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Clockwise from top left: an ice bucket designed by Gaetano Pesce for Elle Decor's &GUKIPHQT)QQFCWEVKQPDGPGƂVKPI*QWUKPI Works; the Japanese knife Syrkett was recently gifted; Brooklyn's Prospect Park; stamps from Syrkett's own collection. Who has had the greatest impact on your career? Probably the great architecture editor and historian Suzanne Stephens. She's the deputy editor at Architectural Record, where I got my start, and I learned an incredible amount from her and the team there. She was also one of my professors at Columbia University, where I studied art and architectural history and theory. %KV[[QWƂPFOQUVXKUWCNN[KPURKTKPI! New York, always. 1PGCTVKUVoUYQTM[QWYQWNFEQNNGEVKH[QW EQWNF! El Anatsui. #PKPFWNIGPEG[QWYQWNFPGXGTHQTIQ! Butter. #RNCEG[QWVWTPVQHQTKPURKTCVKQP! Prospect Park, near my home in Brooklyn. It became the only place to "go" early in the pandemic and I found a new level of appreciation for the sense of community, beauty and change the park offered in a static, isolated time. 5QOGVJKPI[QWEQNNGEVUSPS stamps with art, architecture and design themes. I have too many. Last great book you read? Dawn by Octavia Butler. /QUVHTGSWGPVN[RNC[GFUQPIUQHNCVG! How about three albums? "Lianne La Havas" by Lianne La Havas, "What's Your Pleasure?" by Jessie Ware and "Something Wonderful" by Nancy Wilson. +H[QWYGTGPoVFQKPIYJCV[QWoTGFQKPI you'd be… getting a PhD. %JCTKVCDNGQTICPK\CVKQP[QWoTGKPXQNXGF with and why? As someone who cares about equitable access to both housing and health care, I'm so proud of the work Elle Decor does with Housing Works. Current project you are most excited about? Year two at Elle Decor! Year one was all about introducing my energy and ideas at a magazine with a history of leading the pack. Year two is all about leveling things up a notch—I can't wait to share what we've been up to. —Tali Jaffe Minor BAL HARBOUR 135