Christoph Niemann is an illustrator, artist, and author. His work has appeared on the covers of The New Yorker, WIRED and The New York Times Magazine and has won awards from AIGA, the Art Directors Club and The Lead Awards. His corporate clie

Tom Giannattasio: From 'HTML for dummies' To Building The Web Design Tool Of The Future

Aug 2nd, 2016 19m 18s

Some things in life come down to just dumb luck. Being in the right place at the right time. And then other times, it all comes down to hard work, perseverance, and the kind of grit the most of us want, but few of us actually possess.For Tom

Rachel Binx: How a love of travel took this Maker from jewelry designer to NASA

Jul 12th, 2016 18m 41s

Back in 2006, Rachel moved from her home in New Mexico to California to attend Santa Clara University. It was here that her path would start to wind, going from the straight and narrow to a fascinating journey that encapsulates what it really m

Adam Lisagor: Following passion and leaving the comfortable life behind

May 26th, 2016 16m 47s

Video director, actor, and entrepreneur Adam Lisagor faced the fear early on in his creative career.Born in Camarillo, California—a quiet town in Ventura county—he grew up attracted to the bright lights of Hollywood blinking a mere hour and a

Ivan Cash: How a young artist found inspiration through incarceration

Apr 20th, 2016 16m 10s

When you're raised in a household still basking in the fading light of the 70s free love experiment while attending a typical high school in the early 2000s, you're bound to face a bit of cultural friction. But the best ideas often come when we

Chris Messina: The history of the #hashtag

Mar 17th, 2016 18m 49s

What does it take to change the world? Do you have to be president of one of the world’s most powerful countries? Or a high-powered lawyer fighting injustice? Or can it be as simple as changing the way people communicate with one another?For

Mackey Saturday: Making the Instagram logo

Mar 10th, 2016 13m 9s

In just a few short years, Instagram has gone from niche photo sharing app to more than 400 million users from around the globe. That’s almost half a billion people people who log in and see the app’s iconic logo at the top of their screen ever

Sambazon: Three guys, a girl, and a chance to save the world...

Feb 10th, 2016 20m 12s

Ryan Black, a good looking, ex-football player in his last year of college is hanging out, in all places, in a club in Las Vegas. He meets a girl. A Brazilian girl. And just like that, he unconsciously sets the whole thing in motion.Ryan call

Eliot Peper: Publishing a book trilogy in under two years

Jan 5th, 2016 23m 17s

Art, so often, imitates life. For entrepreneur-turned-best-selling-author Eliot Peper, his own past experiences provided the necessary verisimilitude for his page-turning techno thriller trilogy Uncommon Stock.Since his college days Eliot has

Cat Noone & Benedikt Lehnert: A Baby, an Engagement and an Acquisition

Jan 4th, 2016 16m 21s

As far as design power couples go, there are few that can compete with the incredible output, creativity, and talent of Berlin-based Cat Noone and Ben Lehnert.Cat is a co-founder of digital publishing startup Liberio, as well as co-maker of C

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