Erich Nagler is a writer and designer based in New York City. He holds a BFA in Integrated Design from Parsons, and works in the fields of art direction, graphic design, illustration, and typography.

Erich cut his teeth in publishing as Assistant Designer at Nest Magazine—winner of National Magazine Awards for General Excellence in 2000 and Outstanding Design in 2001—where Erich also worked on a team to redesign Editor-in-Chief Joseph Holtzman’s showpiece estate in upstate New York. After Nest closed in 2004, Erich became Assistant Art Director of Metropolis Magazine, finalist for the 2007 National Magazine Award for General Excellence.

Erich stepped down from his post at Metropolis in 2007 to embark on a six-month residency in Helsinki, Finland, where he worked as part of the Anteeksi design collective. His design-research project was made possible through a grant from the Finlandia Foundation. Erich is co-publisher with Moriah Norris-Hale and Benjamin Yanes of the literary journal Red Line Blues, and is currently at work on an illustrated novel.