Sam Cochran is a longtime design editor who currently serves as the Global Features Director at Architectural Digest. In that role he shepherds coverage of decorating, culture, travel, and architecture news for the print magazine while contributing to all of AD's international platforms, editorial initiatives, and events. As an expert in sustainability, renovation, and contemporary design topics, he makes regular appearances on television and industry panels. Sam is also the co-author of several books, including Colin King's best-selling monograph Arranging Things; Bryan O'Sullivan's A New Glamour; and Robert A.M. Stern's Houses. Raised in Westchester County, New York, he studied the history of art at Brown University and lives in Brooklyn.