Design person with an editorial point-of-view
Substack
A dozen years in design media spent running Curbed, a multi-platform brand under Vox Media; working on staff at Dwell magazine; founding the editorial division of a global architecture platform called Architizer; programming a couple of design conferences; freelancing as a writer for various outlets; and producing a chart-topping podcast about failed utopias. Selected work includes:
Substack: Ground Condition
Nice Try! seasons one (Utopian) and two (Interior)
Elle Decor: Eichler renovation, the new wave of California landscape design, history of the powder room
New York Times: design advice column
Artforum: Charles Pollock obit
Dwell: Jack Lenor Larsen, Yrjo Kukkapuro, Sheila Hicks, and Lucia DeRespinis profiles; house features on modern dogtrot, Greenpoint rowhouse, the “floating” farmhouse; four years’ worth of FOB reporting
Herman Miller: Rolf and Mette Hay at the Eames House, Don Chadwick interview, Ray Wilkes profile
Curbed: An oral history of the Sea Ranch, Part I and Part II, 10 Streets That Define America, The United States of California and Texas, Reno Diary: Prospect Heights brownstone, weekly editor’s note, all sorts of shopping guides
The Strategist: bookshelves, wedding registry, baby stuff, flatware, quilts
AIGA: Gold Medal essay on Alexander Girard