Jennifer Yoos is a Minneapolis-based architect and design partner at VJAA. Yoos has authored essays on design and was co-author with partner Vincent James of a recent monograph on their practice published by Princeton Architectural Press. Her design work and research has been featured in exhibitions including the Venice Biennale, US Pavilion (2014), the Keller Gallery at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (2014), the Weisman Art Museum, Minneapolis (2011), and more. Her design work has also been published in Architecture Magazine, Architectural Record, Architecture Review (UK), Perspecta, Praxis and Harvard Design Magazine, among others.

Vincent James is a Minneapolis-based architect and design partner at VJAA. James was appointed Adjunct Professor at Harvard University's Graduate School of Design, where he taught from 2000-2006. He has authored essays on design and was co-author with partner Jennifer Yoos of a recent monograph on their practice published by Princeton Architectural Press. His design work and research has been featured in exhibitions including the Venice Biennale, US Pavilion (2014), the Keller Gallery at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (2014), the Weisman Art Museum, Minneapolis (2011), and more. His design work has also been published in Architecture Magazine, Architectural Record, Architecture Review (UK), Perspecta, Praxis, Harvard Design Magazine, A+U.

Andrew Blauvelt lives and works in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, USA. He is Director of Cranbrook Art Museum and the former Senior Curator, Design, Research, and Publishing at the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis. He has organized numerous exhibitions on architecture and design for the Walker Art Center and has authored essays and served as editor for several accompanying publications, including: Strangely Familiar: Design and Everyday Life (2003); Worlds Away: New Suburban Landscapes (2008), and Graphic Design: Now in Production (2011).