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

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.

How Mountaineer Ed Viesturs First Summited Everest Without Oxygen Ed Viesturs

How Mountaineer Ed Viesturs First Summited Everest Without Oxygen

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

How Street Artist Vhils Creates a Mural Vhils

How Street Artist Vhils Creates a Mural

The renowned contemporary of Banksy shares a sketch

How Chick Corea Wrote 'Spain' Chick Corea

How Chick Corea Wrote 'Spain'

The story behind a modern jazz standard

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

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

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

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

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

How Will Shortz Edits a New York Times Crossword Puzzle AP Images

How Will Shortz Edits a New York Times Crossword Puzzle

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

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

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

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

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

First Drafts: George Steinmetz's Aerial Photographs George Steinmetz

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

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