you've decided you want a mural. maybe it's a blank wall in your restaurant that's been staring back at you for months. maybe it's an office space that feels generic and you want it to feel like something. maybe it's the side of a building, a retail store, an event venue — a space that could be doing more work than it is. the decision to put art on a wall is easy. the part that gets complicated is finding the right person to do it. this is a guide to that process — what to look for, what to...

a custom hand-painted jacket is one of those things that sounds simple until you start thinking about it — and then you realize you've been thinking about it for years. maybe it's a denim jacket that's been sitting in your closet since college, waiting for something. maybe it's a gift for someone you love deeply and want to give something real to. maybe it's a bridal jacket — something you'll wear on the most photographed day of your life and keep forever after. whatever the reason,...

there's a jacket in your closet right now. you know the one. it's the thing you reach for when you want to feel like yourself — when you want to walk into a room and have it say something before you do. most of the time, that jacket came off a rack. it was designed by a committee, produced in a factory, shipped across an ocean, and folded onto a shelf next to forty identical versions of itself. there's nothing wrong with that. but it also means that somewhere, right now, someone else is...