by Jane Gayduk | May 7, 2020 | Studio Tours
There’s a little bit of chaos pervading the office of writer Emily St. John Mandel. When we visit, her Greenwood Heights home is under construction and, space being a complicated issue in Brooklyn, her office room has become a defacto storage room. A couch turned on... 
by Eric Canan | Nov 21, 2019 | Insights
Kyle T. Webster is creative. He’s an award-winning illustrator who has worked for world-famous international clients. He’s the creator of two top 50 iPhone games, author of a popular children’s book, and designer of countless game-changing Adobe Photoshop brushes. Now... 
by Laura Rote | Nov 6, 2019 | Design
Peek at any one of the dozens of journals inside Blake Crouch’s Durango, Colorado home, and he may seem a bit peculiar. Advertisement That’s where genius ideas for his thrilling works of science fiction are born, in drawings and scribbles on ruled paper, like “4th... 
by Chris Force | Apr 23, 2019 | Design
“I’ve had post-traumatic flashes, remembering the many meltdowns I’ve witnessed over the years when people who care deeply about interiors disagree,” says William Norwich, a former Vogue editor and a veteran of many fashion and interior design publications, in the... 
by Stephen Gossett | Apr 9, 2019 | Design
Few artists have shaped the visual language of contemporary underground punk and hardcore as much as Alexander Heir. His designs have featured on album covers on vanguard DIY labels like Static Shock and Toxic State Records (where he’s also released his own... 
by Stephen Gossett | Mar 19, 2019 | Design
Michael Kupperman has been a beloved figure in comics circles for years. The New York City-based illustrator and humor writer has earned a cultishly devoted following—not to mention an Eisner Award—for absurdist characters and concepts ranging from Mark Twain’s... 
by Maia Welbel | Feb 7, 2019 | Design
Adam J. Kurtz is a designer, illustrator, author, and creator of the ADAMJK gift product line, but he never set out to make any of those labels a career. He says his multi-hyphenate reality is a result of sharing the things he makes without worrying about them being... 
by Chris Force | Dec 5, 2018 | Products
There’s been no shortage of exemplary books to pass over our desks recently, with works as diverse as George Saunders’ award-winning experimental lit and a graphic history of Chicago’s bizarre gang business cards. Here we spotlight five must-reads... 
by Laura Rote | Nov 2, 2018 | Design
George Saunders has no problem laughing at himself. Humble, he’s quick to open up about those desperate days as a young writer when he couldn’t seem to get anything right. He’s the type of person who can look back at the last few decades and call a particularly tough... 
by Chris Force | Nov 1, 2018 | Design, Photography
Robin Laananen spends more than half of the year touring the globe, managing tours, and rubbing elbows with some of the most famous musicians on Earth. She has the type of career you’d love to shadow for even just one night. Well, you can shadow her (almost). In her... 
by Chris Force | Oct 29, 2018 | Design, Photography
There is a methodical, studious process behind photographer Randal Ford’s work, a feeling of technical mastery mixed with exacting vision. It turns out, this doesn’t come from a rigorous fine art background but rather a business school degree. “From a business... 
by Matt Kulling | Jan 26, 2018 | Design
Brandon Johnson’s latest project Thee Almighty & Insane: Chicago Gang Business Cards from the 1970s & 1980s hearkens back to a pre-digital era where gang members printed actual business cards with their symbols, nicknames, territories, and enemies as a... 
