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For All Breeds & Needs (and the Modern Dog Brand Playbook)

Its positioning “For all breeds & needs” sidesteps the preachy certainty that dominates pet nutrition. Instead, it offers flexibility and empathy, acknowledging that what’s right for your dog today might change tomorrow. There are two things consumers (and I) cannot resist: a well-designed package and anything to do with doggies! Ideally, both at once. We’re

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The Daily Heller: The Ghostly Physics of Designing an Incomparable Indie Label

Ghostly International, founded in 1999 in Ann Arbor, MI, is an ecosystem of recording, visual arts, street fashion and more. Their logo symbolizes the most contemporary dance and club music in the midst of Detroit’s avant-pop and indie rock scenes. Among its successes are long-running ambient series SMM and its dance imprint, Spectral Sound. The

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Last Chance for 2026 Glory

The PRINT Awards End Tuesday, April 7 The deadline for the PRINT Awards is April 7—and this is your final window to submit your work and help to shape the future of design. We added extra time so you can submit your strongest work—now it’s time to dive in and go for the gold. This

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No Shortcuts, No Six-Pack Illusions: The Working Assembly Introduces Wild Roman

There’s a very specific kind of modern masculinity happening right now—somewhere between a perfectly edged beard, a laser-treated jawline, and an algorithmically approved torso. Manscaping has gone from a quick trim to a full-body maintenance plan, and “looking put together” increasingly borders on architectural. In other words: the bar is high, the expectations are higher,

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Project 2 | Dialogue: The 2Craigs

Welcome to installment three of Project 2 by The 2Craigs, a year-long visual back-and-forth between photographer Craig Cutler and illustrator Craig Frazier. With each new work, one responds to the other in sequence—no dialogue, no direction, just instinct driving the evolution of the series. Dialogue: 11:12 The post Project 2 | Dialogue: The 2Craigs appeared

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The Daily Heller: Why is Japanese Miniature Food So Appetizing?

I’m glad you asked … Like Magicicada—”periodical cicadas, which spend most of their lives as underground nymphs and emerge in predictable intervals of 13 or 17 years” (Wikipedia)—I clean out my computer files every 13 or 17 years. Happily too, because I come across wonderful surprises, like this: One of my favorite, though completely forgotten,

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José De Rocco Brings New Meaning to “Street” Photography with a Unique Eye for the Everyday

I still feel a bit like a tourist in the city. That feeling allows me to maintain a sense of wonder about things that routine usually makes disappear. Trying not to lose that sense of wonder is fundamental in photographic practice. My favorite artists are those who find something worth their attention in the unexpected.

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Beyond the Logo: How LA28 Turns Branding into a Platform for Culture

In the heart of Downtown Los Angeles, inside the City National building, SEGD—a global organization dedicated to advancing experiential and environmental design—hosted a day of speakers exploring the evolving role of branding in the built environment. Closing the program, Ric Edwards, VP of Brand Design (Look of the Games) and Executive Design Director at LA28,

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