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10 Creators On When They Knew They Had to Make a Change in Their Careers
Whether it comes to you all at once or in little moments, the realization that you need to shake things up can be a powerful force in shaping your career.
After an Iconic Logo, What’s Left to Create?
One can create an amazing logo, but so much of a visual identity’s success is wrapped up in external factors, particularly the fate of the company itself. With no guarantees that one “big break” will lead to another, the designers behind the Apple, Google, and Pinterest logos realized they must develop their own barometers for success.
Vivienne Ming: The High Stakes of AI Will Make Us All Explorers and Entrepreneurs
AI expert Dr. Vivienne Ming breaks down robots, humans, and how the two can work creatively together.
The First Five Years: How Do I Network?
Welcome to “The First Five Years” where Mitch Goldstein, a professor of design at Rochester Institute of Technology, answers reader questions related to the uncharted waters of beginning a career. This month, Mitch answers a question about networking tactics.
Lyft’s VP of Design: 8 Principles on Scaling a Design Team
For Lyft's VP of Design Katie Dill, building a team is like mixing a great cocktail – it’s about finding the right balance of ingredients. Here’s a peek into her approach.
By Matt McCue
Jon Burgerman: Dispatches from the Edge of the Burgerworld
Do you dream of using your creative practice to take you outside the bounds of everyday ideas? Well, when you get there, the artist and designer Jon Burgerman will be waiting – probably knee-deep in colorful paints, construction paper, portraits of quirky characters, and the googly eyes he hands out wherever he goes. Because beyond the edges of known maps and ideas is where Jon Burgerman’s imagination flourishes.
Tea Uglow: Shed the Armor of Identity to Embrace Creative and Personal Transformation
Google's Experimental Person in Charge shares insights on transformation, contradiction, and her boundless belief in creativity.
Erik Kessels: It’s Not the End of the World
Iconic advertising executive Erik Kessels wants you to make more mistakes. Here’s why.
Brilliant Ideas That Never Saw the Light of Day
Five designers reflect on creative prospects that could have been.
