Grace Jeffers

Grace Jeffers
Born Gracemarie Antoinette Jeffers
1967 (age 4849)
Alma mater Art Institute of Chicago, Bard Graduate Center
Known for designer, design historian
Website http://www.gracejeffers.com

Grace Jeffers (1967- ) is an American artist, designer, writer and historian currently based in New York City.[1] 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.[2]

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).[1][3]

From 1982-90, Jeffers was active in Grace Jeffers Designs, was product developer at Maya Romanoff from 1991-93 and the marketing director at Bendheim Architectural Glass from 1993 to 1994 in Passaic, N.J. Since 1995 Jeffers has been a consultant for design, curatorial services, marketing and public relations, including Wilsonart and Airstream.[1] Jeffers is also a lecturer and teacher.[1]

Jeffers helped restore and preserve the Ralph Wilson, Sr. House (1959) in Temple, Texas, the first individual residence listed that met Criteria Consideration G for properties that have achieved significance within the past fifty years.[4]

Jeffers is writing The New Materials Handbook, an encyclopedia of modern design materials, to be published in 2016 by Thames & Hudson, London [5]

Writing

Jeffers contributed an essay to Skin: Surface, Substance, and Design [6] authored by Ellen Lupton. The book accompanied an exhibition at the Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum, New York.

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Byars, Mel (2004). The Design Encyclopedia. New York: Wiley. ISBN 087070012X.
  2. BIGGAR, JOANNA (1985-01-20). "THE BIZ KIDS". The Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved 2015-12-14.
  3. Iovine, Julie V. (3 October 1999). "Amazing Grace". New York Times. Retrieved 5 March 2016.
  4. "The Wilson House".
  5. "Wilsonart Challenge".
  6. Lupton, Ellen (2007). Skin: Surface, Substance, and Design. Princeton Architectural Press. ISBN 1568987110.
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