Susan Yelavich

Susan Yelavich is a Visiting Assistant Professor in the Department of Art and Design Studies at Parsons The New School for Design in New York City, and a freelance writer and curator specializing in architecture and design. From 1994 to 2002, she was the Assistant Director for Public Programs at the Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum in New York, where she produced 50 exhibitions and 16 publications. Yelavich is the author of numerous articles and books, including Design for Life, Pentagram/Profile (Phaidon, 2004), and The Edge of the Millennium: An International Critique of Architecture, for which she was awarded a 1997 Federal Design Achievement award.