Wax Founded in 2005, this full-service advertising/design agency located in Calgary, Alberta, creates an impression of wit and fun that translates to impressively smart ... more

Downtown Partners Chicago Although the agency does advertising, and although its cofounding partners light up when they talk about the work, Downtown Partners Chicago is ... more

Lauren Greenfield The deeper one delves, the easier it is to feel admiration for the single-minded dedication and perseverance that has molded Lauren Greenfield’s ... more

Mucca Design Mucca Design's work—whether about literature, food or high-touch luxury products—is always for clients who want beautiful design and typography to express ... more

Factory Design Labs With a roster of 9 clients, served by 122 employees, who book $45 million in revenue, Denver’s Factory Design Labs solves complex problems for big ... more

Erik Almås Last year, photographer Erik Almås's camera took him to 50 locations on 4 continents to shoot landscapes, lifestyle and fashion for global tourism.

Underware Founded in 1999, Underware’s designers Akiem Helmling, Bas Jacobs and Sami Kortemäki all work from different cities—Den Haag, Amsterdam and Helsinki, ... more

Colle+McVoy If Colle+McVoy is any indication, nothing—not even the creative reawakening of a mid-sized Minneapolis agency established in 1935—is impossible.

Jillian Tamaki Jillian Tamaki’s illustration ranges from classic mid-century-style, to comic art, to spontaneous, energetic experiments she shares with the world on her ... more

James Day Photographer James Day can find poetry in the most banal objects of daily life and extract the soul from a mere collection of atoms.

McGarrah Jessee Bryan Jessee and Mark McGarrah were lured to Austin in 1992, leaving Dallas behind to join GSD&M. By 1996 they'd launched McGarrah Jessee.

MOD Now in his 30th year in business, Michael Osborne's ventures include a design firm, a letterpress printshop, a nonprofit organization and a fine art studio.

Christian Northeast Illustrator Christian Northeast has spent seventeen years creating a tremendously diverse body of work all tied together by his talent for making ... more

Tronic Founded by two former architecture students, Tronic is known for transforming ordinary places into unforgettable experiences filled with flowing shapes and 3-D ... more

Arnold Varga Arnold Varga (1926–1994)brought to the bland pages of department store advertising a style and color that was simply unique.