Catch up on our biggest feature yet, The Storyteller Chef, discover Planned Parenthood Creative Director’s mantra for hard times, and find some designer-recommended gift ideas.

Here, two unlikely beer entrepreneurs share how they made the career leap to open their own brewery in New York City.

Catch up on the NYC convenience store with a world class indie mag section, how illustrator Christoph Niemann really spends his workdays, and creative lessons from Emily in Paris.

Catch up on Wright Thompson’s latest book, White House Creative Director Meena Yi’s dream studio, and the “Picasso of Prosthetics”.

Here, 74-year old Mike Holt shares how he transformed his garage into a family-run prosthetics lab 30 years ago.

10 creative people share bright ideas that have yet to come to fruition.

From his home base in London, James Cook has “typed” everything from a picture of London’s Royal Albert Hall to its Battersea Power Station. Here, he shares what he sees when he looks at a keyboard, and how that transforms into artwork quite like nothing else.

Solve creative problems or stoke the creative fires with these exercises. Do them by yourself or with your team in under 30 minutes and with minimal supplies.

Colleen Morris-Glennon shares how growing up in Jamaica influenced her to pursue design; why the world needs creativity to inspire joy; and what it took to pull off season 2 of Industry under tight constraints.

Anne Seibel reveals creative lessons from working as production designer on Emily in Paris.

Here, the Canadian artist explores how to live intentionally through art and exploration in a world where nothing makes sense.

Suff Syed, the Head of Design, at Microsoft Research, shares how he has always marched to the beat of his own drum in his career and creative thinking.

Judy Blume was once America’s most-banned book author. Today, she still writes fearlessly about everyone’s secrets.

Documentary filmmaker Seth Porges discusses how his films hone in on human compulsion and thrill-seeking.

Whether he is crafting an article, writing a play, or creating a storytelling framework that inspires the music to follow, David Cote’s creative process starts when a story speaks to him.

10 insights, methods, and routines.

Toni Morrison rose every day before the sun to write. Here, we share her creative wisdom on storytelling.

Terence Young and his team went to great lengths to make the first James Bond film. Here, we share three lessons from the Dr. No filmmaking process that you can apply to your next creative project.

Hunter S. Thompson pitched himself for a newspaper job that didn’t even exist. Here, we share 10 pieces of creative wisdom from Thompson on passion, purpose, and diving into the weirdness of reality.

French graphic designer Sylvain Boyer takes us through the process of creating the 2024 Paris Olympic logo.

Tucker Margulies writes about why he loves bad ideas (with some important rules about how to pursue them).

We have interviewed more than 100 creative people about how they are building their careers, honing their crafts, and shaping the culture. Here are some of the best things we’ve learned.

Work any of these into your pursuits as you see fit.

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