By senior year in Otis College’s Product Design program, the training wheels are off. The back-to-back Design Studio V and VI mark the moment when students stop following assignments—and start setting their own. In Design… Read More »Otis College of Design Seniors Imagine Everyday Objects of the Future
I came to Provincetown for the first time in the summer of 1988, during a tectonic shift. I had left someone I secretly loved at home in Manhattan and joined my father, step-mother, and her… Read More »Poor Man’s Feast: A Blue Comma at the End of the World
Building on a solid historical foundation, the Art Directors Club’s new president, Brian Collins, announced his plans for a renewal of the 105-year-old organization. In his opening statement of the ADC Annual Awards, he said:… Read More »The Daily Heller: A New Era for an Old Institution
For years, he worked towards a single goal. By 28, he’d achieved it. But the reality of “making it” didn’t match the dream. One year into running his own studio, Lost Property, Steffan shares the… Read More »The day Steffan Cummins quit his dream job – and got his spark back
In the world’s happiest city, even the dogs get their own attractions. Helsinki’s new canine sightseeing route comes with a stick-built monument, a pop-up café, and an island where paws have priority. If you thought… Read More »The Doggy Route to Happiness: Helsinki launches world-first sightseeing tour for dogs
This ad doesn’t just feature creators, it’s made in partnership with them. And that’s borderline revolutionary. Read on, as I explain why. It’s kind of a paradox. On the one hand, the media landscape is… Read More »Pepsi launches landmark campaign: is this the future of advertising?