Paul T. Frankl: Viennese émigré Paul T. Frankl (1886-1958) was a pioneer of early modern design in the United States, known for his “Skyscraper” furniture of the 1920s and his work for the Hollywood élite in the 1930s and early 1940s. A prolific and influential writer about design, he is the author of five books.
Christopher Long: Christopher Long is Professor of architecture and design history at the University of Texas, Austin and is the author of eight books and numerous journal articles.
Aurora McClain: Aurora McClain is a graduate student at the University of Texas Austin.
Peter Duniecki: Peter Duniecki is an award-winning book designer and graphic designer who lives and works in Vienna, Austria.
Christopher Long is Martin S. Kermacy Centennial Professor of Architectural and Design History at the University of Texas at Austin. He studied in Graz, Munich, and Vienna, and began his teaching career at the Central European University in Prague. He has published widely on various aspects of Central European and American modernism. His recent books include The New Space: Movement and Experience in Viennese Modern Architecture (New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 2016); Essays on Adolf Loos (Prague: Kant, 2019); Adolf Loos on Trial (Prague: Kant, 2017); Adolf Loos: The Late Houses (Prague: Kant , 2020); and, most recently, Jock Peters—Architecture and Design: The Varieties of Modernism (New York: Bauer & Dean, 2021).
