Paige Rense plotted and executed the rise of Architectural Digest to the top of the highly competitive field of international design publications. For several years she was the only person to hold the position of editor in chief of three magazines simultaneously: Architectural Digest, Bon Appetit, and Geo. A longtime resident of Santa Barbara, Rense now divides her time between Los Angeles, New York, and Vermont, where she lives with her husband, the artist Kenneth Noland.