Design writing and research done as a freelance writer and also as part of graduate studies
Photo of the cover of surface magazine showing designers, and photo of inside spread of magazine with article featuring two emerging designers

Writing, research, interviews for Surface Magazine

Image of brochure pages for a furniture design resource guide that was created for a museum program, the pages are mostly white with blue text, and one page is blue with white text

Writing and research for Museum of Arts and Design (MAD) resource guide

Image of Metropolis Magazine online webpage, the article showing is called Accessibility Watch: Retrofitting

Writing, research, interviews for Metropolis magazine

Still from Vimeo video that shows Emily standing at a green podium speaking about the images on the screen behind her that are vintage photos of interiors. One image has door handle by sculptor Chaim Gross, and the other the photo is taken by surrealist photographer Andre Kertesz
If you're curious you can see my graduate thesis presentation at the SVA theatre about the work of architect Elroy Webber whose mid-century modern style designs can be found in Connecticut, Massachusetts, and a few other places. Bonus is the Q&A at the end with the wonderful Kurt Andersen
I hope to return to this project in the future, I so enjoyed it and wish to share more of it - I would like to document more of his work and make it available to the public in other formats that are accessible to all. 
A special thank you to Webber's daughter, Alice Briggs, for inviting me to her home and sharing her father's story and drawings, as well as the homeowners who graciously let me experience their homes and their perspective of what it is like living with Webber's distinctive designs.
I earned my MFA in Design Criticism (D-Crit) from the School of Visual Arts in New York City. 
My studies focused on design writing and research, communications, and digital media. 

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