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Rachel Paese|Design Juice
Sara Soskolne is a typeface designer who thinks of herself as a craftsperson
We’re surrounded by letters created by the human hand, and this “micro-nerdery” is what makes the viewer feel something
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S13E3 DB|BD at Aspen: AI is the Greatest Civil Rights Issue of Our Time With Chris Hyams
Chris Hyams spent 15 years at the job search platform Indeed, becoming its CEO in 2019. When he stepped down in 2025, more than 300 million jobseekers visited Indeed’s site every month. He also 200x’d the company’s revenue. So why would a guy who is so good at what he does step down? According to … Continued
Arts + Culture
Alexis Haut|Interviews
The Kardashians will make you cringe, but first they’ll sell you shapewear
Writer and Media Theorist MJ Corey, aka Kardashian Kolloquium, on making a career out of taking the Kardashian’s influence seriously
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Ellen McGirt
Draw the Line
The Supreme Court case Louisiana v. Callais gutted the Voting Rights Act and rewrote the rules of American democracy. Draw the Line spends ten episodes telling the inside story of Louisiana’s fight over power, maps, and who gets left off them. As goes Louisiana, so goes the rest of the country. Who’s fighting for your vote? First episode drops … Continued
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Jessica Helfand|The Icarus Diaries
01: Facing Icarus
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Delaney Rebernik|Books
‘Designed Forests’ author Dan Handel says design is behind our experiences in nature
Steven Heller|Interviews
Behind the History of Illustration
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Xintian Tina Wang|Analysis