Category Archives: Essays & Interviews

Work Essentials From a Software Engineer

Raised in Saskatchewan, Canada, Tiff Janzen (@tiffintech) grew up on her family’s farm while also taking on modeling contracts around the world. After a career in fashion, she was introduced to the world of code and made the transition into the tech world as a full stack developer. This is how she gets it done. […]

How To Create a Viral Photo Like An Influencer

So I’ve always been fascinated by stop motions… There’s something about them. I’d never shot or edited a stop motion before, but I had been watching a few on Instagram and Pinterest and I was feeling really inspired to try one myself. This was around the time that the new iPhone X was being released. […]

What To Give Up In Your Creative Process

Shawna is the co-founder/creative director of her agency, All Boats Rise. Prior to starting her agency, she was a director at CHIAT+DAY where she was involved in a multitude of projects, including the branding of the Nissan Leaf. WHEN I WAS A JUNIOR DESIGNER… I remember my first couple of years, I had to learn […]

How a Nike Designer Collaborated with Kevin Durant

I asked Kevin if your bag had a superpower, what would it be? So at the time, a lot of the internal conversations at Nike were around the idea of portraying athletes as superheroes. Today, kids look up to athletes because they’re the ones achieving superhuman things. We needed to create a bag that would […]