Holding your breath? Wait no more! According to research shared in this article in the NYT Sunday Review on Sunday January 8. 2012, those who make and publicly state New Year’s resolutions are more likely to achieve them. That is give hope to those willing to say it loud. We asked a few friends what resolutions they have made for 2012 and what plans they have ...

344 Questions: The Creative Person's Do-It-Yourself-Guide to Insight, Survival, and Artistic Fulfillment. Move over Rhonda Byrne and your silly little secrets! StefanBucher has closed the book on the Self Improvement Canon with this spot-on send-up of creative self help guides. This eponymous tract is packed real wisdom that will keep you laughing. It will transport ...

Ken Carbone's ongoing contributions to Fast Company help demonstrate why design should be top of mind among leading business thinkers. His most recent contribution was a call to friends to rethink how their own state license plates could be more effective and graphically arresting. Designing under the influence? We think not!

The world needs cranky little men with Thelonious Monk habits and nude model budgets to blow every Friday. Even if you find such exactitude a tad annoying ("Our work for highend sport apparel maker Aether is kind of where Prada meets Patagonia"), you have to admit the guy is right.