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Verena Michelitsch is an independent art director and designer, she chatted with us on finding clients that value your work and insight, society placing value on things that last longer, and not getting tired of doing work you love to do.

Mentor, brand advisor, OG agency founder Alex Nemeroff talks with us on trees communicating (one male tree spends 1000s of years finding his soulmate and then he dies), firing yourself out of a job, designing an agency, selecting clients, asking hard questions in terms of selecting projects, what does the world really need, studios have power to make a positive change in terms of sustainability, having a diverse set of friend groups, cooking, and family.

Carly Ayres on the end of HAWRAF and what it's like shutting down a studio, having different nail polish colors on each finger, using words and language to engage people and brands. Carly currently works at Google and studied industrial design at RISD, she started out at Creative Mornings. Don't be afraid to let things die.

Tin & Ed are visual artists discussing new ways to communicate, working together for ten years, taking inspiration from nature and the universe, being an optimist, learning new things, embracing the unknown, thinking about your audience, playing in public, and celebrating difference.

Arkadiy Kukarkin talks about the decentralized web, Soviet Union, coding at the age of 3, being a "digital nomad", IPFS, killing your heroes, working at Hypemachine & Shopify, being a rock climber, chef, dancer.

We talked with PlayLab's founders Archie Lee Coates IV and Jeff Franklin on free ideas, karlssonwilker, Los Angeles, sneakers as art, having offspring and staying punk, building a life with friends at the center, and creating cool shit, always. Shoutouts to Dillon Kogle; Phil Gibson; Ana Cecilia Thompson.

Georgia Frances King is a Melbourne, Australia born New York-based emerging science and tech editor. She is currently the Ideas Editor of Quartz. She knows a lot about a lot of things and you should follow everyone she follows on Twitter.

Are.na talks about life on Canal street, inherent branding, community, culture, ideas, the Internet Archive, and if you're starting a business "make sure you're super into it."

LinYee Yuan of Mold Magazine talks about the future of food, how designers can affect food consumption, the revelations of the sourdough starter library, and more, in an open studio talk at Sanctuary Computer.

Jason Nocito is a photographer based in Chinatown, NY. We met with Jason and talked about his photography process, puddles, and getting rich or dying trying.