Debika Ray is a journalist, editor, critic and strategic consultant specialising in the arts – with a focus on the Global South, diasporic communities, cities and material culture. She has written for the Financial Times, Kinfolk, Dezeen, Apollo, Wallpaper, World of Interiors, and many others. Formerly editor of Crafts magazine, head of editorial at the Crafts Council and programme director of the Global Design Forum, she founded the creative consultancy Clove Press and is a trustee of Clay 1A, a new museum opening in 2028 about ceramics and the home. She has advised major businesses, architecture practices, engineering firms, universities, charities, think tanks and other institutions on their editorial, communications and public programming strategies. She frequently chairs public conversations, delivers lectures and participate in juries and interview panels in the sphere of craft, design and architecture.
