Allison Arieff

October 29, 1966

Previously she was Editor at Large for Sunset magazine, and Senior Content Lead for IDEO. 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 Arieff holds a Bachelor of Arts in History from University of California, Los Angeles, and an Master of Arts in Art History from University of California Davis and completed her Doctor of Philosophy coursework in American Studies at New York University. Before joining Dwell, she held editorial positions at Random House, Oxford University Press, and Chronicle Books. She now writes a design blog called "By Design" for the OpEd section of The New York Times.

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Previously she was Editor at Large for Sunset magazine, and Senior Content Lead for IDEO. 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 Arieff holds a Bachelor of Arts in History from University of California, Los Angeles, and an Master of Arts in Art History from University of California Davis and completed her Doctor of Philosophy coursework in American Studies at New York University. Before joining Dwell, she held editorial positions at Random House, Oxford University Press, and Chronicle Books.

She now writes a design blog called "By Design" for the OpEd section of The New York Times.

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During her tenure the magazine expanded its readership and received a number of awards, including the National Magazine Award for General Excellence in the 100,000-to-250,000 circulation category.

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