Claire Needs
Claire Needs is a Seattle-based writer, editor and communications specialist, working for publications and organizations across architecture, art and design. She was raised in Idaho and Northern California, and holds a BA in Communications and Media.
Claire is the Communications Coordinator for AIA Seattle + Seattle Design Festival, writing in her spare time about fashion, art and culture.
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Issue 42.1: Materiality
Contributor
2025
Recompose: Designing for a Natural Death featured in Issue 42.1 of ARCADE NW’s bi-annual print journal.
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Fashionably Late
Writer, Editor
2023-Current
Personal fashion and culture newsletter with notable interviewees.
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La Arca de Arca
Writer, Editor
2022
An interactive digital fashion zine inspired by experimental pop musiscian Arca and her close ties to the fashion industry, from the runway to live performance. Created for Central Saint Martins Fashion Journalism course.
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The White Show
Writer
2022
Coverage of Central Saint Martins’ annual “White Show.” This profile explores design student Fin Maguire’s look, encompassing multiple interviews and in-studio shadowing of the designer’s work.
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Needle Magazine
Writer, Co- Editor-in-Chief
2022
Needle Magazine was an arts and entertainment magazine created by 10+ writers, graphic designers, photographers and stylists at Seattle University. Published in June 2022.
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The Spectator
Staff Writer
2021-2022
Writing for Seattle University’s newspaper, The Spectator.
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