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Alex Hoyt

Alex Hoyt

Alex Hoyt is an assistant editor at Architect magazine.

Designing 'Mad Men': The Stories Behind Joan's Dresses and Don's Suits

Designing 'Mad Men': The Stories Behind Joan's Dresses and Don's Suits

Janie Bryant, costume designer for the AMC show, describes her creative process.… More »

How Mountaineer Ed Viesturs First Summited Everest Without Oxygen

How Mountaineer Ed Viesturs First Summited Everest Without Oxygen

The story behind the 1990 Peace Climb up the world's tallest peak… More »

How Street Artist Vhils Creates a Mural

How Street Artist Vhils Creates a Mural

The renowned contemporary of Banksy shares a sketch… More »

How Chick Corea Wrote 'Spain'

How Chick Corea Wrote 'Spain'

The story behind a modern jazz standard… More »

How Werner Herzog Filmed Death Row

How Werner Herzog Filmed Death Row

The director talks about his new movie, 'Into the Abyss'… More »

How Haruki Murakami's '1Q84' Was Translated Into English

How Haruki Murakami's '1Q84' Was Translated Into English

Philip Gabriel describes the process of making the Japanese author's works accessible to American readers… More »

How Jurgen Klinsmann Coaches the U.S. Men's Soccer Team

How Jurgen Klinsmann Coaches the U.S. Men's Soccer Team

The player-turned-coach describes his methods for creating championship squads… More »

Issue November 2011

Peter Moskos

A criminologist—and former cop—makes the case that lashings, whippings, and beatings can heal our justice system… More »

How Will Shortz Edits a New York Times Crossword Puzzle

How Will Shortz Edits a New York Times Crossword Puzzle

The paper's longtime puzzle editor describes the art of crafting the perfect clue… More »

Watch Wilco's New 'Born Alone' Video and Read the Story Behind Its Lyrics

Watch Wilco's New 'Born Alone' Video and Read the Story Behind Its Lyrics

Jeff Tweedy pulled verbs from an Emily Dickinson poem to write the words for this track… More »

First Drafts: How Sam Abell Makes a Photograph

First Drafts: How Sam Abell Makes a Photograph

The renowned photographer recounts his year-long quest to find the perfect image of bison skulls for a National Geographic essay… More »

First Drafts: Architect Ricardo Porro on His Project for Fidel Castro

First Drafts: Architect Ricardo Porro on His Project for Fidel Castro

Exiled from Cuba in the midst of designing a school, he returned to complete the building 40 years later… More »

First Drafts: George Steinmetz's Aerial Photographs

First Drafts: George Steinmetz's Aerial Photographs

The National Geographic photographer describes what went into a series he took in Arabia's Empty Quarter desert… More »

First Drafts: Gary Soto's 'Talking to Myself' and 'Sunday Without Clouds'

First Drafts: Gary Soto's 'Talking to Myself' and 'Sunday Without Clouds'

The poet describes the collaborative process of writing verse… More »

First Drafts: The Mountain Goats' 'Dance Music'

First Drafts: The Mountain Goats' 'Dance Music'

John Darnielle describes writing a song for a recording session at John Peel's BBC studio… More »

A Brief History of Military Camouflage

A Brief History of Military Camouflage

From paper-mache horses to garments covered in foliage, a look back at how armed forces have mastered the art of disappearing… More »

First Drafts: Christo's 'Over the River'

First Drafts: Christo's 'Over the River'

The artist describes the multi-step process behind his latest project… More »

'The Conspirator': Heavy on History, Light on Heart

'The Conspirator': Heavy on History, Light on Heart

Robert Redford's latest film, about a woman accused of conspiring to kill Abraham Lincoln, lets its themes, rather than its characters, become the leading roles… More »

Paul Simon, Chuck Close, and the Creative Process

The songwriter and the portraitist discuss how they both turn inspiration into works of artMore »

Art in the Age of Digital Reproduction: Hockney's iPad Paintings

Art in the Age of Digital Reproduction: Hockney's iPad Paintings

How tablet painting applications are shaping the way artists produce and sell their work… More »

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