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The Unifying Craft & Effect of Letterpress: Sara McNally, Founder of Constellation & Co.

Sara McNally is the founder and owner of letterpress studio Constellation & Co in Seattle, Washington. It was her business’ mission that got my attention: “Using the historic craft of letterpress to bring people together.” Here, she shares her story on becoming a letterpress craftsperson and opinions on work she loves.

When did you notice that you liked to make things?
I’ve always been creative and I’ve always been antsy. I can’t sit still and I can’t live with all these words and ideas in...

Pride, Work and Necessity of Side Projects: Kate Hamilton, Founder of LoganSquarist

What are you working on—on the side?

LoganSquarist is a hyperlocal neighborhood website that covers neighborhood news, community information and events throughout the Logan Square, Chicago, neighborhood. In addition to covering the area with features, profiles, photo stories and more, we host a variety of events that bring neighbors together, including our free monthly Neighbor Meetups or our annual Taco Crawl.

Started in 2011, today the LoganSquarist organization is supported by a team of volu...

Pride, Work, and Necessity of Side Projects: Kate Hamilton, Founder of LoganSquarist

What are you working on—on the side?

LoganSquarist is a hyperlocal neighborhood website that covers neighborhood news, community information and events throughout the Logan Square, Chicago, neighborhood. In addition to covering the area with features, profiles, photo stories and more, we host a variety of events that bring neighbors together, including our free monthly Neighbor Meetups or our annual Taco Crawl.

Started in 2011, today the LoganSquarist organization is supported by a team of volu...

Pride, Work and Necessity of Side Projects: LaShun Tines, Leader for Diversity

What are you working on—on the side?

I have committed the better part of the last 10 years to increasing awareness for greater diversity and inclusion in the fields of graphic design and advertising. From becoming a contributor to Ray Noland’s “Go Tell Mama!”—the first ever independent art campaign for Barack Obama’s historic U.S. Presidential bid, public relations chair for the Chicago Urban League (Metropolitan Board), AIGA Chicago’s Diversity lead plus the creation and yearly curation...

Pride, Work, and Necessity of Side Projects: LaShun Tines, Leader for Diversity

What are you working on—on the side?

I have committed the better part of the last 10 years to increasing awareness for greater diversity and inclusion in the fields of graphic design and advertising. From becoming a contributor to Ray Noland’s “Go Tell Mama!”—the first ever independent art campaign for Barack Obama’s historic U.S. Presidential bid, public relations chair for the Chicago Urban League (Metropolitan Board), AIGA Chicago’s Diversity lead plus the creation and yearly curation...

Life, Work, Tools: Web Designer & Developer Megan Coleman’s Reliance on Evernote

What is your tool—the one that helps you 
do the things you do?

As a constantly on-the-go designer, mother and homemaker, Evernote is the tool I use most frequently in my work and home life.

How has this tool helped you?

As a business owner, Evernote allows me to easily keep and organize notes such as: marketing tasks, referrals, business goals, estimates and processes. As a mother and homemaker, I keep extensive daily and long-term to-do lists, meal planning tips, grocery lists an...

Pride, Work and Necessity of Side Projects: Danyelle Sage’s Outreach to Her Local Creative Community

What are you working on—on the side?

I am extremely passionate about community outreach. As a member of the AIGA Chicago Board of Directors, I have the honor of working on programs that elevate and nurture our design community. I get to ideate, organize, develop, manage and attend new and existing events for our chapter. With strategic vision, I manage and oversee event series and event chairs.

Concurrently, I act as Volunteer Coordinator for the Chicago Design Museum. I oversee the organizatio...

Pride, Work, and Necessity of Side Projects: Danyelle Sage’s Outreach to Her Local Creative Community

What are you working on—on the side?

I am extremely passionate about community outreach. As a member of the AIGA Chicago Board of Directors, I have the honor of working on programs that elevate and nurture our design community. I get to ideate, organize, develop, manage and attend new and existing events for our chapter. With strategic vision, I manage and oversee event series and event chairs.

Concurrently, I act as Volunteer Coordinator for the Chicago Design Museum. I oversee the organizatio...

Infographics inspired by Jared Diamond’s book “Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fate of Human Societies”

I had fun making infographics for passages that inspired me to visually interpret in Richard Florida’s “The Rise of The Creative Class: And How It’s Transforming Work, Leisure, Community, and Everyday Life”, Derek Sivers’ “Anything You Want” and Al Pittampalli’s “Read This Before Our Next Meeting.” Motivated to do the same with “Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fate of Human Societies” by scientist Jared Diamond. Another good read. Took me awhile to finish it—I’m a slow reader, also considering th...

Anticipation for Cusp 2016

Launched in 2008 by design firm Multiple, the Cusp Conference is an annual gathering of the curious—people from many disciplines, with an appetite for creativity, imagination and divergent thinking. Cusp is dedicated to feeding these qualities in their attendees by inspiring success, resulting in better products, service, environments and especially relationships.

The creative, imaginative and divergent character of Cusp (for short) is evident foremost in its lineup of speakers, who represent...