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Hector Ouilhet Olmos: Outsmarting the Roomba Isn’t About Speed—It’s About Soul
Matt McCue 6/24/25 Matt McCue 6/24/25

Hector Ouilhet Olmos: Outsmarting the Roomba Isn’t About Speed—It’s About Soul

How Hector leads his team, why joy and creativity are strategic levers, and how making things with pencils, pixels, and AI gives him meaning.

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Double Chicken Please: A Design Studio That Runs a World Class Bar
Madeleine Magill 6/5/25 Madeleine Magill 6/5/25

Double Chicken Please: A Design Studio That Runs a World Class Bar

Double Chicken Please is one of America’s most famous cocktail bars, and it started out as a mobile bar in the back of founder GN Chan’s 1977 camper. Here, he shares what it took to create cocktails that are about more than just drinking.

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Creative Wisdom from Pentagram’s Paula Scher
Matt McCue 6/2/25 Matt McCue 6/2/25

Creative Wisdom from Pentagram’s Paula Scher

The New York designer has the best insights. Not that you would expect anything else.

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Creative Nonfiction at Court: How Isabelle Brourman Artfully Sketches the Trials of Donald Trump, Luigi Mangione, and More
Madeleine Magill 5/29/25 Madeleine Magill 5/29/25

Creative Nonfiction at Court: How Isabelle Brourman Artfully Sketches the Trials of Donald Trump, Luigi Mangione, and More

Here, artist and court illustrator Isabelle Brourman shares how she structures her workdays around New York’s high-profile court cases.

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Suff Syed: In An AI-Powered World, Be An Outlier
Matt McCue 5/29/25 Matt McCue 5/29/25

Suff Syed: In An AI-Powered World, Be An Outlier

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.

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Mr. Bingo: How Turning “Hate Mail” into Art Built a Massive Fan Base
Matt McCue 5/28/25 Matt McCue 5/28/25

Mr. Bingo: How Turning “Hate Mail” into Art Built a Massive Fan Base

To stand you, you have to do what no one else is doing. Sounds simple, but it ain’t easy.

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