by Sophia Conforti | Jun 23, 2021 | Design
Bold, vibrant, energizing. One look at artist and designer Morag Myerscough’s work, and you feel a sudden electric current of cheer. It’s a deliberate happiness, she says. “I want to make people’s day a little bit better than before they saw it.” Known for her use of...
by Kristina Walton Zapata | May 3, 2021 | Insights
The abstract building, the innovative product—every design starts with an idea often at the desk. Sixtysix asked some of the top creatives in the industry to illustrate what they keep on their desk to inspire or just get shit done. A...
by Laura Rote | Dec 24, 2020 | Design
“It was inspired by my parents’ passion for finding and collecting minerals,” says graphic designer Élise Rigollet of her latest work—a 60-page Risograph-printed zine called Rockie. Élise fell in love with the Risograph—essentially a stencil duplicator that’s a cross...
by Sophia Conforti | Jun 4, 2020 | Insights
“I love branding because it’s kind of like the gateway drug to design,” says Ben Crick, creative director at COLLINS. Working with companies like Spotify, vitaminwater, smartwater, and Mailchimp, Ben is constantly talking with clients about the design decisions that...
by Chris Force | May 15, 2020 | Travel
Vibrant, colorful, new. It’s hard to escape these three terms when reading or thinking about Mexico City. The city of nearly 9 million residents is exploding with restaurants, boutiques, hotels, museums, and galleries. Its diversity and excitement can make most other...
by Lucy Miller | May 12, 2020 | Insights
Tal Midyan has created websites and branding for some of the biggest icons on the planet, from Travis Scott to Pharrell. He’s a designer and creative director who knows how to enhance a brand’s presence, even if he’s working with a client who already has a major...
by Emily Gosling | May 5, 2020 | Design
Right now, things are hectic,” graphic designer Na Kim tells us from her current home/studio in Stuttgart, Germany. Frankly we’d be surprised to hear things weren’t, considering the breadth of her work and the places it takes her. Na currently spends around half the...
by Jessica Mordacq | Mar 5, 2020 | Design
Designer Aaron Denton is inspired by minimalism, modernism, and easy living. Since he started freelancing full-time in January 2018, he’s used these influences to create hypnotic band posters and album covers from the comfort of his Bloomington, Indiana home. The two...
by Grace Perry | Jan 13, 2020 | Design
Silver Lake is full of chic homes owned by chic people, but few in LA can claim a vista like Roanne Adams’ on the Silver Lake reservoir. Inside, I felt like I was in one of Roanne’s Instagram posts—neat and deliberate—but among her many to-do lists and the scattered...
by Laura Rote | Dec 11, 2019 | Insights
1. I’d wish I’d known succinctly that hard work would pay off. I was frustrated by the perceived ghosts you’d hear about. I thought you needed glowing accreditations and prestigious college degrees and a host of frivolities like “good looks” and “family money” and...
by Laura Rote | Nov 26, 2019 | Insights
Melanie Perkins was studying at the University of Western Australia when she dropped out to build her first company. She’s since cofounded Canva, which more than 18 million people in 190 countries use every month to design. Canva has repeatedly been named the best...
by Tracy Kaler | Oct 28, 2019 | Design
On a Tuesday morning, the top floor of Pentagram’s Manhattan studio is reasonably quiet with a few staff milling about, yet the loft-like space radiates an undeniable energy. At this address, brilliant ideas are born, be it a brand’s logo, a corporate identity, or a...
