Image licensed via Adobe Stock Clear, consistent communication is the quiet superpower of every successful freelancer. It builds trust, keeps projects on track and turns one-off jobs into relationships that last for years. Ignore it,… Read More »The most powerful weapon in a freelancer’s toolkit isn’t talent. It’s communication
In the spring of 1970, more than 20 million Americans poured into the streets for the first Earth Day. It was a tidal wave of collective energy that reshaped policy, created the EPA, and ignited… Read More »Designing Action: COLLINS, McKibben, and the Birth of Sun Day
“AI slop” is AI-generated content—text, video, photos, ads—that is poorly executed, generally annoying, notably inauthentic, and overly abundant. I’ve started receiving a lot of emails from services wanting me to hire them to promote The… Read More »AI Slop and Human Play
We’re not saving these signs just because we think they’re cool, we’re saving these signs because they mean something to us, and they mean something to us as New Yorkers, and they mean something to… Read More »The NY Sign Museum Preserves the Richness of the City by Rescuing its Old Signs
If there’s any common ground between a revolutionary Communist and a Capitalist, one is obvious: tobacco. Whether red, or red, white and blue, everyone smokes—or used to. Tobacco and alcohol are the staples of every… Read More »The Daily Heller: Smoke ’em if You Got ’em: Cigarette Packs of the USSR
The design heavyweight steps into the presidency with a mission to guide the organisation through a time of massive cultural shifts, emerging technologies and new opportunities for creative talent everywhere. Lisa Smith has been named… Read More »Lisa Smith named new President of D&AD