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  1. Paper Fashion

    Artist Katie Rodgers works at the intersection of fashion, drawing, and mixed media. On her site, you’ll find whimsical creations and a behind-the-scenes glimpse of her process.

    Art
  2. Building an Online Home: Essayist Melissa Matthewson’s Simple and Effective Front Page

    Melissa Matthewson has a minimal website to showcase her growing archive of writing.

    Authors
    Photo courtesy of Melissa Matthewson.
  3. Imaginary Client Feedback on Iconic Posters

    Graphic design agency Graphéine imagines client feedback on iconic posters, from the famous “Tournée du Chat Noir” to a CD graphic of Bob Dylan.

    Art
  4. Inspired by the Cotswolds: A Home Interiors Company that Blogs with Style

    The blog of a home interiors company in England inspires and informs its customers.

    Business
    Images courtesy of The Cotswold Company.
  5. Building an Online Home: A Food Writer’s Magazine-Inspired Website

    Emily Contois uses the Zuki theme for her magazine-style website.

    Design
    Photo courtesy of Emily Contois.
  6. Scott Belsky on Crafting The First Mile of Product

    “How do you build a product that engages a user quickly enough to get them to The Zone and keep them over time?” Entrepreneur and Behance co-founder Scott Belsky explores building a product for new users and focusing on the “first mile” of a user’s experience.

    Business
  7. Four Leadership Tips from the White House

    “As designers, it’s easy to get caught up in plans or in the details of a project and lose awareness of ourselves and our surroundings. It happened to me a lot at the White House.” Ashleigh Axios, former creative director at the White House, says that your work is only as good as you feel.

    Design
    Official White House Photo by Lawrence Jackson.
  8. Cate St Hill

    London-based interior and design blogger Cate St Hill offers inspiration for simple, clever design and light and relaxed Scandinavian interiors.

    Architecture
  9. Bunny Eats Design

    Genie, a freelance graphic designer from Auckland, New Zealand, is obsessed with food and bunnies and lives by the mantra “eat well, travel often.” Join her for stories, recipes, food photography, and Tofu — her adorable lop-eared rabbit.

    Design
  10. “How is the creative process like a storm? Both begin from what appears to be nothing. Both arise out of a disturbance and act to displace and destabilize. Both gather energy, material, force and direction from its particular situation.”

    Art
  11. Jason Mayden on The Rise of the Cultural Alchemist™

    “Contextually educated, multi-racial, methodically creative, socially aware, culturally blended, and technologically proficient”: Jason Mayden shares his vision for the creators of the future.

    Business
  12. Moss and Fog

    Ben VanderVeen loves art, design, technology, and nature. At Moss and Fog, he curates and shares gorgeous images and stories around these topics from the far reaches of the web.

    Architecture
  13. “It’s not enough to provide a single path from low floor to high ceiling; we need to provide wide walls so that kids can explore multiple pathways from floor to ceiling.”

    Design
  14. “If you are making a work of art in any area of life, you are not going from a known point A to a known point B. You are inventing point B.”

    Art
  15. Design.blog

    Curated by the designers and design lovers at Automattic, Design.blog is a collection of stories by leading voices in technology, science, and art.

    Culture