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Come celebrate, connect, and toast this year’s best with the creative community!

I For our explainer video on the techy typeface, Valve, we decided to go with a Terminator theme. At the end, I said I'd be back.

And here we are. @fastcompany won a Webby!
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Typeface: @pangram.pangram
Director: @singhandting 

Producer: @katcaulderwood
Executive Video Editor: @frankzadlo 
Animator: Kenny Yee

Design Fellow: @lianademarco.png
Writer: Yours truly

I For our explainer video on the techy typeface, Valve, we decided to go with a Terminator theme. At the end, I said I'd be back.

And here we are. @fastcompany won a Webby!

🦾
Typeface: @pangram.pangram
Director: @singhandting 
Producer: @katcaulderwood
Executive Video Editor: @frankzadlo 
Animator: Kenny Yee
Design Fellow: @lianademarco.png
Writer: Yours truly

I For our explainer video on the techy typeface, Valve, we decided to go with a Terminator theme. At the end, I said I'd be back.

And here we are. @fastcompany won a Webby!

🦾
Typeface: @pangram.pangram
Director: @singhandting 
Producer: @katcaulderwood
Executive Video Editor: @frankzadlo 
Animator: Kenny Yee
Design Fellow: @lianademarco.png
Writer: Yours truly

I For our explainer video on the techy typeface, Valve, we decided to go with a Terminator theme. At the end, I said I'd be back.

And here we are. @fastcompany won a Webby!

🦾
Typeface: @pangram.pangram
Director: @singhandting 
Producer: @katcaulderwood
Executive Video Editor: @frankzadlo 
Animator: Kenny Yee
Design Fellow: @lianademarco.png
Writer: Yours truly

I For our explainer video on the techy typeface, Valve, we decided to go with a Terminator theme. At the end, I said I'd be back.

And here we are. @fastcompany won a Webby!

🦾
Typeface: @pangram.pangram
Director: @singhandting 
Producer: @katcaulderwood
Executive Video Editor: @frankzadlo 
Animator: Kenny Yee
Design Fellow: @lianademarco.png
Writer: Yours truly

How to Survive Working While Parenting. April 2026 special Apple News cover of @fastcompany
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Illustrator: @mrtomfroese

We needed to create over 100 pieces of art for the online portion of Most Innovative Companies. That’s where @fastcompany’s Photo Editors, @aaammmyyywwwooonnnggg, @salophoto, majayvette, and our Design Fellow, @lianademarco.png come in. They crafted unique approaches for companies ranging from electric car manufacturer BYD to the convenience store chain QuikTrip.

And for all of our sectors — biotech, augmented reality, and design, to name a few — Danny came up with a cohesive yet dynamic system of icons that overprint onto paper folds.

We needed to create over 100 pieces of art for the online portion of Most Innovative Companies. That’s where @fastcompany’s Photo Editors, @aaammmyyywwwooonnnggg, @salophoto, majayvette, and our Design Fellow, @lianademarco.png come in. They crafted unique approaches for companies ranging from electric car manufacturer BYD to the convenience store chain QuikTrip.

And for all of our sectors — biotech, augmented reality, and design, to name a few — Danny came up with a cohesive yet dynamic system of icons that overprint onto paper folds.

We needed to create over 100 pieces of art for the online portion of Most Innovative Companies. That’s where @fastcompany’s Photo Editors, @aaammmyyywwwooonnnggg, @salophoto, majayvette, and our Design Fellow, @lianademarco.png come in. They crafted unique approaches for companies ranging from electric car manufacturer BYD to the convenience store chain QuikTrip.

And for all of our sectors — biotech, augmented reality, and design, to name a few — Danny came up with a cohesive yet dynamic system of icons that overprint onto paper folds.

We needed to create over 100 pieces of art for the online portion of Most Innovative Companies. That’s where @fastcompany’s Photo Editors, @aaammmyyywwwooonnnggg, @salophoto, majayvette, and our Design Fellow, @lianademarco.png come in. They crafted unique approaches for companies ranging from electric car manufacturer BYD to the convenience store chain QuikTrip.

And for all of our sectors — biotech, augmented reality, and design, to name a few — Danny came up with a cohesive yet dynamic system of icons that overprint onto paper folds.

We needed to create over 100 pieces of art for the online portion of Most Innovative Companies. That’s where @fastcompany’s Photo Editors, @aaammmyyywwwooonnnggg, @salophoto, majayvette, and our Design Fellow, @lianademarco.png come in. They crafted unique approaches for companies ranging from electric car manufacturer BYD to the convenience store chain QuikTrip.

And for all of our sectors — biotech, augmented reality, and design, to name a few — Danny came up with a cohesive yet dynamic system of icons that overprint onto paper folds.

For the star font of our Spring 2026 issue, Fast Company Creative Director Mike Schnaidt chose Kyoto for its handmade, human feel that blends Japanese calligraphy with classic Latin forms.

In the latest episode of “It’s All in the Typeface,” he explains how this issue’s font selection was inspired by exploration and reflects the human touch behind every page of this issue.

“It’s All in the Typeface” was nominated at the 30th Annual Webby Awards. Click the link in bio to cast your vote. Voting closes April 16.

Font: @pangram.pangram

The @fastcompany art department distills perplexing topics into palatable visuals. Step one, we ask: Should the story be told through photography or illustration? And if it's an illustration, should it be conceptual or representational?

Senior Art Director @annegolden is a total pro at finding the perfect illustrator for the job. For our Most Innovative Companies package, she collaborated with a talented roster of illustrators to visualize topics — such as air-cleaning high-rise buildings and human-detecting heating lamps — into 35 engaging illustrations.

Check out a few of them here.

The Illustrators
1 + 5: @pierrebuttin
2-3: Liam O’Farrell
4, 6, 10: @the_project_twins
7: @odpomery
8-9: @emma_cheng__

The @fastcompany art department distills perplexing topics into palatable visuals. Step one, we ask: Should the story be told through photography or illustration? And if it's an illustration, should it be conceptual or representational?

Senior Art Director @annegolden is a total pro at finding the perfect illustrator for the job. For our Most Innovative Companies package, she collaborated with a talented roster of illustrators to visualize topics — such as air-cleaning high-rise buildings and human-detecting heating lamps — into 35 engaging illustrations.

Check out a few of them here.

The Illustrators
1 + 5: @pierrebuttin
2-3: Liam O’Farrell
4, 6, 10: @the_project_twins
7: @odpomery
8-9: @emma_cheng__

The @fastcompany art department distills perplexing topics into palatable visuals. Step one, we ask: Should the story be told through photography or illustration? And if it's an illustration, should it be conceptual or representational?

Senior Art Director @annegolden is a total pro at finding the perfect illustrator for the job. For our Most Innovative Companies package, she collaborated with a talented roster of illustrators to visualize topics — such as air-cleaning high-rise buildings and human-detecting heating lamps — into 35 engaging illustrations.

Check out a few of them here.

The Illustrators
1 + 5: @pierrebuttin
2-3: Liam O’Farrell
4, 6, 10: @the_project_twins
7: @odpomery
8-9: @emma_cheng__

The @fastcompany art department distills perplexing topics into palatable visuals. Step one, we ask: Should the story be told through photography or illustration? And if it's an illustration, should it be conceptual or representational?

Senior Art Director @annegolden is a total pro at finding the perfect illustrator for the job. For our Most Innovative Companies package, she collaborated with a talented roster of illustrators to visualize topics — such as air-cleaning high-rise buildings and human-detecting heating lamps — into 35 engaging illustrations.

Check out a few of them here.

The Illustrators
1 + 5: @pierrebuttin
2-3: Liam O’Farrell
4, 6, 10: @the_project_twins
7: @odpomery
8-9: @emma_cheng__

The @fastcompany art department distills perplexing topics into palatable visuals. Step one, we ask: Should the story be told through photography or illustration? And if it's an illustration, should it be conceptual or representational?

Senior Art Director @annegolden is a total pro at finding the perfect illustrator for the job. For our Most Innovative Companies package, she collaborated with a talented roster of illustrators to visualize topics — such as air-cleaning high-rise buildings and human-detecting heating lamps — into 35 engaging illustrations.

Check out a few of them here.

The Illustrators
1 + 5: @pierrebuttin
2-3: Liam O’Farrell
4, 6, 10: @the_project_twins
7: @odpomery
8-9: @emma_cheng__

The @fastcompany art department distills perplexing topics into palatable visuals. Step one, we ask: Should the story be told through photography or illustration? And if it's an illustration, should it be conceptual or representational?

Senior Art Director @annegolden is a total pro at finding the perfect illustrator for the job. For our Most Innovative Companies package, she collaborated with a talented roster of illustrators to visualize topics — such as air-cleaning high-rise buildings and human-detecting heating lamps — into 35 engaging illustrations.

Check out a few of them here.

The Illustrators
1 + 5: @pierrebuttin
2-3: Liam O’Farrell
4, 6, 10: @the_project_twins
7: @odpomery
8-9: @emma_cheng__

The @fastcompany art department distills perplexing topics into palatable visuals. Step one, we ask: Should the story be told through photography or illustration? And if it's an illustration, should it be conceptual or representational?

Senior Art Director @annegolden is a total pro at finding the perfect illustrator for the job. For our Most Innovative Companies package, she collaborated with a talented roster of illustrators to visualize topics — such as air-cleaning high-rise buildings and human-detecting heating lamps — into 35 engaging illustrations.

Check out a few of them here.

The Illustrators
1 + 5: @pierrebuttin
2-3: Liam O’Farrell
4, 6, 10: @the_project_twins
7: @odpomery
8-9: @emma_cheng__

The @fastcompany art department distills perplexing topics into palatable visuals. Step one, we ask: Should the story be told through photography or illustration? And if it's an illustration, should it be conceptual or representational?

Senior Art Director @annegolden is a total pro at finding the perfect illustrator for the job. For our Most Innovative Companies package, she collaborated with a talented roster of illustrators to visualize topics — such as air-cleaning high-rise buildings and human-detecting heating lamps — into 35 engaging illustrations.

Check out a few of them here.

The Illustrators
1 + 5: @pierrebuttin
2-3: Liam O’Farrell
4, 6, 10: @the_project_twins
7: @odpomery
8-9: @emma_cheng__

The @fastcompany art department distills perplexing topics into palatable visuals. Step one, we ask: Should the story be told through photography or illustration? And if it's an illustration, should it be conceptual or representational?

Senior Art Director @annegolden is a total pro at finding the perfect illustrator for the job. For our Most Innovative Companies package, she collaborated with a talented roster of illustrators to visualize topics — such as air-cleaning high-rise buildings and human-detecting heating lamps — into 35 engaging illustrations.

Check out a few of them here.

The Illustrators
1 + 5: @pierrebuttin
2-3: Liam O’Farrell
4, 6, 10: @the_project_twins
7: @odpomery
8-9: @emma_cheng__

The @fastcompany art department distills perplexing topics into palatable visuals. Step one, we ask: Should the story be told through photography or illustration? And if it's an illustration, should it be conceptual or representational?

Senior Art Director @annegolden is a total pro at finding the perfect illustrator for the job. For our Most Innovative Companies package, she collaborated with a talented roster of illustrators to visualize topics — such as air-cleaning high-rise buildings and human-detecting heating lamps — into 35 engaging illustrations.

Check out a few of them here.

The Illustrators
1 + 5: @pierrebuttin
2-3: Liam O’Farrell
4, 6, 10: @the_project_twins
7: @odpomery
8-9: @emma_cheng__

What’s up type nerds?

Fast Company’s video series “It’s All in the Typeface” has been nominated for @thewebbyawards.

If you love our design content and want more meditations on geometric vs. grotesque fonts or condensed proportions, head to the link in bio to vote.

@fastcompany scored an award nomination from both the Webbys and the @spdesigners for our video series, “It’s All In The Typeface.”

Our SVP of Audio and Video, Heather Keets Wright, deserves a lot of credit for this one. When I presented our latest magazine redesign, Heather suggested we launch a YouTube series that shows off the signature typeface for each issue. And she thought I should star in that series.

I was hesitant. Would people really want to learn about serifs, or ligatures, or apertures, or ink traps, or the Eastern European origins of a typeface that appears to be chiseled out of stone?

She responded, “Nerds will show up for some good font content.”

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Props to the team of @singhandting, @katcaulderwood, @frankzadlo, @lianademarco.png, and Kenny Yee, who direct, produce, edit, design, and animate each frame — and as a result, keep me from looking like a total knob (especially when I want to do a Terminator bit).
📸
B+W photograph by @sandravriano

@fastcompany scored an award nomination from both the Webbys and the @spdesigners for our video series, “It’s All In The Typeface.”

Our SVP of Audio and Video, Heather Keets Wright, deserves a lot of credit for this one. When I presented our latest magazine redesign, Heather suggested we launch a YouTube series that shows off the signature typeface for each issue. And she thought I should star in that series.

I was hesitant. Would people really want to learn about serifs, or ligatures, or apertures, or ink traps, or the Eastern European origins of a typeface that appears to be chiseled out of stone?

She responded, “Nerds will show up for some good font content.”

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Props to the team of @singhandting, @katcaulderwood, @frankzadlo, @lianademarco.png, and Kenny Yee, who direct, produce, edit, design, and animate each frame — and as a result, keep me from looking like a total knob (especially when I want to do a Terminator bit).
📸
B+W photograph by @sandravriano

@fastcompany scored an award nomination from both the Webbys and the @spdesigners for our video series, “It’s All In The Typeface.”

Our SVP of Audio and Video, Heather Keets Wright, deserves a lot of credit for this one. When I presented our latest magazine redesign, Heather suggested we launch a YouTube series that shows off the signature typeface for each issue. And she thought I should star in that series.

I was hesitant. Would people really want to learn about serifs, or ligatures, or apertures, or ink traps, or the Eastern European origins of a typeface that appears to be chiseled out of stone?

She responded, “Nerds will show up for some good font content.”

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Props to the team of @singhandting, @katcaulderwood, @frankzadlo, @lianademarco.png, and Kenny Yee, who direct, produce, edit, design, and animate each frame — and as a result, keep me from looking like a total knob (especially when I want to do a Terminator bit).
📸
B+W photograph by @sandravriano

@fastcompany scored an award nomination from both the Webbys and the @spdesigners for our video series, “It’s All In The Typeface.”

Our SVP of Audio and Video, Heather Keets Wright, deserves a lot of credit for this one. When I presented our latest magazine redesign, Heather suggested we launch a YouTube series that shows off the signature typeface for each issue. And she thought I should star in that series.

I was hesitant. Would people really want to learn about serifs, or ligatures, or apertures, or ink traps, or the Eastern European origins of a typeface that appears to be chiseled out of stone?

She responded, “Nerds will show up for some good font content.”

-
Props to the team of @singhandting, @katcaulderwood, @frankzadlo, @lianademarco.png, and Kenny Yee, who direct, produce, edit, design, and animate each frame — and as a result, keep me from looking like a total knob (especially when I want to do a Terminator bit).
📸
B+W photograph by @sandravriano