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Exhibit / Design

Dance Can Do identity

Webpicks / Lifestyle

Marvell

Columns / Insights

Early on, there was a clear line between production, post and agency. In post-production, you’d get the footage, cut it, finish it and deliver a final product. Today, that idea of a ‘final’ doesn’t really exist anymore: Everything is iterative.”

by Maury Loeb

Columns / Advertising

The Graveyard of Abandoned Ideas.

Ernie Schenck reflects on the potential of abandoned projects and what they reveal about their would-be creators.

Features / Photography

Bastiaan Woudt

A master of black-and-white photography, this Amsterdam-based photographer blends contemporary minimalism with classical portraiture.

Columns / Design Issues

Brand New World

ONE23WEST’s Tim Hoffpauir explains why conversations about decolonization and representation aren’t just overdue—they’re essential if we want creativity to move forward rather than in circles.

Fresh / Illustration

Katie Martin

An illustrator, art director and designer based in Falls Church, Virginia, Katie Martin has developed a polystylistic oeuvre that prioritizes both clarity and concept.

What We're Reading

The rise of blanding: Mark Nichols on why brands must stop designing for machines. Paddu Raghavan on the era of A(i)sthetic inflation. Nicole Alexandra Michaelis on the emerging design roles in the age of AI.