#collaboration

#collaboration

Every community relies on infrastructure - roads, power grids, water systems. Public media is no different. We've spent decades building one of the most remarkable content networks in the world: a constellation of local newsrooms, national shows, and independent creators. But it rests on infrastructure built for a different era: satellite distribution, analog assumptions, fragmented digital tools, FM carve-outs, and a thicket of vendor relationships that favor scale and capital over mission.

Mixed materials, unexpected shapes, and pairings of ideas that sound like they shouldn't work together and yet work very, very well are hallmarks of founder Diaki Suzuki's output. That's why the Japanese-born, New York-based designer has been tapped by companies ranging from Brooks Brothers and Allen Edmonds to Barbour and Uniqlo for countless collaborations over the years.

At the time I had been working in the Technology/Software world for 5 years, after a stint doing Interaction/UI/UX work in agencies. While agency work has a lot of positive aspects to it, I didn't think I was a good fit for it. I found the relationship and ultimately sense of ownership with a solution very fleeting, since in essence the engagement with the client had a time stamp on it, after which you simply started working on something else.

Partying the night before a big exam. Preparing last-minute for a work presentation. Running a 5K in a 10-pound Halloween costume. All are examples of what psychologists call "self-handicapping" - creating obstacles to success to order to bolster or protect one's own reputation. "It's actually very common," said Yang Xiang, a psychology Ph.D. candidate in the Kenneth C. Griffin Graduate School of Arts and Sciences. "There have been many decades of work documenting this behavior."

One of the most pervasive rules of business is compete-to-win or perish. But as more organizations struggle to navigate an increasingly volatile, uncertain, complex and ambiguous landscape, some innovative leaders are choosing to collaborate over compete. This is particularly necessary within the organization, where collaboration may be considered beneficial in theory, but in practice, the rules of engagement still revolve around competition: colleagues become rivals over promotion opportunities, recognition, and advancement.

In my opinion, slide decks come with a lot of problems for your product team. Some of the most significant of these include: Hindered collaboration I've never seen a group of people brainstorming and figuring out solutions while working on a slide deck. Most people associate slide decks with a "presentation," and these expectations guide their behavior, causing them to act like "I'm here to listen." It's really hard to get people out of "listener" mode when presenting.

The projects that Brodie takes on are created with a mix of digital and physical - his work shouts that hands are at work. Lady Gaga is stretched and made viscous for the cover of Mayhem, her sixth solo studio album, for which Brodie provided art direction and design, with creative direction from Mel Roy of mtla studio and Todd Tourso of Iconoclast.

OpenAI is pushing the new group chat feature as a way for people to collaborate at work and school, as well as a way for friends to make decisions on things like dinner destinations, vacations, and the like. Search, image and file uploading, image generation, and voice dictation are all included in group chats with ChatGPT, powered by GPT-5.1 Auto, which automatically shunts requests to the best model (i.e., instant, thinking, or a legacy model for free tier users) for the task.

On Snotmotions subject matter Kate says: "The aesthetics of sport, the motion and movements in sport, and the fact that there isn't much talking is very interesting from an animation point of view." Tennis is known for powered pitches and anime-fight-scene-like grunting; a ripe playground for Snotmotion's N° 02 short. "Animating a tennis serve was surprisingly tricky, but it forced us to study the timing and rhythm of the action in a new way," Jordy says. Paying close attention to timing, both Kate and Jordy switch hats from animators to foley artists. "We sit upstairs, at our desk making all sorts of strange noises to match the scenes," says Kate.

I felt that I needed to try to embody his unique power and swagger when delivering the vocals here,

One high point came early on, realising, pretty soon after we opened, that the shop was so much more than just a shop. It's a public space for magazine lovers to meet like-minded people: other readers, publishers, wannabe publishers. One example was fashion designer Junya Watanabe, who liked our black totes so much he bought several hundred and incorporated them into a shirt in his next season.

For Andrew Wang, a 33-year-old software engineer, AI has become a part of his daily routine - but it's come at the cost of some of the casual conversations he used to have with colleagues. Wang said the growing reliance on large language models has, at times, made teams feel more "siloed." In the past, coworkers would regularly hash out ideas and design options in impromptu conversations, he said. Now, much of that back-and-forth happens with AI instead - leaving formal meetings for design or code reviews.

Deftones and workwear company Dickies have teamed up for a collaborative merch capsule, finally putting out official apparel together after a bootlegged design made the rounds for years. The Deftones x Dickies design slaps Deftones' name on the iconic Dickies logo on a variety of hoodies ($80 each) and T-shirts ($45 each), available now via Deftones' official webstore. The hoodies come in black or green, while the T-shirt is available in white, black, maroon, green, or blue.

Katie Crutchfield, the creative force behind Waxahatchee, and her twin sister, Allison Crutchfield, have surprised released their self-titled debut album as Snocaps via ANTI- Records. It marks the first music the sisters have released together since their legendary P.S. Eliot days. Joining the Crutchfields on the new project are MJ Lenderman and Brad Cook. Listen to it below. "Snocaps was born out of the twin sisters' desire to work on music together as they had in their teens and twenties,"

These images mark a series of firsts: my first time shooting on colour film, and my first collaboration with Ella Snyder. There was a certain electricity in that unfamiliarity, where every frame became a small act of trust, of quiet listening to light, shadow, and gesture. Shooting on film slowed us down, inviting presence and tenderness. These are more than portraits, they're records of a beginning, and of how art can emerge when two people meet the unknown together.

adidas is diving deep into nostalgia with a playful yet refined collaboration that unites two cultural icons: SpongeBob SquarePants and the Stan Smith. Slated for release in Fall 2025, the SpongeBob x adidas Stan Smith Freizeit blends the whimsical world of Bikini Bottom with the timeless sophistication of adidas' most recognizable silhouette. The result is a sneaker that balances humor and heritage - one that's equal parts collectible and wearable.

The new Pokémon + 100 Thieves '25 Collection brings the adventurous world of Pokémon into the contemporary streetwear space with precision design, nostalgic artistry, and a dose of modern swagger. This second collaboration deepens the creative relationship between two cultural forces that, while rooted in different worlds, share an obsession with world-building, storytelling, and fan devotion. 100 Thieves continues to expand its influence beyond gaming, while Pokémon - a franchise built on evolution and adventure - brings an unmistakable emotional connection that spans generations.

When two creative forces meet with a shared sense of purpose, the result transcends fashion-it becomes a dialogue. The new collaboration between Albino & Preto (A&P) and Goodfight embodies exactly that: a seamless fusion of martial discipline and modern design philosophy. Rooted in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu and informed by street-ready sophistication, this partnership celebrates the intersection of function, culture, and community. Launching October 15 through both brands' webstores, the collection captures what happens when mutual respect and creative kinship turn into tangible craftsmanship.

First up is Carpenter, who talks about her new album, Personal History - a record she's been shaping for nearly five years. The five-time Grammy winner reflects on balancing the literary with the plainspoken, as she's done since her late-'80s breakout, while still finding new ways to write from the heart. "At this point in my life," she says, "I can't hide behind it anymore."

In another reason why they should just form a dang band already, Hayley Williams and David Byrne have released another new collaboration in "Open The Door." The sentimental, sunshine-laden ballad is from the soundtrack to the new Netflix film The Twits (based on the beloved 1980 Roald Dahl children's novel). In the film, two kids and a "family of magical animals" team up to battle the "meanest, nastiest villains [who] pull a trick to take over their town." Check out the song below.

Haim have recruited Bon Iver for "Tie You Down"-one of three new songs that will feature on an expansion of I Quit that the trio will release on October 17 on Columbia. Danielle Haim and Justin Vernon duet on the song, and produced it alongside Rostam Batmanglij. Check it out below.

It's hard to think of a more iconic exchange in the history of theater than the balcony scene of Romeo and Juliet. Those legendary lines. That stolen kiss. It's been performed countless times the world over. And it was for that reason that Andrew Moerdyk, Kimie Nishikawa, and Santiago Orjuela-Laverde, founders of the Brooklyn-based scenic design studio dots, hoped to reinvent it, when tapped by director Sam Gold for the Circle in the Square Theatre's recent Broadway adaptation. Together, the creative team conceived a bed of flowers-revealed by the opening of a circular panel-and, suspended above it, a mattress.

In one of the most unexpected and exciting crossovers of the year, HUMAN MADE has announced its debut collaboration with Pokémon, merging streetwear heritage with pop-culture nostalgia. The announcement instantly sparked waves of excitement across fashion and gaming communities alike-two worlds that rarely intersect so seamlessly. Founded by NIGO, HUMAN MADE has long carried an aura of craftsmanship and authenticity, defined by its meticulous attention to detail and a love for vintage Americana.

Few figures in cinema embody the word 'ongoing' quite like Tilda Swinton. For nearly four decades, she has moved through film, art, and fashion with a mercurial presence that defies category - at once avant-garde icon, Oscar-winning actor, collaborator, and fashion muse. Rizzoli's new release, Tilda Swinton: Ongoing, captures not only Swinton's prolific career but an intricate web of lifelong friendships, creative collaborations and dialogues, presenting a portrait of an artist whose curiosity and generosity remains infinite.