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Interviews

Eike König: Deliver the Unexpected

Eike König got his start designing album artwork during Frankfurt's techno era. In this interview, he traces the DNA of those rave years to the founding of his Berlin-based design collective "Hort" and his mission to always deliver the unexpected.

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The State of Digital Design: 2017 Edition

Four agency leads come together to discuss the challenges and opportunities in their industry, when everyone and everything is now "digital."

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Step Back in Time with Ebbets Field Flannels’ Vintage Jerseys

A small company in Seattle captures baseball’s design history one stitch at a time.

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How to Navigate Dysfunction at the Office  

The title pretty much says it all.

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The Future of Design, Part II

For the second straight year, we asked 10 creatives to predict what is coming up in the world of design and how they will prepare for it. This year's installment includes designing for voice-controlled tech, holograms, and the rise of the hybrid designer.

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Luca Barcellona: Take Your Pleasure Seriously

This Italian calligrapher is regularly hailed as one of the world’s greatest working calligraphers. Combining his monkish commitment to the craft with an inventive, youthful sensibility, Barcellona’s contemporary interpretation of hand lettering has coincided with a major resurgence of calligraphy in visual culture.

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Hanako Nakazato: The Life and Career of a 14th-Generation Potter

Nakazato's status as a woman in Japan meant she could never take over the reins of the family business – which traditionally goes to the oldest son – but it has also given her the uncommon freedom to follow her imagination, open her own business, and live the life she chooses on two faraway continents.

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Louise Fili: Never Sit and Wait for the Phone to Ring

The design icon lunched with 99U at Via Carota in the West Village, whose logo she created for its launch in 2015, to talk about why your studio's name matters, the reason your client’s person in charge must be present at all meetings, and what happens when you serve gelato at your studio presentations.

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Brooklyn Music Label Fool’s Gold Records on Turning 10

A-Trak and Nick "Catchdubs" Barat, DJs and founders of Brooklyn record label Fool's Gold, talk to 99U about their 10 years in the music business as friends and partners, their new brick-and-mortar retail store in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, and why going out on a limb for something you love makes it all worth it – even if that thing never achieves critical acclaim.

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