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Jon Cattivera and the work that outlasts the show
A punk musician needed better band websites. He built Sleepless Media, kept writing songs, and found a way for both careers to keep going.
Krista Coupar and the art of making room
A childhood fascination with rodeo fabrics became a career helping designers build their businesses. In San Francisco, Krista Coupar keeps finding new uses for a room, a working relationship, and a window onto the street.
Jean-François Bouchard’s unfinished business
He co-founded Sid Lee and helped turn Montreal creativity into an international business. Now his photographs and films follow people making lives outside the usual frame.
Jackson Aw and the 200 toys that wouldn’t sell
Jackson Aw borrowed S$20,000 to turn an artist’s drawing into a collectible. The slow sale of that first batch taught the Mighty Jaxx founder how much work goes into a little joy.
Chris Do
Chris Do is a Vietnamese-American designer, Emmy-winning creative director, and founder of The Futur - an educational platform on a mission to teach 1 billion people how to make a living doing what they love. He fled Vietnam as a toddler on April 30, 1975, built Blind into a $7M+ annual motion design studio serving Nike, Xbox, and Sony, then pivoted at 42 to education - amassing 2.7 million YouTube subscribers, 500K community members across 190 countries, and a $5,000/hour consulting rate. His philosophy: hard truths, gently told.