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I’m absolutely in love with Hypebeast‘s Modern Day Artisans series, a study into British handcrafted products. Great music, great mood, fantastic editing and beautiful people!

We highlight a range of individuals who have become experts in their field, effectively maintaining the authenticity, originality and art of their respective trade.

Freunde von Freunden is an absolutely brilliant international interview magazine that portraits people of diverse creative and cultural backgrounds in their homes or within their daily working environments. Don’t click through if you need to do something important today!

WNYC, one of the oldest radio stations in the United States, has a lovely video feature in their culture section called Know your Neighbor about New Yorkers; characters, legends, and good folk.

Poet Samuel Menashe (above) is one of the many characters featured.

Le Corbusier in his studio in Paris, 1960. Photographed by René Burri.
More excellent photos over at Phaidon.

A short interview with talented illustrator Kyle Steed from Dallas, Texas.

Arnold Wechsler, an 81 year-old New York based artist talks about his art.

ProcessMade is another beautifully designed website focusing on photo interviews with talented creative minds.

We are curious about what goes into any creative mind before the final piece is realized. The tough decisions, the screw ups and the eureka moment, the process that makes a beautiful piece what it is. We aim to get deep into processes of talented designers, photographers, directors and all creative minds to find out the whys and hows.

Snoop-Around is a fantastic Icelandic photo/interview website that visits creative people at their home, work or studio in hope to bring to light a unique view of their lives. Great photography and good interviews.

Jake Nickell, co-founder of the amazing Threadless, shares with us why it’s so important to never stop making things in his recent talk at TEDxBoulder.

Beautifully shot and edited short film featuring talented sign painter Dusty. Pay close attention to the simple and confident brush strokes.