Ideas, interviews, and inspiration
Thoughts on branding, voice, and messaging, and Q&As with visionaries, creative powerhouses, and style makers.
Editorial
Danielle Mackey
“I try to give readers a sense of the movement and the liveliness of a place through the people. People are the environment.”
Ryan Massey
“The truth is there is a grace to doing this job well. It often involves swallowing your pride and putting the artist's best interest first, always.”
Jacqueline Towers-Perkins
"I want to show a community coming together to fight for an important mission."
Carissa Justice
“I try to remind people if you're not having any fun in a branding project you're probably doing it wrong.”
Erica Glotfelty
“Honesty allows you to take risks and do interesting things, especially when moving into larger-than-life spaces.”
Ashley Taylor
“I think of myself as an advocate and a liaison. My consumer needs to feel like she's been heard when she walks down the beauty aisle.”
Erica Siciliano
Erica is an energy life coach and former beauty executive who’s spent her career working to improve minds, bodies, faces, and souls.
Amy Sprague
“I would love to teach a class all about finding inspiration in life … taking it beyond the brief and pushing it into other worlds.”
Teyma Touati
“We want to be beautiful and we want to feel happy, and those things can happen at the same time.”
Diego Marini
As the son of a typographer in Verona, design has always been a part of YummyColours co-founder Diego Marini’s life.
Cataanda James
Cataanda James is a pioneer and influencer in the beauty industry who’s worked with global brands and celebrity clientele.
John Gordon
John has worked with large-scale and boutique prestige brands such as MAC Cosmetics, Pat McGrath Labs, Skin Fix, Shiseido, and Keys Soulcare.
Betty Beyene
“I just had to actively put it out into the universe, meditate on it, and put some words and visuals to it. Then it became real.”
Erica Eden
Throughout her career, Citizen Collab founder Erica Eden has translated user needs and cultural shifts into tangible experiences for Fortune 50 clients, amassed 100s of product launches, and secured 25+ patents.
Dayna Carney
Dayna's ability to find unique stories inspired her to launch Dayna's House, which collaborates with luxury brands to develop ownable content franchises.