Mary Beth Klatt
Chicago, IL
773-764-9790
marybeth.klatt**Attee**gmail.com
Writer; Fashion, Design, Historic Preservation, Real Estate and Architecture, Food, Wine & Spirits
- Stories published in Town & Country, Continental Airlines, USA Weekend, Christian Science Monitor, Chicago Home + Garden Magazine, Preservation Online and the Chicago Tribune.
- Author, Chicago's Fashion History, 1865-1945 Arcadia Publishing (Summer 2010)
- Craft-related iPhone/iPad/Android apps, Fabric U and Yarn U, published by Sutro Media
- One of 60+ crafters profiled in CraftCorps, published in 2010
- Guest Blogger at UnBeige.com, a Mediabistro design weblog with an estimated 100,000 visitors monthly, February 2009
- Adjunct Faculty, Columbia College, "Introduction to Fashion Business," Fall 2008
- Meet the Designer column for Content That Works, syndicated in more than 200 newspapers in the U.S. and Canada, reaching more than 12 million households. Interviews with Barbara Barry, Todd Oldham, Nate Berkus, Tracy Porter and many others
- Author, A Smoker's Guide to Knitting blog
former communications director for Chicago's largest architecture association
a writer specializing in maternal and child health and rehabilitation at the American Hospital Association News, a weekly hospital industry newspaper read by an estimated 27,000 CEOs and health care policymakers nationwide
- American Society of Journalists and Authors, 2010
- Instructor, Vogue Fabrics, Evanston, Ill., Spring, Summer 2009
a bachelor's degree in journalism from University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana
CLIPS
Architecture, Real Estate, Fashion, Historic Preservation, Restaurant Design, Food, Wine & Spirits
- Go To Town, Leave Your Hat On, Continental Magazine, July 2008 (available as a PDF)
- Architecture Coach: The Versatile Murphy Bed, January 2009
- Architecture Coach: Shall We Dance? Uncovering Ballroom Gems, January 2008
- New Century Modern, Chicago Home + Garden, April 2008
- Architecture Coach: Buyers Rediscover Appeal of Kit Homes, April 2008
- Architecture Coach: Lustron Homes: Magnetic Appeal, October 2008
- Cool Country, Chicago Home + Garden, May-June 2008
- From Here to Infinity, Chicago Home + Garden, May-June 2008
- Architecture Coach: Conservatories: Bringing the Outdoors In, May 2008
- "Drawn To It," Art & Antiques Magazine, April 2009
- Car-Sharing Programs
- Architects Use Creativity to Build Business, Find Work, May 2009
- Architecture Coach: A Chip Off the Old Block, June 2009
- How-To: DIY Pantyhose Petals
- Architects and Adaptive Reuse Projects, July 2009
- Morel of the Story, American Way, September 2009
- Form and Function, Preservation Magazine, September/October 2009
- Against the Wind Restored mills skirt issues of age and neglect, History Channel Magazine, January 2010
- Architecture Coach: Rooftop Retreats, February 2010
- Architecture Coach: Know Your Roof Types, March 2010
- A Grain of Character, American Way Magazine, May 2010
- Architecture Coach: Can You Name That Architectural Style? July 2010
- Architecture Coach: 7 Great Options for Doors and Windows, November 2010
- Architecture Coach: Happy Feet, 10 Types of Home Floors, March 2011