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Chris Dierks

Collections Manager and Grants Liaison

Chris Dierks has previously worked as the Archivist for Acconci Studio, a Brooklyn-based architecture and design office, and as the Archive Manager for Van Alen Institute’s Design Archive. He has also consulted for several New York-based nonprofit design organizations, and received his B.A. in architecture from Princeton University.

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