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Is Pantone’s Color of the Year Past Its Prime?

The 2022 COTY, Very Peri, is billed as embodying these transformative times. Critics say it's...

NEED TO KNOW
How Branding Expert Christopher Skinner Tells a Compelling Story

Five years after launching the beauty branding agency School House, the LVMH alum dishes on how...

MUSIC
Unpacking Megan Thee Stallion’s Internet-Breaking Music Videos With the Director Behind Them

Real Hot Girl Shit, indeed.

CINEMA
A Heath Ceramics Documentary Brings Edith Heath’s Legacy to Life

The potter and her company get the filmic treatment they deserve.

THE LEGACY ISSUE
Kin of Kilns

East Fork Pottery's Alex and Connie Matisse and John Vigeland are translating the ancient art into...

THE LEGACY ISSUE
Community: 10 Female Design Council Makers Define Legacy—on Their Own Terms

In celebration of the Female Design Council’s (FDC) debut exhibition “Deeper than Text,” on...

NEED TO KNOW
Need to Know: Kelly Aaron of Blueprint Lighting

"I grew up in a county with one stoplight. But I had this very small, specific window into what...

NEED TO KNOW
Need to Know: Lee Broom of Lee Broom Lighting

"I like the idea of creating emotion when somebody walks into one of my presentations, rather than...

NEED TO KNOW
Gina Love of AUVERE and PERYTON

"Law and design have seemingly little in common. But one of the threads that ties my law career...

NEED TO KNOW
Need to Know: Shant Madjarian, Juniper Design, Founder & President

"Juniper likes to ride that line between conscious and subconscious design. It’s the place I...

FROM ISSUE NO. 150
Meet the Experimental Designer Behind Hip Hop’s Most Influential (and Elaborate) Live Concert Performances

Michael Mauro has staged shows for acts such as SZA, 6lack, and Lil Uzi Vert.

NEED TO KNOW
Roberto Lobetti Bodoni; CMO, Moleskine

“People really want new stories to be engaged with."

WORDPLAY
Why Do All Millennial Companies Look and Sound the Same?

Surface Media’s CEO on the branding trends du jour. Also, pineapples!

THE LIST
This Creative Consultancy Wants You to Stop and Soak Up Good Design

Noë & Associates applies full-spectrum creativity to encourage people to experience the stories...

Hotel
The Making of a Hit Hotel: NoMad L.A.’s Narrative Design

French branding studio Be-Poles uses tactile, trend-eschewing collateral to breathe life into...