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Jon Burgerman on Every Designer’s Nightmare: The Client Wants Everything Redone at the Last Minute
The 2018 99U Conference theme is about overcoming creative challenges, so we’re asking our speakers and breakout session leaders to reflect on a pivotal pressure-cooker moment and share how they navigated it.
Make it Cuter—and More Branding Lessons From the Weird and Wonderful World of Japanese Mascot Design
If the Olympics are the biggest sporting competition in the world, then yuru-chara is the biggest spectator sport. Here’s what you can learn from the designers behind these furry, fumbling characters.
The High-design, Highly Unregulated Vitamin Market is Booming—How Responsible are Designers for Pushing Fake Pills?
As smartly packaged vitamins and supplements flood the market—as well as our Instagram feeds—what moral obligation do designers have to call out snake-oil salesmen when they see them?<br>
Love the Design Work, Hate the Designer. How Much Do a Designer’s Morals Matter?
Can you separate great design work from a morally objectionable designer?
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.
