Patrick Chin is a freelance commercial photographer based out of Winter Park, Florida. We chatted about navigating Success Beyond Urban Hubs, an unexpected iPhone photo sale and Patrick's playbook on freelancing
Grafik Paragraph is a blog and newsletter delivering snapshots of excellent creative work.
Trace Thor's Artistic Roots: From Philly's Art and Graffiti Scene to designing apparel and sneakers at Round 2 and Extra Butter
Toil is a creative production and design studio, a nimble creative team that thrives on fresh ideas and taking risks. Designed in New York, Produced in Los Angeles
Jessica Dimcevski's path—from finding her true calling and embracing entrepreneurship's freedom to shaping the future of branding with innovative ventures through Blurr Bureau.
Ragged Edge collaborates with Wise to revolutionize the financial institution's branding, combining 3D executions, moving textures, and a colloquial tone of voice to create a visually distinct and accessible experience for users worldwide.
Andre Banks is the founder and CEO of A—B. A creative agency that uses its in-house methodology — Identity-Powered Design™ to redesign how power works and who it works for. Before starting A—B Andre Banks spent 20 years launching and leading organizations and currently sits on the board of AIGA-NY.
Brand Designer Alejandro Rodriguez chats about his type influences from growing up in PA, and the value of creating free resources that anyone can use.
Cathy Sison is the head of Shillington, New York. Shillington is a design school with passion and purpose at its core. I caught up with Cathy Sison about the Shillington Diversity scholarship, her move to New York City and turning her creative interests into side hustles.
Most hiring managers do read your job application emails, they just chose not to respond. Here are some tips for fixing that. Or at least learning what works and what doesn't. All by hijacking Mailchimp's free analytics tools.
How does a team go about making a "Classical" music brand feel fresh and new? With 4 DA&D awards and a host of other accolades, SF Symphony was one of the most celebrated rebrands of 2021. Louis Mikolay, then Creative Director at Collins filled us in on the challenges and collaborations that made it happen.
Éva Goicochea is the Founder and CEO of Maude, a modern sexual wellness company built on quality, simplicity, and inclusivity. Éva's approach to design for Maude's products and brand is challenging the old guard, and spawning more than a few copycats.
“The most powerful laptops we’ve ever seen,” “dramatically better than they have any business” being, “just generally absurd”. I've rolled my eyes when I read reviews like these, a knee jerk reaction to hearing excessive praise. But then they kept coming... I struggled to find a review that wasn't gushing or a tech expert that wasn't impressed. So what if the hype, isn't just hype?
Combo is an agency model equal parts strategic consultancy and design studio that combines design thinking and branding. I chatted to Co-founder Kapono Chung about his commitment to diversity in the office and his prophetic beginnings as the son of a design agency owner in Korea.
Danny Owens is a Creative Producer & Photographer in Los Angeles and takes joy in creating structure around a creative vision, bringing crews (& people) together to reverse engineer briefs and bring ideas to life. After 3.5 years as a producer at Squarespace, Danny is moving to advertising agency @The Many in October; and is open for select freelance projects.
Pinterest has come a long way since 2010, from humble beginnings as a post-it board for midwestern moms, to an image search behemoth. But one premise of the platform has proven to endure as compelling “what would a search engine look like if there wasn’t one right answer?”.
Derek creates dream-like sequences and idyllic ways of looking at the past. Based in Brooklyn, New York, Derek has created work for The New York Times, Vice, The Guardian and more. I chatted with Derek about his move from Miami to New York and his twisting path to becoming an Illustrator.
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