Allison Arieff (born October 29, 1966 [1] ) is the Editorial Director of Print for the MIT Technology Review. 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 to 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.