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Firing Your Most Lucrative Client, and Eight Other Crazy Career Changes That Were Ultimately Great Moves
We asked some of our favorite designers and illustrators to walk us through a time when they drastically altered their course—from launching an agency to quitting a dream job without a plan.
How Photographer and Founder of Women of New York Went From Waitressing to Working with Chris Rock
French-Senegalese photographer Delphine Diallo discusses how spontaneity and waitressing made her a better photographer, the financial model that allows her to balance prestige and personal projects, and how she has made the most of her chance encounters.
From Copy Center Clerk to Bankrolled Artist, How Adam J. Kurtz Overcame His First Big Creative Hurdle
The 2018 99U Conference conference theme is about overcoming creative challenges, so we're asking our speakers to reflect on a pivotal pressure-cooker moment and share how they navigated it.
Want to Know What the Future Holds? Look No Further Than the Nearest Crossword Puzzle
From Crosswords with Friends to the doozies in the “New York Times,” crossword puzzles are made by a band of freelance cruciverbalists whose constructions are founded on a deep-seated passion for the words we use—and strong opinions on the ones that are taboo.
Can Russia’s “Neutral” Olympics Uniform Pave the Way for More Radical Redesigns in the Future?
The Olympics are a time for countries to show off their clout with superhuman feats, but there’s another display of dominance that happens off the field: branding. And for one country, the 2018 Winter Games have presented an unusually complex challenge. Let the design games begin.
Off-the-Grid Yet Totally Connected, Designer François Chambard is an Old-world Atelier for the Digital Age
François Chambard, the founder of design studio UM Project, explains how his industrial furniture designs balance vintage obsessions with high tech futurism.
By Lee Magill
Speakers Announced for the 10th Annual Adobe 99U Conference
Our 2018 event features a group of individuals and organizations finding their own creative solutions, and inspiring us to do the same. Challenge accepted.
By Andrea Rosen
Hop Down My January 2018 Design Rabbit Hole
Our journey includes stops at: Chilling out, Rubbish Famzine, Mickey Mouse cameras, Rhyme Crime, death apps, and gray matter. It doesn’t make sense now, and it may not later, either.
By Perrin Drumm
A Guide to Design Book Publishing for the Non-Rich and Non-Famous
Writing a book is so time-consuming that a minimum wage worker would earn more per hour and would have better sleep. So why do we keep on doing it?
By Anne Quito
