Named “one of the most influential designers working today” by Graphic Design USA, Debbie Millman is also an author, educator, brand strategist and host of the podcast Design Matters. As the founder and host of Design Matters, the first and longest running podcast about design, Millman has interviewed more than 250 design luminaries and cultural […]
As we near Monday’s Super Moon, use the days leading up to prepare yourself for the positive surge of energy and motivation that comes with it by spending time reflecting on the elements at play in your life. What has supported you? What has challenged you? If you are holding on to any anger or […]
Glennon Doyle Melton began her online writing career in 2009, with the creation of her blog, Momastery. The funny, conversational and tell-all nature of her writing quickly gained popularity. Viral blog posts beginning with “2011 Lesson #2: Don’t Carpe Diem” led to the publication of her memoir, Carry On, Warrior and the growth of her […]
Born in 1895 to former slaves, Hattie McDaniel would go to become the first African American to receive an Academy Award. But she didn’t just break boundaries in film. Through her radio show The Beaulah Show, She also became the first black woman to sing on the radio in the U.S. McDaniel has two stars […]
Some see beauty in the broken places…others make beauty from the broken places. There’s a famous technique in Japan known as kintsugi. Translated, it means “golden joinery” or “to patch with gold”. It’s a technique that stitches together broken pottery using gold applied with laquer on the broken places, enhancing the breaks. The technique is also […]
There’s a type of woman in this world you meet only occasionally. She’s the type you can’t remember what she looks like. How can that be? In a society that lives and breathes off the measurement of beauty, how can you not know if someone is attractive or not? How can you not remember if […]
One of the most important female intellectuals of modern times, Simone de Beauvoir was a writer, existentialist, philosopher, feminist, political activist and social theorist. She lived a life often scandalous in its nature but dared to speak the unspoken and be unapologetically herself. Born in Paris in 1908, she was profoundly religious as a child. […]
There’s a lot to say about Diana Vreeland. The former editor-in-chief of Vogue from 1963 until 1971, founder of the infamous Met Costume Ball, and style icon for women to this day, she changed the idea of fashion, celebrating the “flaws” and “faults” of women. Before Vogue, she got her first job in the industry at […]