Spencer Bailey

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Spencer Bailey
Born (1985-08-18) August 18, 1985 (age 36)
Denver, Colorado
NationalityAmerican
Alma materDickinson College,
Columbia University
OccupationWriter, editor, journalist
Websitewww.spencerbailey.com

Spencer Bailey (born August 18, 1985) is an American writer, editor, and journalist. He has written at length about architecture, art, culture, design, and technology, among other subjects.[1]

Early life[]

Bailey was born and raised in Denver, Colorado. He grew up with his brothers Brandon and Trent in a single-parent household.[2]

United Airlines Flight 232[]

On July 19, 1989, a month before his fourth birthday, Bailey survived the crash landing of United Airlines Flight 232 in Sioux City, Iowa.[3] His brother Brandon also survived the crash, but their mother, Frances, was one of the 111 passengers who died.[3] Bailey's brother Trent and their father, Brownell, were not on the plane.[4] Bailey is the subject of a famous photograph by Gary Anderson showing Lt. Colonel Dennis Nielsen carrying him to safety.[3] A statue based on the picture is part of the Flight 232 Memorial in Sioux City's riverfront development.[5]

Education[]

Bailey graduated from Pomfret School in Pomfret, Connecticut, in 2004. He received a B.A. in English from Dickinson College in Carlisle, Pennsylvania, in 2008 and an M.S. in journalism from Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism in 2010.[6]

In 2009, he was a student in a fiction-writing seminar taught by Gordon Lish.[2]

Career[]

2009–2010: Early work[]

In 2009 and 2010, Bailey interned in the editorial departments at Esquire and Vanity Fair.[6]

2010–2014: Bloomberg Businessweek, The New York Times Magazine[]

From 2010 to 2013, Bailey was a frequent contributor to Bloomberg Businessweek, and from 2011 to 2014, The New York Times Magazine.[6]

Reporting for The New York Times Magazine, in October 2011, he spent a night at Zucotti Park and a nearby McDonald's during the Occupy Wall Street movement.[7][8] Over the next three years, he interviewed authors, celebrities, politicians, and cultural figures such as Al Sharpton,[9] Tony Hawk,[10] Rodney King,[11] and Cyndi Lauper[12] for a "How to ..." column.[1] Bailey's interview with Rodney King was one of King's last before his fiancée found him dead at the bottom of a swimming pool.[13]

2010–2018: Surface Media[]

From May to August 2010, Bailey worked at The Daily Beast, and in September 2010 he was hired as assistant editor at Surface magazine.[6]

In June 2013, at age 27, Bailey became editor-in-chief of Surface.[6] With the July/August 2013 issue—Bailey’s first as editor—the magazine unveiled a major design overhaul created with the consultancy Noë & Associates.[14] At Surface, Bailey interviewed hundreds of leading architects, artists, designers, and cultural figures, including David Adjaye,[15] Tadao Ando,[16] Zaha Hadid,[17] Ian Schrager,[18] and Kanye West,[19] and helped launch the Design Dialogues conversation series.[20] Bailey's interview with Kanye West, published in the December 2016/January 2017 issue, was covered internationally. Page Six described the conversation between Bailey and West "strange";[21] Billboard called it "thoughtful."[22]

In January 2017, Bailey was named editorial director of Surface Media.[23] In May 2018, Bailey announced he was leaving Surface Media.[24][25]

2018–Present: Town & Country, Phaidon, The Slowdown[]

In 2018, Bailey was named a contributing editor at Town & Country, where he covers architecture and design,[26] and joined the book publisher Phaidon as editor-at-large.[27]

In May 2019, with filmmaker, photographer, and creative director Andrew Zuckerman, Bailey co-founded and launched the media company The Slowdown, which focuses on culture, nature, and the future, and produces "sensorial, highly curated storytelling."[28][29] He and Zuckerman co-host two podcasts, Time Sensitive[30] and At a Distance.[31]

In October 2020, Phaidon published Bailey’s book In Memory Of: Designing Contemporary Memorials,[32] which features more than 60 memorials commemorating some of the most destructive events of the 20th and 21st centuries, including war, genocide, massacre, terrorism, famine, and slavery. The book was named a Literary Hub "favorite book of the year"[33] and a Financial Times "best book of 2020."[34] "This book presents the contemporary memorial as a model and a warning," the essayist Garnette Cadogan wrote in LitHub. "It invites us to ask how we should recall in public and retrain our imaginations that we might unite rather than erupt in discord."[33]

Bibliography[]

  • Tham ma da: The Adventurous Interiors of Paola Navone (2016)[35]
  • In Memory Of: Designing Contemporary Memorials (2020)[32]
  • At a Distance: 100 Visionaries at Home in a Pandemic (2021)[36]

References[]

  1. ^ a b "Spencer Bailey". spencerbailey.com. July 7, 2017. Retrieved July 7, 2017.
  2. ^ a b "IN DIALOGUE // SPENCER BAILEY & TRENT DAVIS BAILEY".
  3. ^ a b c "Flight 232: Snapshots of tragedy and triumph". Retrieved 30 March 2011.
  4. ^ "Spencer Bailey, alive and well and ... a journalist, of course". Retrieved 7 July 2017.
  5. ^ Flight 232 Memorial and Statue – Sioux City, IA.
  6. ^ a b c d e "Spencer Bailey LinkedIn".
  7. ^ "Occupying McDonald's, About 4:30 A.M., Near Zuccotti Park, New York".
  8. ^ "169. Spencer Bailey | Scratching the Surface". scratchingthesurface.fm. Retrieved 2021-01-07.
  9. ^ "How to Give a Speech".
  10. ^ "How to Take a Risk".
  11. ^ "How to Find Inner Peace".
  12. ^ "How to Stay Famous".
  13. ^ "What Rodney King Said During One of His Final Interviews". spencerbailey.com. nytimes.com. July 18, 2012. Retrieved July 8, 2017.
  14. ^ (June, 2015). "Two Years Surface Magazine" Noë & Associates. Retrieved August 10, 2016
  15. ^ "David Adjaye on Architecture, Africa, and Atmosphere". Surface. September 22, 2016. Retrieved July 7, 2017.
  16. ^ "The Eternal Tadao Ando". Surface. February 1, 2015. Retrieved July 7, 2017.
  17. ^ "Legends: Zaha Hadid". Article. Surface. March 31, 2016. Retrieved July 7, 2017.
  18. ^ "Ian Schrager's Massive Appeal". Surface. June 7, 2017. Retrieved July 7, 2017.
  19. ^ "Kanye West: Free Form". Surface. November 20, 2016. Retrieved July 7, 2017.
  20. ^ "Design Dialogues No. 2". Retrieved 7 July 2017.
  21. ^ "Kanye gave strange interview before canceling tour dates".
  22. ^ "Watch Kanye West's Thoughtful Interview on the Music Industry, Emojis & Design With 'Surface' Magazine".
  23. ^ "Surfaces Promotes Spencer Bailey".
  24. ^ "Why I'm Leaving Surface Media After Eight Incredible Years".
  25. ^ "EXCLUSIVE: Surface Magazine Lands $2M in Seed Funding as EIC Departs".
  26. ^ "Nina Garcia, Stellene Volandes Bulk Up Elle, Town & Country Mastheads".
  27. ^ "Phaidon names Spencer Bailey as editor-at-large".
  28. ^ "Introducing The Slowdown, a Conscious Entertainment Media Company".
  29. ^ "The Slowdown: Culture. Nature. Future".{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  30. ^ "Time Sensitive: A Podcast Featuring Leading Minds on Time".
  31. ^ "At a Distance Podcast".
  32. ^ a b Phaidon. "In Memory Of: Designing Contemporary Memorials". Phaidon. Retrieved 2021-01-07.
  33. ^ a b "Our 65 Favorite Books of the Year". Literary Hub. 2020-12-07. Retrieved 2021-09-26.
  34. ^ Heathcote, Edwin (2020-11-19). "Best books of 2020: Architecture and design". Financial Times. Retrieved 2021-09-26.
  35. ^ Pointed Leaf Press. "In Memory Of: Designing Contemporary Memorials". Pointed Leaf Press. Retrieved 2021-12-20.
  36. ^ Apartamento. "At a Distance: 100 Visionaries at Home in a Pandemic". Apartamento. Retrieved 2021-12-20.

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