Sarah Archer is a design and culture writer based in Philadelphia, PA.

Sarah Archer is one of America's leading experts on design and material culture. A native New Yorker now based in Philadelphia, she has worn many hats - author, curator, editor, reviewer, lecturer, and broadcaster - always with a combination of accessible style and scholarly insight. Her writing can be found in full-length books, including The Midcentury Kitchen, Midcentury Christmas, and Catland: the Soft Power of Cat Culture in Japan; in numerous museum publications, most recently for the Wharton Esherick Museum; in print (The New York Times, Material Intelligence, and American Craft, among others) and online (The New Yorker, T Magazine, Hyperallergic). She also consults with companies and museums, helping to develop deeply researched public-facing content. Previously, she was senior curator at the Philadelphia Art Alliance and the Director of Greenwich House Pottery; more recently, she has appeared as a regular guest on the podcast You’re Wrong About and in the CNN documentary The Many Lives of Martha Stewart. She is represented by Stoker Literary.