Erin Loechner

Author of Chasing Slow and founder of Design for Mankind, Erin Loechner has been blogging and speaking for more than a decade. Her heartfelt writing and design work has been showcased in The New York Times, Lucky, Parenting, Dwell, Marie Claire, Elle Decor, Huffington Post, and a two-season HGTV.com web special, garnering over one million fans worldwide. She has spoken for and appeared in renowned international events for clients such as Walt Disney World, IKEA, Martha Stewart and Home Depot. Now settled in a Midwestern town, Erin, her husband and two kids strive for less in most areas except three: joy, grace and goat cheese.

Erin writes, “By day, I research trends and change diapers and write essays and design products and answer emails and speak at international events and say another prayer and brew another coffee and travel the world and read a chapter and kiss a skinned knee and battle imperfections and curate art and fry bacon and change my outfit and honor my husband and edit style lookbooks and sing lullabies and search for that ubiquitous missing sock yet again. By night, I write.”