Elixir Jennifer Jerde why she started her own design firm after less than a year of working for hire and she'll tell you she fell in love with a dog. "I was art ... more

mono For the partners at mono, it was never a matter of if, but when. As far back as 1994, when Chris Lange and Michael Hart formed their creative partnership at Cevette ... more

Red Nose Studio Some years ago an art director warned Chris Sickels, “Chris, if you aren’t careful you’re going to become known only for drawing people who have red ... more

Howard Schatz Whether he is photographing and interviewing the 100 most important people in boxing to better understand the sport, conducting complicated motion studies, ... more

Olympic Design Team This could be the biggest design program in history. More designers are involved, more energy, more years of work. And the largest audience. It’s ... more

Aesthetic Apparatus Dan Ibarra and Michael Byzewski are well positioned to make a statement about their place in the Minneapolis (MPLS, if you’re hip) design scene: Two ... more

Yuko Shimizu Shimizu spends most of her time just a few blocks from Times Square, in a studio she shares with fellow illustrators Marcos Chin and Katie Yamasaki. The ... more

Westside Studio During the early 1980s, Sandi Wall had a job with a Canadian photography studio, where she handled everything from wardrobes and props, to casting and ... more

EVB Jason Zada and Daniel Stein may be leading the most disruptive new movement in advertising. Not because their upstart San Francisco firm EVB has stolen dozens of ... more

Sterling Hundley Sterling Hundley is earnest. His passion for his work—teaching and illustration—is palpable. At 31, he has achieved a level of prominence in American ... more

StrawberryFrog Don’t let the cute name fool you. If you ever happen upon a “strawberry frog”—a rare species found in the Amazon, with a red body and blue legs—you should ... more

Bryce Duffy At the top of a hill off a rugged canyon in Malibu, photographer Bryce Duffy’s home and studio commands a stunning view of the sparkling blue Pacific. He and ... more

Blok Design She’s not the bionic woman. It only seems that way. She traverses continents, convinces an international roster of clients to move in new directions and ... more

Big Spaceship The Nike Air Max site is pure Big Spaceship. A runner streaks across a black background. Touch a key and an animation appears, a line of dots trailing in ... more

Bailey Lauerman People are amazing, aren’t they?” says Carter Weitz, who is standing before a Joseph Stella painting at the Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery in Lincoln, ... more