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About the Author

Allison Arieff is the Editor in Chief of Dwell and was the magazine's founding Senior Editor. She is the co-author of Prefab and Trailer Travel: A Visual History of Mobile America, and the editor of numerous books on art and culture including Airstream: The History of the Land Yacht, Hatch Show Print: The History of A Great American Poster Shop and TASCHEN's Cheap Hotels.