Career
She featured on the cover of The Washington Post magazine when she was 17 for her hand-painted clothing designs which financed her through college. Jeffers received a bachelor"s degree from the Art Institute of Chicago, Illinois and a master"s degree in history of decorative arts from the Bard Graduate Center, New York (1996). From 1982-1990, Jeffers was active in Grace Jeffers Designs, was product developer at Maya Romanoff from 1991-1993 and the marketing director at Bendheim Architectural Glass from 1993 to 1994 in Passaic, New Jersey Since 1995 Jeffers has been a consultant for design, curatorial services, marketing and public relations, including Wilsonart and Airstream.
Jeffers is also a lecturer and teacher.
Jeffers is writing The New Materials Handbook, an encyclopedia of modern design materials, to be published in 2016 by Thames & Hudson, London.
