Janet Eastman | The Oregonian/OregonLive

Janet Eastman has traveled the world covering design shows and interviewing the most famous architects, interior designers and product designers. On a four-month trip around the world, she wrote 30 blogs and print stories for the Los Angeles Times Travel section. She flew to Rio to interview architect Oscar Niemeyer who designed Brasilia. She has written for national magazines and design websites, and worked with architect Richard Landry to write the book, “Private Estates.” She lives in a small city in Oregon where the downtown speed limit is 20 mph -- slow enough to notice the smallest architectural details.