Allison Arieff
Food and Shelter Ambassador, GOOD and “By Design” columnist, The New York Times
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Allison Arieff is Food & Shelter Ambassador for GOOD, and writes the “By Design” column for The New York Times. She also consults on media, design, and sustainability, most recently for Urban Revision and IDEO. From 2002-2006, Arieff was Editor-in-Chief of Dwell (and was the magazine’s founding senior editor). Arieff is author of the books Prefab and Trailer Travel: A Visual History of Mobile America. She began her editorial career in book publishing with stints at Random House, Oxford University Press, and Chronicle Books, where she edited numerous titles on design and culture including Airstream: A History of the Land Yacht, Cheap Hotels, and Hatch Show Print: The History of a Great American Poster Shop. She has lectured at the Architectural League of New York, the Commonwealth Club of California, UCLA, and the Hearst Lectures at Cal Poly among others. She received her BA in History from UCLA, her MA in Art History from UC Davis, and completed her PhD coursework in American Studies at New York University. Arieff lives in San Francisco where she has a 500-square foot urban farm in her backyard.
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