The Medici Family
for stunning character and bankrolling the renaissance

Leonardo Da Vinci
for questioning everything thoughtfully & thoroughly, inexhaustible resources
and excitement over new direction

George Washington Carver
for giving a damn & making it work

Nikola Tesla
for inventing the 20th century

Cleve Backster
for listening to plants and discovering primary perception

Theo Jansen
for creating life out of electrical tubes

Karl Lagerfeld
for keeping it real

Steven Klein
for getting so many stunning photo gigs

Todd & Rose DeMann
for feeding thousands
supporting hundreds
influencing many
saving a few
and loving one another

Dr. Eberhard Veit of Festo
for leading a stunning company through success, ingenuity, and bio-simplicity