Eric Barker recently interviewed 99U speaker Cal Newport about his book “So Good They Can’t Ignore You.” Among the highlights was Newport’s take on shifting mindsets to determine what to spend your professional life dong: My advice is to abandon… Read More

In 2004, designer Jennifer Hill embarked on a project to create a series of modern travel posters. What set this project apart was that all of the places featured were places she’d never actually visited. Since then, the project, known… Read More

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A few weeks back my co-worker Miguel Sousa blogged about the fundraising adventure our team embarked on to help raise money for the Hamilton Wood Type Museum. Now that we have all of the donations tallied and matching requests submitted,… Read More

Setting yourself apart from other talented designers or photographers can be difficult; it helps to have a certain focus or eye for something unusual and beautiful. Designer Maria Snegireva… honed her professional skills while working on fashion and lifestyle magazine Read More

Here's a preview of what former freelancer, Jen Lombardi of Kiwi Creative, will be speaking on as part of "Freelancers Speak" at CFC 2013 (June 22-24 in San Francisco): As a proud CFC alum (Chicago, Class of ’11), I felt… Read More

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Italian artist known only as Dito Von Tease has embarked on a project called Ditology that features eerily familiar portraits of celebrities on the ordinary human finger. Every "person" in the presented portraits is intricately adorned, costumed, and given an… Read More

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28 issues in just over a month. Over 1500 pages. For Art Director Chris Barker and the team who designed the official Olympic and Paralympic daily,it was a long, rewarding summer. Not all of us were lucky enough to make… Read More

Off-road electric Land Rovers, stadium seating and grill-mounted bars from our Zambian transport specialists… For our first Cool Hunting Edition travel experience we brought 24 friends and readers on safari in Zambia. Over the course of eight days CH Zambia Read More

Being a freelancer instead of an employee can be one of the most rewarding careers you’ll ever embark upon. You get to set your own business hours, you don’t have to answer to anyone but your clients, and you can… Read More

Charity merchandise gets a design boost… Fed up with their positions in finance and real estate, friends Omri Bojko and Jason Sochol embarked on a quest to find something more meaningful to do, and thus created the The Vanity Project Read More

Bold patterns based on natural adventures… Aptly named "Nature's Edge," the inaugural collection from UK-based label Sara C comprises a range of woven bamboo tops and dresses printed with unique patterns hand-drawn by designer Sara Cohen and produced locally. Cohen Read More

Kevin Russ’s photographs make me want to dive into them—either that or embark on an epic road trip pronto. Get a look at more of the gorgeous scenes of nature and wildlife he’s captured—the ones below shot exclusively with an… Read More

This summer, designer and letterer Becca Clason has embarked on an extended road trip—jealous!—with her husband, a documentary filmmaker. They’ll be driving around the U.S in an Airstream trailer working on various film and design projects. For one of her… Read More

Textures are found everywhere around us. Whether it is natural textures like stone, tree bark, and sand, or textures from some man-made item, like concrete, a brick wall, or a metal grate, textures are simply everywhere. Web and graphic designers… Read More

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