Interior Design presents Susan Szenasy
March 3, 5:30pm
Commonwealth Ballroom B
Student Commons
907 Floyd Avenue Richmond, VA 23220

Department visit March 3rd and 4th

In 1986 Susan Szenasy was named chief editor of Metropolis, the New York City-based magazine of architecture, culture, and design. During her 17 years as Editor-inChief, the magazine has gained International recognition and has won numerous awards. Susan’s training in design journalism was on the job. Beginning with Interiors magazine, she rose from a junior position of editorial assistant to senior editor; then se was named chief editor of Residential Interiors, the short-lived offspring of Interiors. Susan is the author of several books on design, including The Home and Light. She holds an MA degree in Modern European History from Rutgers University and teaches design history and design ethics at New York’s Parsons School of Design. She is a frequent lecturer and panel moderator on broad-ranging design topics, and the guiding light behind Metropolis’s Conferences (which she also facilitates), including Wonderbrands, Wonderbrands West, Net@work, Business UnUsual, Teaching Green and DEsign Entrepreneurs. She is the cofounder of R.Dot (Rebuild Downtown Our Town), a coalition of New Yorkers who came together after the 9/11 tragedies to contribute their expertise to building the 21st century metropolis at the site of the former World Trade Center.

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