Claire Lui

I primarily write about the intersection of art, design, craft, and business. Some of my work:

Guggenheim

I wrote a year-long series of regular blog posts about the museum’s library’s collection, as well as a number of additional design posts for the website.

• A New Design Reshapes Membership at the Guggenheim
• “Reality in Themselves”: Herbert Matter’s Photographs of Alberto Giacometti’s Art
• The Little-Known Glass Works of Josef Albers
• Here, Kitty, Kitty: Fischli and Weiss’s Büsi Returns to Times Square

Print

I wrote a column, “Shelf Life,” about book cover design, in every print issue of PRINT, the leading magazine for graphic designers, for ten years, from 2007 to 2017, first as a staff editor and later, as a contributing editor.

• Profile of Xu Bing

Yarn Market News

I wrote a marketing column from 2011 to 2020 for this b-to-b publication aimed at yarn store owners.

• Poppin’ Fresh: Hosting in-store pop-ups can help you capitalize on a trend and increase sales.
• The Power of Rewards: Giving back to your most loyal customers.
• Glows and Grows: Providing employees with feedback—both positive and not—is a surefire way to keep everyone the right track.

The Riveter

In 2019, I wrote a series of articles about women and the workplace for theriveter.co, a digital community that originally was developed to accompany an IRL community of nation-wide, women-focused co-working spaces.

• How to Protect a Great Start-Up Idea
• Balancing Act: Tips for Moms who Travel for Work
• What I Wish I Knew When I Was Younger: Two Women CEOs Reflect

Garden Design

• Makeover: The James Beard Garden

I also started an online reader submission series called “My Garden,” which featured interviews and photos from readers. Here are two of my favorites:

• Growing Locally and Sustainably in Chicago: This gardener replaced her lawn with an edible front yard.
• Color in Massachusetts: A colorful neighborhood landmark.

Design Observer

• Plastic, A Toxic Love Story: Interview with author Susan Freinkel

American Heritage

• Wildwood

Columbia College Today

• Profile of Paul Auster
• Profile of Bill Condon

NYCGo.com

• A Gossip Girl Guide to NYC

and as a special nod to coronavirus…my fun-fact blurb about John M. Barry’s The Great Influenza in Entertainment Weekly that I read and wrote about in 2004.