“Can’t Let It Show, Can We?”
Author Terry McDonell made a deal with fellow Hearst editor—and best friend—Liz Tilberis: “She would help me with Esquire’s fashion and I would help her with ‘getting on in America.’”
Graydon Goes Shopping
Shoe horns, lampshades and CBD-infused elixirs are among the goods Graydon Carter is selling at a new newsstand-style shop in New York.
The Extraordinary Life of Things
A conversation with MacGuffin founders Kirsten Algera and Ernst van der Hoeven
No Visions of Loveliness
A conversation with Linda Wells (Editor: Allure, Air Mail Look, more)
The Dark Art of Magazining
Wednesday is a new magazine they call “The Bible of Dark Culture.”
What’s Red and Yellow and Orange All Over?
A conversation with illustrator and author Edel Rodriguez (Time, Mother Jones, Der Spiegel, more)
Rule No. 55: Be Perfectly Imperfect
In this excerpt from his new book, Fast Company designer Mike Schnaidt explains how to establish your creative voice in just three days.
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.
