7 Ways to De-escalate Office Tension
Mediation offers plenty of tactics to help turn fraught deskside conversations into productive ones.
Productivity
By Andrea Rosen
How Productive Creatives Manage Their To-Do Lists
The mess of to-do apps, Post-it notes, and push notifications that we use to keep us on track is a unique portrait of our own personal productivity (or lack of it). Whether you’re a multitasking maven or scrambling to stay on top of it, here’s a review of creatives and the systems they use to help you own the art of getting things done.
Why We All Need A Mentor, Or Two
Three creatives reflect on the relationships that have transformed their work and lives, from big leaps to milestone moments and everything…
Creating a Freelance Life Through Mixed Media
The path a creative career takes can be art itself.
A Fourth-Generation Shoemaker is Changing the Trade She Once Resisted
The founder of Coclico explains why she had to escape the family business to bring her true self to the craft and why welcoming activism in the workplace can ensure an ethical and sustainable business.
Branding & Marketing
By Emily Ludolph
What a thousand-year-old Japanese tradition can teach us about branding
A Berlin-based aroma space designer brings a subtle Japanese art and process to the Western world. Plus, what this means for your brand process.
A Type Museum Preserves the Skill of Letterpress Printing
Two graphic designers with a love for letterpress turned a 250 year old business into a living museum, a small-run press,…
What Does the Word Magazine Mean Today?
This year's ModMag Conference took a philosophical approach to the world of magazine creation, ideation, and production.
Phrases That Trap Freelancers
The jargon, manipulation, bad intentions, good intentions but bad behavior, and downright BS that should make creatives run the other way.
How Innovation Has Lost Its Meaning - And How to Reclaim It
Innovation’s true practice must be restored, and a new code adopted.
Weighing the Risk: Be Open to the Outcome, Not Attached to It
Difficult and uncomfortable as it is, the proper way to begin any project is by abandoning linear expectations for a final solution.
Personal Growth
By Laura Entis
How to Launch a Creative Project on Little to No Budget
Start by asking yourself: ‘What do I want from this?’
