ISSUE PREVIEW

Here's what you're missing if you haven't read the new STEP:

“Every year, thousands of designers graduate from higher-education programs and many more enter the profession as bootstrappers. Some of them will emerge unheralded and become respected, maybe even leading lights in the profession. Others will have their potential gifts tagged early, but will fizzle out, switch careers or otherwise fade into obscurity. Which makes selecting those whose talents show a high likelihood of success a bit of a crap shoot—not that we haven't rolled our share of 7s. Risks notwithstanding, every year STEP makes the valiant effort to identify a short list of young design practitioners who have demonstrated early in their careers the skills and imagination that will allow them to make a lasting impact."
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