Holly Becker
Holly Becker is an American author, interior designer/stylist and trend expert who founded the award-winning design site, decor8, in 2006. Today, decor8 is one of the best-known design blogs in the world with over 2 million followers and fans and has become its own online magazine. The site has been featured on television and in hundreds of magazines and newspapers worldwide, and has four best-selling books under the “Decorate” series in nearly 20 languages.
Holly also runs online classes since 2009, and has taught over 8,000 students about branding, blogging, social media, photography and interior styling. Holly also lectures and gives design workshops at some of the most influential industry fairs and shops in Europe and the United States and she is currently writing her 5th book. Holly lives in Hannover, Germany with her husband and 3-year-old son.
www.decor8blog.com
Niki Brantmark
Niki Brantmark is an interiors book author and is the founder and writer at My Scandinavian Home, an interior design blog inspired by her life in Malmö, where she lives with her Swedish husband and three children.
Originally from London, Niki is the author of the newly released book, Lagom: The Swedish Art of Living a Balanced, Happy Life along with The Scandinavian Home and Modern Pastoral.
www.myscandinavianhome.com
Agata Dimmich
Agata Dimmich is the creative mind behind Passionshake, where she shares bits of her work and life in Milan, design finds and ideas for a happy living.
With a focus on interior and prop styling, photography and content creation, Agata works primarily as a stylist and blogger. Her work has been featured in many lifestyle and interior magazines and books including Elle Decoration.
passionshake.com
Desiree Groenendal
Desiree Groenendal is the founder/editor of the award-winning blog Vosgesparis, best known since 2007 for its monochromatic, minimalistic, industrial view on design but also for showing glimpses into Desiree’s life at home in Amsterdam where she can be found sharing her latest styling projects. Desiree also shares her many travel inspirations as she is frequently a guest at industry fairs and invited by brands to be inspired by their latest products and services, which she photographs and shares on Vosgesparis. Desiree is also the cofounder of w/Style, a Dutch agency for styling and photography alongside Dutch photographer Wen van Woudenberg.
www.vosgesparis.com
Mette Jakobsen
Mette Jakobsen is the voice behind the eclectic lifestyle blog, monsterscircus. The monsterscircus is an award-winning, creative lifestyle blog based in Denmark. It’s a global one-stop community based on her love for Scandinavian design, craftsmanship and ideas on how to master home decorating with both intent and personal style. Mette is a passionate hand-on woman who freelances for magazines, loves anything interior-related, who is keen on storytelling and is always on a mission to live an authentic life while celebrating the beauty of today’s modern society online as well as offline. Mette collaborates with major designer brands and contributes to several leading interior magazines worldwide both in print and online.
monsterscircus.com
Igor Josifovic
Igor Josifovic has a passion for interior design, home décor, travel and plants and likes to share his joy with his readers on the Happy Interior Blog. Igor’s blog focuses on interior design and decoration ideas for happy homes and showcases the beauty of our world and the inspiration brought back home through traveling. It also highlights the beauty and beneficial powers of houseplants. His love for houseplants resulted in a second project called Urban Jungle Bloggers which has grown into a global network to include a popular book, Urban Jungle, (German title: “Wohnen in Grün”), co-authored with his friend, Judith de Graaff. Igor lives in Munich but works all over Europe.
https://happyinteriorblog.com and www.urbanjunglebloggers.com
Stefan Nilsson
Stefan Nilsson, “Trendstefan”, is constantly on the go – he travels the world scouting for trends in lifestyle and design. Listed as one of the most influential people in the Swedish design industry, Stefan writes for top magazines, hosts radio shows and is a frequent guest on Swedish television and a speaker at some of the most influential design fairs in Europe. Trendstefan also runs Stockholm’s liveliest design arena under the name Designgalleriet, where he manages a blogger’s network with twenty Swedish bloggers writing about design.
designbloggarna.se
Michael Christie
Known widely in the handmade rug industry as “The Ruggist”, Michael Christie has been providing commentary on the world of rugs since 2008. With a passionate appreciation of rugs and carpets acquired during a career spanning over two decades, his experience in retail and trade only sales, wholesale, and niche manufacturing informs his irreverent style. In addition to ‘The Ruggist’ Michael had previously written for various trade magazines before taking up the Editorship of United States’ based Rug Insider Magazine in mid-2017.
Based out of the Canadian Maritimes, Michael travels regularly to major trade fairs and conferences around the world, and also presents ‘For the Love of Carpets!’ which chronicles modern carpet design over his career.
www.theruggist.com