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As his contribution to the 1939 New York World’s Fair time capsule, Albert Einstein considered what it would take to ensure peace, equality and dignity in 2039. He wrote a poignant message to posterity—part lamentation, part aspiration, true to the essence of critical thinking and optimism that underscored his life and work.

Up until very recently, Grace Hwang was working at Microsoft as Partner Director of Device Research + Design. That role encompassed Device Design, Mixed Reality hardware and software, Accessibility, and Sustainability. She believes in the power of human-centered design to cultivate positive change in people, systems, and society—and she brought that belief to that role. In this conversation, Nicola Hamilton and Hwang talk about our responsibility as designers, the future of computing, and the ways we bring our own behaviors into our work.

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If you’re looking for them (and even if you’re not), there are certain distinctive social types that inhabit Manhattan and the boroughs. Noah Rinsky has dedicated himself to documenting what he calls Old Jewish Men (OJM). Rather than ridicule, he affectionately spotlights their diversity that makes New York City a continuously bubbling melting pot. I’d call Rinsky a 30-something self-styled socio-anthropological humorist who moderates the popular social media account

American graphic design is rooted in the histories of printing, which owe a lot to advertising. When the making and selling of goods became an industry in the mid-19th century, the need to inform consumers prompted unique techniques. Packaging, posters, periodicals, trade cards, handbills and countless novelties were produced in varying graphic styles to capture the eye and foment desire. Graphic design grew out of this creative yet pragmatic need to appeal to customers.

Jody Quon’s desk is immaculate. There’s a lot there, but she knows exactly where everything is. It’s like an image out of Things Organized Neatly.

What may also be familiar to you is the vaporizing of your resolutions somewhere around February 6th. Seriously, have you ever been able to keep your resolutions into the month of March?

Black admen and adwomen in Chicago started the transformation of the most powerful influences of American culture, marketing and media—and Channels Changers tells their story. It is an invaluable look at how they first cracked the once impenetrably white walls of the culturally defining American advertising institution during the late ’60s through the mid ’80s.

The Washington Post would not have dared kill a piece by its courageous political cartoonist Herbert Block, known to the world as Herblock —and he would not have accepted such behavior if they had. As it happens, Pulitzer Prize–winning Post cartoonist Ann Telnaes is cut from the same cloth.

Debbie Millman has an ongoing project at PRINT titled “What Matters.” This is an effort to understand the interior life of artists, designers, and creative thinkers. This facet of the project is a request of each invited respondent to answer ten identical questions and submit a nonprofessional photograph.