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‘The Butter Book’ is Fresh Out the Kitchen and Ready for Your Coffee Table

It’s hard to say something as ever-present butter is “having a moment,” but let’s be real: butter is having a moment. Butter has always been everywhere, but somehow it recently seems to be everywhere even more than ever. Not only in the kitchen, in cook books, at bakeries, and restaurants, but in the wider zeitgeist

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What Matters to Sandy Mays

Sandy Mays is a creative director specializing in brand design, experiential environments, and visual storytelling across physical and digital spaces, with work spanning Google, Amazon, McDonald’s, and major live events worldwide. She leads with curiosity, craft, and human connection. See more at sandramays.com and @theworldofsandy Pronouns: she/her What is the thing you like doing most

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Flow and Overflow: Base Design’s Holistic Vision for Kanal

International creative agency Base Design, a multiple PRINT Award winning studio, recently unveiled the full 360° brand world for Kanal, a transformative new cultural institution opening in November 2026. Housed inside Brussels’ monumental former Citroën garage—Kanal isn’t simply launching a museum. It is proposing a new civic model: an ever-evolving public project that merges art,

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DesignThinkers: Emmi Salonen

Emmi Salonen is a Finnish graphic designer and art director whose work spans editorial design, visual identity, publishing, and exhibition graphics. She often works with cultural and institutional clients, bringing a thoughtful, systems-driven approach to typography and structure—with just enough play to keep things interesting. Beyond the systems and the structure, Emmi has long been thinking

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Design the Alley—Define the Era

In 2026, the United States turns 250. Milestones like this invite more than nostalgia. They call for perspective. They ask creatives to consider how a nation has expressed itself visually and how it might choose to do so next. To mark the moment, CityCenterDC is launching a national contest, inviting artists and designers from across

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