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50 Famous Designers Share the Books That Inspire Them

Some people think I treat Pentagram too fawningly around here. Well, can I help it if they keep doing great pieces of work? Here’s another: Designers & Books, a spare, handsome website that lets…

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UAE to Build a Monument to Democracy, Despite Lack of Democracy

A Los Angeles architecture firm has won a competition to design a parliamentary complex in the United Arab Emirates and, entirely befitting a nation of sketchy democracy, the building’s chock-full…

Designer Desktops: February 2011

February might be a short month, but we certainly didn’t shortchange you on this month’s Designer Desktop. Designed by hellopanos, this quote has been attributed to coming out of such famous…

The Truth About Cutting the Cable TV Cord [VIDEO]

Ad agency Hill Holliday recently conducted an experiment, asking five families to give up cable TV in favor of connected TV devices for a week. The growing availability of online content and video…

3 Leadership Lessons from Jesus’ Recruitment Practices

I was reading John Chapter One recently and noticed something helpful in leadership. I love the leadership principles of Jesus. I’ve written 10 Reasons I Admire the Leadership Principles of…

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The pleasant reassurance of new words

It’s a lot easier for an organization to adopt new words than it is to actually change anything. Real change is uncomfortable. If it’s not feeling that way, you’ve probably just adopted new…

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