Anne Quito
Teaches Masterclasses
Anne Quito is a journalist and design critic whose work appears in CNN, The Atlantic, Architectural Digest, Metropolis, Fast Company, and Quartz. She is the author of Mag Men: Fifty Years of Making Magazines (Columbia University Press, 2019) and R/GA By Design (Rizzoli, 2026), and is currently writing Milton Glaser’s biography. An experienced interviewer, she is a co-host of the celebrated podcast Print is Dead, Long Live Print, and hosts the Elisava Masters’ Talks podcast.
Her reporting tracks the surprising ways designers shape culture—by making legible fonts, ergonomic chairs, mood-altering scents, climate-resilient cities, and even designing a brand-new nation from scratch. She holds master’s degrees from Georgetown University and the School of Visual Arts in New York City, where she also teaches. She is the first recipient of the Steven Heller Prize for Cultural Commentary.
“Producing a successful magazine or book takes a small miracle. Translating ideas to the page is a feat of foresight, pluck, luck, connoisseurship, teamwork, and business acumen. Thrills. Sweat. Joy. Next.”
