We run this edition since 2012 in Freiburg. Always lovely to be, where Vitaly and I started it. Here are a few impressions of the days. Full album…

With a new installment every seven years since 1964, the Seven Up series has followed a group of 14 British schoolchildren from adolescence to adulthood. The final installment, 70 Up, direc…

A frequently asked multiple-column layout question is why a new paragraph at the start of the column has additional space above it. The space is the margin on the paragraph, which doesn’t collap…

I’ve mentioned the ritual that concludes the week at Clearleft: At the end of every Thursday afternoon at Clearleft, we wrap up the working week with an all-hands (video) meeting. Yes, I know…

As an industry, we like to shout a lot about experiments when we kick them off, all confident swagger that this time our superior intellects have landed from first principles on the correct reimaginin…

2000 was the peak year for Adobe’s website. It was a content site filled with creative how-to articles, opinion pieces, and artist interviews where you could also, if you wished, buy or get info on…

A handful of people I follow and know about have announced their recent departure. Not from a job (although plenty of that going around), but from social media, AI usage, or in more extreme cases the…

Best food I’ve ever eaten: When in Finland go to liemi.fi/ and order SHANGHAI TACOS WITH HALLOUMI. I had them every day for four days.…

🎬 Added to the film diary:Desperate Teenage LovedollsDavid Markey, 1984FriskTodd Verow, 1995, ★★PhilaMOCA, Philadelphia, PAJackie BrownQuentin Tarantino, 1997, ★★★★Ali: Fear Eats the…

I pulled the trigger on an underdesk treadmill. Basic research suggested GoPlus is a decent one. I was hoping it would be $300-400 USD. Turns out this one is just $119.99. So cheap it had me a little…

Good Morning, Folks. Here are this week’s Studio Notes™—quick bits delivered to you each Friday. 🧊 The founders of YETI coolers shared their story on How I Built This an…