Jude Stewart

I write about design and culture for Slate, Business Week, The Believer, Fast Company, GOOD, I.D. - oh, I'll stop. I also write Colorswatch, a blog about color for PRINT, America's oldest graphic design magazine.

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The Big Money Behind Naming A “Color Of The Year”

Pantone isn’t the only company to anoint a “color of the year.” Color trend forecasting has become a crucial marketing tool for everything from paint manufacturers to cheerleader uniform makers.

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Why Building Something Useful For Others Is The Best Marketing There Is

Side projects that create lasting value for your target clients and employees show them what you’re about. Here’s how to do it.

Most Creative People

The Monocle Guide To Good Business, An Antidote To Empty Startup Culture

The folks behind Monocle have some ideas for entrepreneurs looking to bring a sense of gravitas and culture to their businesses.

Most Creative People

The Unlikely Success Of The Great Discontent’s Long-Form Musings On Failure

Ryan and Tina Essmaker, the married duo behind The Great Discontent, share what they’ve learned by going deep with people who’ve seen the dark side of creative risk.

Work Life

Every Office Has Its Bullies; Here’s How To Outwit Them

All of us can be difficult to work with at times, in ways we’re usually blind to. Here’s how to deal with others (and your own flaws) to defuse difficult work situations, from the authors of “Mean Girls at Work.”

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Why Parents Make Great Entrepreneurs: Advice From A Pair Of Artisanal Pickling Pros

The prodigious juggling skills necessary for parenthood translate well to entrepreneurship. Here’s some advice on how to hang in there from the founders of Esoteric Food Company, maker of Zuké pickles.

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Designing The One-Week Team Sabbatical That Will Transform Your Company

Will you ever get those worthy internal projects done? Yes, says Indianapolis-based SmallBox. Their tips for a great “Factory Week” help make it happen.

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The End Of The “Female-Friendly” Workplace

To attract and retain female workers, start thinking in terms of policies and incentives for all your employees–not just the women. An overview of some low-cost, high-ROI policies that work.

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Zappos CEO Tony Hsieh On Building A Virtuous Business In The City Of Sin

Hsieh made you buy shoes you didn’t really want. Now he will make you love Las Vegas (and not just the craps table).

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How A San Antonio Startup Hub Is Reinventing Tech Education

STEM education needs a major overhaul. Graham Weston and Nick Longo, founders of the coworking space Geekdom, think they have the answer–and it lies in the tech desert of San Antonio, Texas, of all places.

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How Did Detroit Labs Build A Successful Business? By Letting Employees Screw Around

The Detroit-based mobile app developers offer an unconventional blueprint for getting your startup off the ground.

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5 Tips On Working Remotely From A Guy Who Works Reaaaally Remotely

Darius A. Monsef IV, the Waimea, Hawaii-based CEO of COLOURLovers.com, offers advice on building a successful startup, whether employees are spread across one time zone, or six.

Work Life

You Will Wear Jake Bronstein’s $18 Made-In-The-USA Flint And Tinder Undies, And You Will Love It

Upstart underpants magnate Jake Bronstein thinks cheap is overrated, and he has some premium jockey shorts to prove it. The Kickstarter entrepreneur talks with Fast Company about his new venture and the under-hyped advantages of “made in the USA.”

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Startups Should Play To Their City’s Strengths. Here’s How.

Wayne Embree, a vice president at the Oklahoma City nonprofit incubator i2E, offers five tips for entrepreneurs who want to make the most of small- and medium-sized markets.

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Advice From Cleveland’s Top VC Exec: Hire Older Workers

You don’t need to put down roots in New York or Silicon Valley to thrive in business today. John Dearborn, president of the nonprofit VC JumpStart Inc., offers three tips for maximizing resources in a mid-sized city.

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How Savannah Has Transformed Into The Business Belle Of The South

Steve Weathers, president and CEO of the Savannah Economic Development Authority, shares five things you need to know about opening a business in the Hostess City of the South.

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4 Tips For Starting A Farm In Your City [Video]

Urban-farming innovators such as Detroit and Cleveland offer an object lesson in how cities can transform disused land into tomorrow’s (healthy) dinner.

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Why Startups Hella Love Oakland

Gertrude Stein once famously said of Oakland, “There is no there there.” Nancy Pfund, of the VC firm DBL Investors, makes a case for how modern Oakland is proving Stein wrong.

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Move Over, Yale! New Haven’s Tech Scene Is In A League Of Its Own

Slate Ballard, cofounder of the coworking space The Grove, and Derek Koch, CEO of the product-development firm Independent Software, share five things you need to know about starting a business in New Haven, Connecticut.

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Why You Should Start A Company In… Bismarck

Move to North Dakota for your startup? Yes, really. Shake off any residual snobbery, friends, because the Roughrider State offers chasteningly attractive conditions for entrepreneurs. Julie Kuennen, executive director of the IDEA Center of North Dakota, shares five things you need to know about opening up shop there.

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These simple packets fight food waste by miraculously keeping fruit from going bad

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How Boulder is creating a path for cities to scale up carbon sequestration

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To build cities that survive climate change, we should emulate Earth’s first creatures

Creativity

Watch NFL alum Matthew Cherry’s sweet animated short about a black father doing his daughter’s hair

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The cofounder of Refinery29 has some frank truths about creativity and leadership you need to hear

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Here’s how to get your Spotify Wrapped 2019—and My Decade Wrapped

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This $995 jacket is designed to help you sleep on long-haul flights

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50 designers reinvent the Christmas tree ornament

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Retailers are selling $60 cords for Apple’s wireless Airpods

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You’ve hit a plateau in your business or career. Now what?

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Two simple budget-friendly ways to include remote workers at holiday parties

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Jude Stewart

The Big Money Behind Naming A “Color Of The Year”

Pantone isn’t the only company to anoint a “color of the year.” Color trend forecasting has become a crucial marketing tool for everything from paint manufacturers to cheerleader uniform makers.

Why Building Something Useful For Others Is The Best Marketing There Is

Side projects that create lasting value for your target clients and employees show them what you’re about. Here’s how to do it.

The Monocle Guide To Good Business, An Antidote To Empty Startup Culture

The folks behind Monocle have some ideas for entrepreneurs looking to bring a sense of gravitas and culture to their businesses.

The Unlikely Success Of The Great Discontent’s Long-Form Musings On Failure

Ryan and Tina Essmaker, the married duo behind The Great Discontent, share what they’ve learned by going deep with people who’ve seen the dark side of creative risk.

Every Office Has Its Bullies; Here’s How To Outwit Them

All of us can be difficult to work with at times, in ways we’re usually blind to. Here’s how to deal with others (and your own flaws) to defuse difficult work situations, from the authors of “Mean Girls at Work.”

Why Parents Make Great Entrepreneurs: Advice From A Pair Of Artisanal Pickling Pros

The prodigious juggling skills necessary for parenthood translate well to entrepreneurship. Here’s some advice on how to hang in there from the founders of Esoteric Food Company, maker of Zuké pickles.

Designing The One-Week Team Sabbatical That Will Transform Your Company

Will you ever get those worthy internal projects done? Yes, says Indianapolis-based SmallBox. Their tips for a great “Factory Week” help make it happen.

The End Of The “Female-Friendly” Workplace

To attract and retain female workers, start thinking in terms of policies and incentives for all your employees–not just the women. An overview of some low-cost, high-ROI policies that work.

Zappos CEO Tony Hsieh On Building A Virtuous Business In The City Of Sin

Hsieh made you buy shoes you didn’t really want. Now he will make you love Las Vegas (and not just the craps table).

How A San Antonio Startup Hub Is Reinventing Tech Education

STEM education needs a major overhaul. Graham Weston and Nick Longo, founders of the coworking space Geekdom, think they have the answer–and it lies in the tech desert of San Antonio, Texas, of all places.

How Did Detroit Labs Build A Successful Business? By Letting Employees Screw Around

The Detroit-based mobile app developers offer an unconventional blueprint for getting your startup off the ground.

5 Tips On Working Remotely From A Guy Who Works Reaaaally Remotely

Darius A. Monsef IV, the Waimea, Hawaii-based CEO of COLOURLovers.com, offers advice on building a successful startup, whether employees are spread across one time zone, or six.

You Will Wear Jake Bronstein’s $18 Made-In-The-USA Flint And Tinder Undies, And You Will Love It

Upstart underpants magnate Jake Bronstein thinks cheap is overrated, and he has some premium jockey shorts to prove it. The Kickstarter entrepreneur talks with Fast Company about his new venture and the under-hyped advantages of “made in the USA.”

Startups Should Play To Their City’s Strengths. Here’s How.

Wayne Embree, a vice president at the Oklahoma City nonprofit incubator i2E, offers five tips for entrepreneurs who want to make the most of small- and medium-sized markets.

Advice From Cleveland’s Top VC Exec: Hire Older Workers

You don’t need to put down roots in New York or Silicon Valley to thrive in business today. John Dearborn, president of the nonprofit VC JumpStart Inc., offers three tips for maximizing resources in a mid-sized city.

How Savannah Has Transformed Into The Business Belle Of The South

Steve Weathers, president and CEO of the Savannah Economic Development Authority, shares five things you need to know about opening a business in the Hostess City of the South.

4 Tips For Starting A Farm In Your City [Video]

Urban-farming innovators such as Detroit and Cleveland offer an object lesson in how cities can transform disused land into tomorrow’s (healthy) dinner.

Why Startups Hella Love Oakland

Gertrude Stein once famously said of Oakland, “There is no there there.” Nancy Pfund, of the VC firm DBL Investors, makes a case for how modern Oakland is proving Stein wrong.

Move Over, Yale! New Haven’s Tech Scene Is In A League Of Its Own

Slate Ballard, cofounder of the coworking space The Grove, and Derek Koch, CEO of the product-development firm Independent Software, share five things you need to know about starting a business in New Haven, Connecticut.

Why You Should Start A Company In… Bismarck

Impact

These simple packets fight food waste by miraculously keeping fruit from going bad

How Boulder is creating a path for cities to scale up carbon sequestration

To build cities that survive climate change, we should emulate Earth’s first creatures

Creativity

Watch NFL alum Matthew Cherry’s sweet animated short about a black father doing his daughter’s hair

The cofounder of Refinery29 has some frank truths about creativity and leadership you need to hear

Here’s how to get your Spotify Wrapped 2019—and My Decade Wrapped

Co.Design

This $995 jacket is designed to help you sleep on long-haul flights

50 designers reinvent the Christmas tree ornament

Retailers are selling $60 cords for Apple’s wireless Airpods

Work Life

You’ve hit a plateau in your business or career. Now what?

Two simple budget-friendly ways to include remote workers at holiday parties

These are the 7 types of companies that you should stay away from