Diana Budds

Journalist

Diana Budds is a writer, editor, and critic interested in how design reveals stories about history, culture, and policy. It’s a perspective shaped by her training in art history and environmental planning, and curiosity about the world around us. Her work has recently appeared in The New York Times, Fast Company, Untapped, The Architect’s Newspaper, Wallpaper, and Metropolis, among other publications. Her favorite way to get around New York, where she has lived and worked for 13 years, is by bike. She is developing a book about utopian planned cities.