OWEN PHILLIPS is a Los Angeles-based writer and editor. He wrote and art directed for The New Yorker magazine for fifteen years, where among other things he commissioned a long-running series of self-portraits by major artists. He has led magazine launches and redesigns (including Men's Vogue, the Wall Street Journal's WSJ magazine, and The Hollywood Reporter). In addition to writing about art, food, architecture, and design, he is an editorial consultant and content strategist for a variety of media and tech companies.