Author’s acknowledgments

For Francesco

I am grateful to all those who have contributed to this book. Particular gratitude is due to Ian Henderson, Helen Murgatroyd, Perry Kulper, Chris Staniowski, Sara Shafiei, Ben Cowd, Matthew David Ault, Daniel Richards and Anne Desmet for their expertise, inspiration, and significant contribution; to Gary Butler, Sarah Gilby, Kyle Henderson, Sophie Mitchell, Phil Meadowcroft, Eric Parry, Mario Ricci, Peter Sparks, and Janek Ozmin, Gillian Lambert, and Kathryn Timms, whose work forms a large section of the book. Thanks also to Autodesk for their collaboration, to Yvonne Baum and Gemma Barton for their work at the early stages, and to Nick Dunn for his collaboration and support. Finally thanks to Philip Cooper and Liz Faber and the team at Laurence King Publishing, and to editor Mark Fletcher and designer Vanessa Green for their enormous support, patience, and hard work that made this publication possible.