Eric Schwartau

Writer and Editor

Eric Schwartau is a writer, editor, and comedian. He pens the Catty Corner column for New York Review of Architecture, where he is a Contributing Editor, and co-founded Talk Hole, a comedy and culture project that began as a live show before evolving into a column for Interview and Gawker. He previously worked as an editor at Taschen and recently directed Steven Phillips-Horst in The Last Mad Man, a one-man show that premiered at the 2025 Edinburgh Fringe.

As the former Director of Programming & Publications at D-Crit, he taught the Applied Media Workshop, Thesis Development Workshop, and Design Writing and Research Summer Intensive, and edited 2NDFL, the department’s biannual publication. His teaching centers on experimental writing forms, voice and creative development, and the relationship between design and contemporary culture. He currently teaches Contemporary Issues in Design: New York City as Case Study.

A 2025 Google Artists + Machine Intelligence awardee, Eric is developing new frameworks for teaching and writing about AI in design in collaboration with Outland Editor, Brian Droitcour.