How to Create a Great Magazine Out of Thin Air
Fifty years ago, Texas Monthly was little more than an idea dreamt up by a local lawyer with minimal experience in journalism. Then it was an actual thing. How did that happen?
The Last Days of Time Inc.
An oral history of how the pre-eminent media organization of the 20th century ended up on the scrap heap.
My Effing Career
A conversation with designer John Korpics (ESPN, Esquire, HBR, more. Lots more)
Less Than Words
In his 2018 TED talk, illustrator Christoph Niemann lets his pictures do the talking.
A Crime of Attitude
A conversation with editor and author Tina Brown (Vanity Fair, The New Yorker, Tatler, more).
A Style All Her Own
A conversation with editor and designer Stella Bugbee (The New York Times Style Section, The Cut, Domino, more).
It’s the Journey, Not the Destination
A conversation with photographer Albert Watson (Vogue, Rolling Stone, Harper’s Bazaar, more).
Chapter 01: The One Where I Explain Myself
Welcome to the first post on my effing commute.
Designing Her Life
A conversation with designer, educator, and author Gail Anderson (Rolling Stone, SpotCo, SVA, more).
Banana Republic’s One-Hit Wonder
A travel writer looks back at a magazine that dreamed big. (And went nowhere).