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Rachel Mulder is a licensed Architect, artist and dog lover based in Detroit, MI. She holds a Master of Architecture from Yale, where she was awarded the AIA Henry Adams Medal and the Gertraud A. Wood Traveling Fellowship, and a Bachelor of Science in Architecture from the University of Michigan. She has a love of glitter, squishyness, color, and the slightly grotesque. Outside of Thing Thing, Rachel’s practice spans architecture, interiors, and public art—with a deep commitment to experimentation and socially engaged design. She holds the role Senior Design Associate at Reddymade where she leads concept development and design execution for projects that prioritize sensory engagement, material exploration, and community impact—including projects for the National Building Museum in Washington DC, the Brooklyn Botanic Garden, the Bukhara Biennial, and Michigan Central Station in Detroit.

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Simon Anton is an artist and educator based in Detroit, Michigan. He has a bachelors from U of M's Taubman College of Architecture Urban Planning and an MFA in 3D Design from Cranbrook Academy of Art where he received the President's Award for Sustainability and the Redmond Prize. Anton has worked across the fields of architecture, interior design, furniture, art and jewelry. He was invited to present his work at the 2023 Venice Architecture Biennale, Everlasting Plastics. After suffering a profound family loss he cofounded Got Grief House a non-profit with the mission to support Detroit children and families experiencing grief. He is currently teaching a college course on Radical Materials and leading a Detroit youth Robotics Club.

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Eiji Jimbo spent much of his childhood in Metro Detroit and Tokyo, concentrated on reading manga comics, skiing, and bickering with his older sisters. His innate technical abilities and deep curiosity led him to receive a Masters of Architecture and Landscape Architecture at the University of California in Berkeley. During his time at Berkeley, he received the John K Branner fellowship, and taught a wide range of subjects including construction, mass timber, structures, California countercultures, and Geography. Jimbo loves a bustling Italian arcade, front porches, gradients, Memphis group, and Octavia Butler. He has shown collaborative work at Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit, Shenzhen Biennial of Urbanism and Architecture, and Venice Architecture Biennale. Jimbo has an unshakable balanced demeanor, mad culinary skills, and enthusiastic billiards games. He has worked as a carpenter building fabulous homes in Seattle. His time is now spent fishing, judo-ing, woodworking and raising his ham sandwich daughters Zea and Makie.