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Ellen
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Those who can't do, teach, is a ridiculous cliché in any
context, but Ellen Fisher's career across the broad spectrum
of the design world especially puts that old saw in its place.
Fisher, currently the vice president of academic affairs and
dean of the New York School of Interior Design (NYSID), for
many years ran a prestigious design practice in Manhattan.
NYSID is New York's only private, not-for-profi t college
devoted exclusively to interior design education. She told
i+D she'd never considered a career as an academic, until a
trip to Greece, where she encountered the Socratic method.
Studying philosophy opened her to the world of educating
young people in her life's passion: interior design.
With graduate degrees covering education, technology
and architectural studies, Fisher earned her Ph.D. in
architectural studies/human environmental science from
the University of Missouri. Her research concentrated on
how the classroom affects literacy and overall learning.
Fisher is a fellow of both the American Society of Interior
Designers (ASID) and the Interior Design Educators Council
(IDEC) and serves as a board liaison to the Journal of
Interior Design as well. She recently authored the book
HOME: Foundations of Enduring Spaces (Clarkson Potter/
Random House, 2018).
A lifelong New Yorker, Fisher lives in Rockland County,
New York, with her husband, Steven Kaplan, a designer
and architect, and her daughter Zoe, a writer. She and
Steven have two other children, Andrew and Sarah.
We reached Fisher one morning recently at home, and
she spoke to us while looking out on the garden, tracking
the fl ight of visiting birds.
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