA (SNARKITECTURE); BFA (LINDEMANN); JOE SCHILDHORN (HOLT) TIM MCKEOUGH is a writer in New York City specializing in design and architecture. He is a regular contributor to The New York Times, Elle Decor, Architectural Digest and Azure, among others. In this issue, McKeough sat down with designer Martin Szekeley to discuss his new show at Salon 94.