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Ultramarathon runner Ed Shelton talks with Doreen Lorenzo and Michael Baker about running over 200-mile races without a support crew, embracing discomfort, and using creativity as a survival skill. It looks harder than it is. Ed Shelton Ed Shelton is a vegan ultra-endurance athlete and business analytics professional based in Austin, Texas. Over the past […]

Debbie Millman’s ongoing project “What Matters,” an effort to understand the interior life of artists, designers, and creative thinkers, is now in its third year. Each respondent is invited to answer ten identical questions and submit a nonprofessional photograph. Otis D. Gibson is the founder and chief creative officer at Gertrude, Inc., Oz Mfg.. Company,

Science has come under scrutiny of late. It’s been politicized and trivialized by nitwits who have curtailed serious research by cutting essential funding. Which is not to say science is perfect, but that is also the point: Science requires intense scrutiny to confirm the theories that trigger breakthroughs. One such breakthrough is the scientific fact

The Chicana-owned Bay Area agency If Only Creative has unveiled its latest work: a comprehensive brand refresh for Date Better, the indulgent Medjool date snack brand. The design update arrives as Date Better readies its launch into Whole Foods and other major retail outlets, with packaging crafted to heighten visibility and spark stronger connections with

During the Red Scare that colored American politics from the late 1940s through the early 1960s, the citizenry was pushed to feel constant paranoia about Communist infiltration in government and society. This was also known as “Reds under the bed.” With MAGA nation, the United States has returned to those constricting anti-Communist days, only now

Whitstable Bay Lager keeps the summer going with a refreshed identity designed by branding agency Thirst. The new brand is rooted in heritage yet designed for today, breathing life into one of Shepherd Neame Brewery’s most iconic beers. First launched more than a decade ago, the Whitstable Bay range takes its name from a Kentish

If everything from paperclips to cruise ships is designed, then all design is infused with human prejudices, tastes and ideologies. Examples abound as I read the new book by professor Omari Souza, Design Against Racism: Creating Work That Transforms Communities (PA Press), which suggests that since design against racism is possible, a legacy of designing

“We’re all about blood cancer. So people with blood cancer can be about everything else.” When an organization is laser focused on its mission and impact, sometimes its branding can fall by the way side and get lost in the sauce. This was the case for the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society, who recently reckoned with

I recently looked at about fifty different law firm websites while researching for a client. Try this: open a homepage, then another, then another, and another, and another… You’ll see a skyline—timelapse blurred or bathed in corporate blue. A tagline like “Strategic Counsel. Proven Results.” Or “Results Matter.” Maybe a rotating carousel of victories, a

Inque is a rare breed of magazine that comes along every generation or so. It is without ads and full of surprising content, wrapped in covers that lean nearer to art than most other indies on the racks. In fact, Inque, edited by Dan Crowe with art direction by Matt Willey, is printed only once