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The twice-weekly newsletter helping people reconnect with their creativity and develop their own sense of taste. Created by Kel Rakowski
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Ask an Expert: The Parsons Librarian Who Wants You Off Pinterest (opens the original)
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Abby spends her days teaching young fashion and design students how to research. Her advice for the rest of us: big subject, small keyword, and get back into the stacks!When faculty at Parsons want their students to stop making the same-looking mood boards, they call Abby Sumner. She’s a Reference and Instruction Librarian at The New School Libraries, a former advertising employee with multiple master’s degrees (!!!), and possibly the most enthusiastic person I’ve ever watched run a database sea
Popular Studio has a home now (you're invited) (opens the original)
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This is a special issue! I never do Mondays 🍝🐱 (get it?)Popular Studio is the paid edition of this newsletter, and it has a home now.To thank paid subscribers for supporting my work, I’ve built us a private space on DFOS where everything we make together lives in one place. Inside you’ll find:⏰ Monthly 60-minute online workshops, already on the calendar for October, November and December, included with your subscription✏️ Full presentations and exercises from every workshop, so you c
Get Yourself a Friend 20 Years Younger (opens the original)
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Love Popular? Want to join our monthly online mini-workshops? Join Popular Studio for paid subscribers. Support the work that I do and thank you ♥︎This Sunday: Writer’s Touch ✐ — a mini writing workshop for Popular paid subscribers Sunday, September 27th, noon EST. Sign up on DFOS→Join Po
What Will You Do with the Rest of Your Wild and Precious Year? (opens the original)
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There are one hundred days left in 2026 (!!!), which means there are one hundred days left to fully experience what it means to live in 2026. Robust or a retreat, your call.My first IG account, opened April 21, 2012, when I was 32, had a bio that read "A life without plans." I never had goals. I mean I did, but I never had the girl-boss mentality. I wanted to design art books and the like. Optimization culture was never part of my ethos. I had a goal to get a job at a design studio, got one, and
I Did Everything Opposite for a Week (opens the original)
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Yesterday I hit 13K+ subscriber mark on this here Substack, rakowwwski. Yesterday I also read a tantalizing concept from I did my own dashboard digging to see how many people are actually opening the email — here’s the truth behind the 13K: 7,218 (about 55%) have opened at least one email since mid-March. Not bad! And a reminder to everyone what a slog, grind, meandering path that life of a creative can be, here’s a chart mapping my slow rise to something: <div class="captioned-image-container"
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