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For obvious reasons, Pictoplasma had to cancel their 16th Pictoplasma Conference scheduled for May 2020 and are now streaming a free 2-day livestream conference on September 18+19.The event features more than 40 artist...

The world lost perhaps the most erudite designer, artist and illustrator this past week. At the age of 91, Milton Glaser passed away but his voice remains.I’m sure all of us have looked back on our various influences...

I write this recognizing that it sounds crazy to say that Notion, one of the hottest, most high profile startups might be underrated. I’ve been thinking about my experience using Notion and I am beginning to think I...

My last blog post was over five years ago. A lot has changed since then – I started my own fund and have been pretty heads down focused on building out Precursor and supporting our portfolio companies. I didn’t make...

3x3 Magazine is back!We’re pleased to announce that we’re bringing back 3x3 Magazine with both print and digital editions.We’ve missed having the opportunity to promote contemporary illustrators and feel, even in...

Syndi Becker, a graduate of the School of Visual Arts, has built her career around magazines. Starting at New York magazine back in 1989 where she stayed for seven years—that's 350 issues including special issues,...

Katja Kollmann is an award-winning art director whether it was with Die Zeit or her current position at Der Spiegel. Kollmann studied graphic design at The Hochschule Wismar, University of Applied Sciences: Technology,...

During his studies at Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA) his goal was to join one of the leading design firms in New York as a brand designer. While his love for magazines, the design, the photography had always...

We’ve been fans of both The New York Times’ OpEd and Sunday Review sections for years—our judge has been art director for both sections. Meet Nathan Huang, art director, designer, animator and illustrator, a...

Building a Dashboard for a data processing pipeline with the Stackdriver Dashboard APIThis is part 2 of a 2 part series.Part 1: covers identifying recommended Stackdriver Monitoring metrics to use for a data processing...

Building a Dashboard for a data processing pipeline using the Stackdriver Dashboard APIThis is part 1 of a 2 part series.Part 1: covers identifying recommended Stackdriver Monitoring metrics to use for a data...

As we head into the new year, we’re starting our preparations for the 3x3 International Illustration Show No. 17.This year’s Show Chair is Berlin art director and illustrator Christian Gralingen. Christian is in the...

Just heard from Darren Di Lieto at the Little Chimp Society and Hire an Illustrator site that they’re doing their annual Illustrator’s Survey.If you're not on Darren’s mailing list here's the pitch: ‘This survey...

Architecture is a process which brings order out of nothing but ourselves. It is a multifaceted discipline guided by experience, specific knowledge, and strategic thinking, and yet it is a discipline everyone can...