Julie Weiss has been designing books and magazines since 1989 and worked at Vanity Fair magazine from 1996 - 2014 (as Art Director 2004 - 2014). Before moving to Vanity Fair, she designed The New York Times Magazine and was the Design Director of Artforum International. She is the recipient of awards from the Society of Publication Designers and the Type Director’s Club, and has served as a juror for SPD’s annual design competition. In addition to her design work for magazines, she has designed garden, fashion and art books including most recently the Tokachi Millennium Forest in Hokkaido Japan for landscape designer, Dan Pearson. Her interest and experience extends from magazines, books and most recently gardens.
After 18 years at Vanity Fair, she decided to explore her love of gardens and gardening. She studied Landscape Design at The New York Botanical Garden and recently returned from 2 years living in England where she experienced an intensive education in gardening, horticulture, and planting design with Head Gardener, Fergus Garrett at Great Dixter in East Sussex. This education at Great Dixter has developed into a passionate interest in ecological gardening and the importance of bringing biodiversity and wildlife into our gardens and landscapes.
She now serves on the Board of the North American Friends of Great Dixter.
