Andrew Blum is a contributing editor at Metropolis and Wired magazines, and writes the "Desktop" technology column for Print magazine.

He typically writes about architecture, design, technology, urbanism, art and travel-- all subjects arising out of his interest in the relationship between place and technology. His articles have also appeared in The New York Times, The New Yorker, Business Week, Popular Science, Architectural Record, Slate, Surface, Dialogue, The Globe and Mail, The National Post, and Interior Design.

Aside from writing, he has been a guest commentator on KCRW's Design and Architecture; moderated panels or addressed audiences at the Architectural League of New York, the Canadian Consulate in New  York, the AIA San Francisco, the New Ways of Working Network, SXSW Interactive, and Postopolis; and spoken to corporate audiences at Liz Claiborne Inc and Carnegie Fabrics, among others.

A New York City native, he studied English and architecture history at Amherst College, and human geography at the University of Toronto. He lives in Brooklyn with his wife, Davina Pardo.

Email: andrew (at) andrewblum.net