Skip To Main Content
Sean Santiago on Muck Rack

Sean Santiago

New York
As seen in: Fussy, MSN, MSN UK, Yahoo Entertainment, Yahoo Life, HuffPost, Yahoo Canada, Yahoo News, Yahoo News Malaysia, Aol, Substack and
Covers:  Gender, identity, sexuality, style, art, design, travel, food, drinks.
Doesn't Cover: Science, technology, sports, agriculture, politics.
a casual little something for kristen stewart to slip into.

Get in touch with Sean

Contact Sean, search articles and posts on X, monitor coverage, and track replies from one place.

Learn more about Muck Rack

Actions

Share this page

Sean Santiago’s Biography

Read Full Bio →

Sean Santiago is a Brooklyn-based editor and art director. The founder of LGBTQ+ editorial brand Cakeboy, Santiago is an accomplished journalist, essayist and speaker who covers art and design, as well as beauty, style and gender and identity. He is that rare bird who can cover blush and Bauhaus with equal authority.

Sean Santiago’s Journalist Portfolio

See all →
"Mutants" Showing Proves There's an Appetite for Unique Design | Architectural Digest

"Mutants" Showing Proves There's an Appetite for Unique Design | Architectural Digest

Kristen Wentrcek and Andrew Zebulon ushered guests into their new show this weekend clad in bright yellow saf…

View article →
Menswear Textiles Find New Homes on Folding Screens | Architectural Digest

Menswear Textiles Find New Homes on Folding Screens | Architectural Digest

Collaboration across disciplines and cultures can elevate even the most humble of items. For menswear designe…

View article →
A New Kind of Breakfast Club Is Creating Community Over Gourmet Eggs and Toast

A New Kind of Breakfast Club Is Creating Community Over Gourmet Eggs and Toast

Breakfast is billed as the most important meal of the day, but for BreakfastClub founder Emily Elyse Miller, …

View article →
Have We Reached Peak Micro Bag? A (Mini) Investigation

Have We Reached Peak Micro Bag? A (Mini) Investigation

Are we at peak micro bag? The style was nascent in 2016, seen on the spring runways at Valentino (in a form s…

View article →
13 Dreamy Standouts From the Stockholm Furniture & Light Fair

13 Dreamy Standouts From the Stockholm Furniture & Light Fair

There was no shortage of lagom to lust for at last week's Stockholm Furniture & Light Fair, despite the low t…

View article →
How to Collect Art in the Instagram Age, According to It Brit Caroline Issa

How to Collect Art in the Instagram Age, According to It Brit Caroline Issa

It's a Friday night and Caroline Issa is settling in to watch Stranger Things 2. It's not exactly what I expe…

View article →

Articles

An Intimate Italian Dinner at Alimentari Flaneur’s New Culinary Studio in Harlem

|
By Sean Santiago
| Vogue Verified
It’s a Friday night in late spring on 121st Street, and Daniel Soares is in his element. A sourdough loaf is being sliced nearby with ceremony, sweating martini glasses clink, and a group of near-strangers stands laughing, huddled by the entrance to the first dedicated event space for the catering company Alimentari Flaneur. Aptly dubbed the bottega, it is already drawing guests uptown by word-of-mouth as much as their appetites.
Open in Who Shared View Duplicates (2) Issue with article?

Meet the Designer Who Wants You to Play Around

|
By Sean Santiago
Taillet spins Toupie Light. Photo: Franck Juery This article is from our Spring 2026 print issue, available online now. When the French designer Sophia Taillet was developing new work on a grant, she was preoccupied with the way design could act as an intervention. Instead of thinking like a product designer, taking as her North Star one metric of performance or another, she let herself be guided by play rather than purpose.
Open in Who Shared Issue with article?

SPOTLIGHT: Two perfect tile series for transforming your kitchen, bath, patio, or any surface that could use a bit of zhuzh

|
By Sean Santiago
| Sight Unseen Verified
05.29.26 The Weekly by Sean Santiago Welcome to the new Sight Unseen, a weekly newsletter that delivers the best of the design world — news, trends, shopping advice, interviews, travel recs, and more — straight to your inbox. If you’re not subscribed, follow this link to sign up. Want to partner with us, advertise, or submit your work (guidelines here)? Email us at hello@sightunseen.com.
Open in Who Shared Issue with article?
See all 868 licensed articles (961 Total)

Interview

See all →

What was your first job as a journalist?

My very first job as a journalist was—isn't this the same for everyone?—as a reporter for my university newspaper.

Have you ever used a typewriter?

Nope.

How is social media changing news?

Social media is not "changing news" per se, but is creating an effect where the news cycle seems much shorter and harder to keep pace with.