Karen Stein is a design consultant, writer, and member of the faculty of the Design Criticism program at the School of Visual Arts in New York. She was editorial director of Phaidon Press from 1998-2007 and, prior to that, senior managing editor of Architectural Record. She has been a member of the jury of the Pritzker Architecture Prize since 2004 and currently serves as a Board Member of The Architectural League of New York and co-chair of the Architecture and Design Circle of The Museum of Modern Art. She is the author of Aldo Rossi Architecture 1981-1991, and has contributed to a variety of publications including The Writings of Donald Judd, New York Magazine, a+u, and The World of Interiors.