Early life

Schlossberg was born in New York City to an Orthodox Jewish family. His parents Alfred I. Schlossberg and Mae Hirsch were both children of Ukrainian immigrants. Alfred founded a textile-manufacturing business and was president of the Park East Synagogue on New York's Upper East Side, where Ed studied Hebrew and had a Bar Mitzvah.

Education

Schlossberg first attended New York's PS 166 school, and is a graduate of Birch Wathen School and Columbia College of Columbia University. He received his masters and doctoral degrees from Columbia University Graduate School of Arts and Sciences.

Career

Schlossberg's multi-disciplinary design firm, ESI Design, is based on Sixth Avenue in New York City. It has produced award-winning interactive experiences for both institutional and corporate clients. Signature projects include:

• Best Buy - Concept Stores
• Edward M. Kennedy Institute for the United States Senate
• Ellis Island - American Family Immigration History Center
• Playa Vista
• Pope John Paul II Cultural Center
• Reuters|Reuters Spectacular at 3 Times Square
• Sony Plaza and Sony Wonder Technology Lab
• Time Warner Home to the Future installation
• World Financial Center Breezeway Media Walls
• World Trade Center and World Financial Center Informational Kiosks

Schlossberg's plans for a redesign of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland received public attention when ESI was engaged to head the project in 2007, but the Hall of Fame ultimately went with a different design because of cost considerations.

Personal life

Schlossberg married attorney Caroline Bouvier Kennedy on July 19, 1986, his 41st birthday. They have three children, all born in New York:

• Rose Kennedy Schlossberg (born June 25, 1988)
• Tatiana Celia Kennedy Schlossberg (born May 5, 1990)
• John Bouvier Kennedy "Jack" Schlossberg (born January 19, 1993)

The family lives on Park Avenue, on Manhattan's Upper East Side.

Bibliography

• Schlossberg, Edwin (1973). Einstein and Beckett; a record of an imaginary discussion with Albert Einstein and Samuel Beckett. New York. ISBN 0825630118.

• Schlossberg, Edwin (1977). The philosopher's game: match your wits against the 100 greatest thinkers of all time. New York: St. Martin's Press. ISBN 0312604629.

• Fuller, R.B.; Schlossberg, E. (1977). Tetrascroll. Universal Limited Art Editions.

• Schlossberg, Edwin (1985). The pirated edition of Stevens and Bohr: a record of correspondence between Wallace Stevens and Niels Bohr and journals written during that correspendence. London; Zurich: Princelet Editions. ISBN 0862980143.

• Schlossberg, Edwin (1998). Interactive excellence: defining and developing new standards for the twenty-first century. Library of contemporary thought. New York: Ballantine. ISBN 0345423712.

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