Pencils Down
BUCK, Hannah GrafHit pause to reflect on the ideas, culture, and stories driving the world of design.
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Omission-Maxxing
Illustration by Dan Muangprasert
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The Return of Stop Motion
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Taste in the Time of Slop
Cole Hammack, Principal Strategy Director, hosts the Evolution of Taste Salon at BUCK LA.
Everything we read about surviving as a creative in the age of AI tells us the same thing: the one strength we have over the models is our taste.
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