Work that sits between object theories and cultural histories. Fun with scale, experiments with narrative, investigations into economic systems. Mostly writing and architectural design.
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Jaffer Kolb is a designer based in New York and co-founder of the award-winning architectural practice N/A. He sometimes writes, sometimes curates, and often teaches—currently at MIT and previously at Yale University, Columbia University, and Cooper Union, among others.
He was the 2015 Muschenheim Fellow at the University of Michigan, and before that worked as a designer in New York, Chicago, and Los Angeles. His work has appeared in numerous exhibitions and has been published internationally.
Previously he worked on the 13th Venice Architecture Biennial under David Chipperfield, and before that served as the US Editor of the Architectural Review. He holds a Master of Architecture from Princeton University, a Master’s in Urban Planning from the London School of Economics, and his Bachelor of Arts in Film Studies from Wesleyan University.
jafferkolb at gmail dot com
Disoriented Objects, Lecture at the Graham Foundation, 2018