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Executive Ranks: Lessons in Leadership from Downtown’s Jedd Katrancha
Madeleine Magill 2/9/26 Madeleine Magill 2/9/26

Executive Ranks: Lessons in Leadership from Downtown’s Jedd Katrancha

In our Executive Ranks series, we ask our interview subjects to share their lessons in leadership. Here, Downtown Music Publishing’s Jedd Katrancha shares how he creates a work culture where, when the work hits just right, he can hear rain.

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Charles Brooks Finds Entire Worlds Inside Instruments
Madeleine Magill 1/27/26 Madeleine Magill 1/27/26

Charles Brooks Finds Entire Worlds Inside Instruments

Photographer Charles Brooks uses medical probe lenses to photograph the hidden worlds inside instruments. Here, he shares the lengths he goes to in order to get these shots.

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Raffaella Paniè: How I Designed the 2026 Winter Olympics Brand
Madeleine Magill 1/26/26 Madeleine Magill 1/26/26

Raffaella Paniè: How I Designed the 2026 Winter Olympics Brand

Twenty years after leading the branding for the 2006 Torino Olympics, Raffaella Paniè got the call to do it all again for the Milano Cortina Games this winter. Here’s how she did it.

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Long Live the MetroCard: The Story Behind Juan Carlos Pinto’s Underground Art
Madeleine Magill 1/12/26 Madeleine Magill 1/12/26

Long Live the MetroCard: The Story Behind Juan Carlos Pinto’s Underground Art

The MetroCard may no longer be in use, but its legacy lives on in the works of Juan Carlos Pinto, a Brooklyn-based artist whose material is the recycled MTA card.

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How to Use Data Without Killing Your Creative Instincts
Matt McCue 1/12/26 Matt McCue 1/12/26

How to Use Data Without Killing Your Creative Instincts

For many creative people, data still feels cold, corporate, and faintly accusatory. But Pentagram partner Giorgia Lupi and brand strategist Phillip Cox don’t see data that way at all.

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Creative Wisdom From Lin-Manuel Miranda
Matt McCue 1/7/26 Matt McCue 1/7/26

Creative Wisdom From Lin-Manuel Miranda

From Hamilton to… so many other works, Lin-Manuel Miranda uses art to tell stories that resonate across generations. Here are some of his most resonant insights.

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