Jennifer Sigler

Jennifer Sigler is an American editor and cultural producer based in Rotterdam and Cambridge, Massachusetts. She leads and supports the creation of books, exhibitions, events, and multimedia projects as platforms for interdisciplinary exchange.

From 2013–2019 she was editor-in-chief at the Harvard Graduate School of Design, where sh
revamped
and oversaw 10 issues of ''Harvard Design Magazine'' among many othe
publications
She also overhauled ''New Geographies'' journal; launched the serie
Harvard Design Studies
and created the Studio Reports collection, producing over 30 volumes in collaboration with faculty, visiting critics, and students.

While at the GSD, Sigler founded the experimental spoken-word serie
The Incidents
with Leah Whitman-Salkin, originally designed by Åbäke. The sixth Incident, with Virgil Abloh, entitle
''Insert Complicated Title Here''
was presented at the 2018 Venice Architecture Biennale with a festive "live print" of limited edition covers at the renowned Venetian print hous
Grafiche Veneziane
The book was later selected as a winner in th
AIGA's 50 Books 50 Covers
competition.

Sigler began her career in the Netherlands, as editor of Rem Koolhaas's seminal monograph ''S,M,L,XL'' (Monacelli Press, 1995), working in close collaboration with designer Bruce Mau, in Toronto. She later become editorial director at the Berlage Institute, an international postgraduate center for architecture and urbanism, where she started the journal, ''Hunch'', in collaboration with dean Wiel Arets and Roemer van Toorn, and edited its first seven issues. With Van Toorn, she also co-curated the Berlage's exhibition "Beyond Mapping: Projecting the City" at the 2006 Venice Architecture Biennale.

From 2008—2010 she was editorial director and public program curator of the 4th International Architecture Biennale in Rotterdam (IABR)
Open City
curated by Kees Christiaanse, and co-editor of the boo
''Open City: Designing Coexistence''
(SUN Publishers, 2009). Designed by Mevis & Van Deursen, the book was awarded honorable mention in the 2010 edition of the Leipzi
"Best Book Design from all over the World"
competition, and was featured in the 201
Best Dutch Book Design
exhibition at the Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam.

Jennifer has also worked wit
the Why Factory
a design research laboratory at TU Delft founded by Winy Maas of MVRDV; the Witte de With Center for Contemporary Art
Dutch Design Fashion Architecture
(DutchDFA)
Rotterdamse Schouwburg
the Netherlands Architecture Institute; REX Architecture; 2x4; With Projects; Diamond Schmitt Architects; Frontier; th
Harvard Office for Sustainability
and many others. She was the recipient of a grant by the Dutch Fund for Art and Architecture for research into Domestic Labor and Design, which grew out of a collaboration with performance artist
Simone Aughterlony
and Jorge León on "To Serve" in 2010.

She has lectured at the Architectural Association, London; the Columbia Graduate School of Architecture and Planning; the Harvard Graduate School of Design; the Beyond Media Festival, Florence, Italy; the New Institute, Rotterdam; and other venues.

Sigler currently works at the Lincoln Institute of Land Policy, a think tank in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and consults on publications and other projects related to design, culture, and the built environment.

Reviews and Mentions

Who is Architecture: The 2009 Domus China Interviews: Conversations on the Borders of Building
Interview with Jennifer Sigler by Brendan McGetrick, originally published in ''Domus China'', 2009.
Best Dutch Book Design
'Open City: Designing Coexistence'', designed by Mevis & Van Deursen, finalist for Best Dutch Book Design, 2010, and awarded honorable mention i
"Best Book Design from all over the World"
competition, Leipzig, 2010.
Index Magazine
Interview with Rem Koolhaas by Jennifer Sigler, photographs by Wolfgang Tillmans, 2020.
Designers and Books
Interview with Jennifer Sigler about the relaunch of the ''Harvard Design Magazine'' with issue number 38, "Do You Read Me?", September 2014.
It's Nice That
Interview with Jennifer Sigler about the relaunch of the ''Harvard Design Magazine'', January 2015.
D&AD Award
Harvard Design Magazine, number 38, "Do You Read Me?" January, 2015.
Azure Magazine
Interview with Bruce Mau by David Theodore on the 20th anniversary of the publication of ''S,M,L,XL'', November 2015.
magCulture
''Harvard Design Magazine'', number 42, "Shelf Life," featured as magazine of the week, September 2017.
Stack Magazines
Video Review of ''Harvard Design Magazine'', number 44, "Seventeen," September 2017.
''Wallpaper''
Harriet Thorpe reviews ''Insert Complicated Title Here'' by Virgil Abloh, edited by Jennifer Sigler and Leah Whitman-Salkin, from the Harvard GSD series "The Incidents" (Berlin: Sternberg Press, 2018).
Stack Magazines
"Love your Work?" Interview with Jennifer Sigler and Leah Whitman-Salkin about ''Harvard Design Magazine'', number 46, "No Sweat," February 2019.
Curbed
Alexandra Lange rereads ''S,M,L,XL'' in "Rem Koolhaas is the Real Diva," August 2019.

Year of birth missing (living people)
American book editors
People from Rotterdam
Living people

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