Kimberlie Birks is a New York–based design writer and editor. Born in Montreal, Kimberlie studied art history at Brown University and design criticism at the School of Visual Arts, where she wrote a graduate thesis on playground design. Her writing can be found in magazines such as Dwell, Domus, Metropolis and Azure. As a child, she loved a good set of stairs and a Slinky. Find her on Instagram @sugarshutter