Adobe-full-color Adobe-white Adobe-black logo-white Adobe-full Adobe Behance arrow-down arrow-right LineCreated with Sketch. close-tablet-03 close-tablet-05 comment dropdown-close dropdown-open facebook instagram linkedin rss search share twitter
Category

Interviews

Interviews

Grace Bonney: What I Learned in My 15 Years of Running Design*Sponge

One of the internet's most popular design blogs is coming to an end. In an interview with 99U, Design*Sponge Founder Grace Bonney reflects on the realities of getting creative projects off the ground and shares her hopes for the future of design media.

By

Jon Burgerman in his studio wearing a yellow jacket
Interviews

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.

By

Tea Uglow posing between some trees wearing a colorful chevron dress.
Interviews

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.

By

Erik Kessels in a fun yellow jacket posing by some bikes.
Interviews

Erik Kessels: It’s Not the End of the World

Iconic advertising executive Erik Kessels wants you to make more mistakes. Here’s why.

By

Mona Chalabi is all smiles in her 99U profile shoot.
Get Creating

Mona Chalabi on Statistical Stand-up, Play-Doh, and the Secret Language of Colors

The prolific illustrator and data editor tells stories in colorful visuals that aim to make journalism more accessible to everyone.

By

Jessica Hische; Tomorrow I'll Be Brave
Interviews

Jessica Hische: Tomorrow I’ll Be Brave

Almost everyone has a fear of failure and that emotion can feel paralyzing when it comes to both life and work. Achieving is great, but, as Jessica Hische has learned, real accomplishment is pushing through the initial fear to actually start creating.

By

Mike Perry; Broad City
Interviews

Mike Perry: Good Vibes

Artist Mike Perry sees art as a constant experiment. Color, too.

By

Get Paid

From Scrappy to Scale: A DIY CEO Explains Why Creatives Should Embrace Capitalism

Feeling a rift between creativity and capital? Vince Kadlubek, who has led the DIY art collective Meow Wolf to national success, looks back on his time on the fringes of the creative economy and shares a few words of wisdom on how creatives can balance business and craft, and why creative companies need to work together.

By

UENO founder Haraldur Thorleifsson
Risk-Taking

How Global Design Studio Ueno Maintains Its Creative Soul While Growing Rapidly

Ueno founder Haraldur Thorleifsson shares why the company promotes employees based on how they collaborate, why his company speaks its mind on social and cultural issues, and how they got into the content creation business.

By

All Categories