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Duncan Nielsen is a California-based writer and editor covering design, style, and culture.

He is the design news editor at Dwell magazine, where he’s led conversations about home design and the built environment for seven years. CALL OUT SPECIFIC STORIES OF WHAT I’VE REPORTED ON: He’s interviewed makers, entrepreneurs, and thought leaders, reported from global design festivals, and had the privilege of working with some of the best minds in design journalism.

From 2022 to 2026 he edited men’s style newsletter Blazer, delivering a point of view on clothes and culture three times weekly to thousands of people who care the right amount about what they wear. Sends included voicey ad copy for Nike, AYR, Huckberry, and many other brands you definitely know, or should.

In a former life he wrote songs that have aired in major television series like Nashville and The Sinner, and shared stages with The Flaming Lips and Third Eye Blind, among other super famous and kinda obnoxious bands.

SOME RECENT WORK I THINK IS GREAT.

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Interested in working together? Want to know what chair I’m sitting in? Just want to say “sup?” Reach out at duncan.nielsen@gmail.com or connect via LinkedIn or Instagram.

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