Allison Arieff
Allison Arieff (born October 29, 1966 [1]) is Director of Communications for the urban technology platform Replica. An American writer and editor, she was, most recently, Senior Editor of City Monitor - The New Statesman. She was previously editorial director for the urban planning and policy think tank, SPUR (the San Francisco Bay Area Planning and Urban Research Association).[2] From 2007-2020, she wrote a regular column about architecture, design, cities and technology for the Opinion section of The New York Times.[3]
Early in her career, she held editorial positions at Random House, Oxford University Press and Chronicle Books. In 2000, Arieff helped found the architecture and design magazine Dwell, and in 2002, following the departure of founding editor Karrie Jacobs, she was promoted to editor-in-chief. During her tenure the magazine expanded its readership, and received a number of awards, including a National Magazine Award for general excellence. She left the magazine in 2006. She has been an editor at Sunset, worked at Good magazine and was a senior content lead for the design and consulting firm IDEO from 2006-2008.[4][5]
Arieff holds a B.A. in history from University of California, Los Angeles, and an M.A. in art history from University of California, Davis. She completed her PhD coursework in American studies at New York University.
Bibliography
- Prefab (book design by Bryan Burkhart), Gibbs Smith (2002) (subject: prefabricated houses)
- Trailer Travel: A Visual History of Mobile America (design by Burkhart, photography by Phil Noyes), Gibbs Smith (2002) (subject: mobile homes)
- Spa, Taschen (2004) (subject: spas)
References
- ^ Adam Bluestein, So What Do You Do, Allison Arieff? (Interview), mediabistro, July 29, 2003. Retrieved 2012-03-05.
- ^ Jackson, Nicholas (2011-10-11). "A Conversation With Allison Arieff, Writer and Editor on Sustainability". Retrieved 3 November 2016.
- ^ "Allison Arieff". The New York Times. March 2019.
- ^ "Allison Arieff". Retrieved 3 November 2016.
- ^ "Sunset Names Allison Arieff Editor-at-Large - Time Warner Inc". Retrieved 3 November 2016.
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- 1966 births
- Living people
- American architecture writers
- American magazine editors
- American social sciences writers
- University of California, Los Angeles alumni
- University of California, Davis alumni
- New York University alumni
- Writers from San Francisco
- Design writers
- 21st-century American women writers
- Journalists from California
- American women non-fiction writers
- 21st-century American non-fiction writers
- Women magazine editors
- American architecture critics
- The New York Times writers