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Title: The People Who Make the Show. Macklemore’s removal. The artists deciding what follows. Archival photograph. https://thevaledictorian.co/blogs/perspective/the-record-behind-the-role 2026-11-03T09:54:29-05:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0612/7429/2285/articles/ali-tiff-20260917-site-hero-2ab228ce01.png?v=1789620432 The Record Behind the Role Mahershala Ali in a blue suit at the TIFF premiere of Your Mother Your Mother Your Mother on September 12, 2026. The Record Behind the Role: Mahershala Ali and Ka’s Honor Killed the Samurai. https://thevaledictorian.co/blogs/perspective/dean-deluca-design-of-discovery 2026-09-27T15:52:47-04:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0612/7429/2285/articles/dean-deluca-009-hero-2e9dc92c38.png?v=1790528038 Dean & DeLuca and the Design of Discovery Dean & DeLuca and the Design of Discovery. The Broadway and Prince Street flagship in May 2006. https://thevaledictorian.co/blogs/perspective/we-do-not-agree 2026-09-29T21:48:43-04:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0612/7429/2285/articles/we-do-not-agree-010-P1-efd5cbf508.jpg?v=1790708522 We Do Not Agree A dense crowd with banners and Serbian flags fills Slavija Square in Belgrade at night on December 22, 2024. https://thevaledictorian.co/blogs/perspective/in-search-of-what-the-work-needs 2026-09-29T21:48:42-04:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0612/7429/2285/articles/work-needs-010-illustration-ebaa29409e.png?v=1790722144 In Search of What the Work Needs An imagined creative-retreat workspace: a woman writing at a desk, with meals and a place to rest close at hand. https://thevaledictorian.co/blogs/perspective/what-macklemore-built-next 2026-09-29T21:48:42-04:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0612/7429/2285/articles/issue-010-mack-photo-571803dfea.jpg?v=1790724234 The People Who Make the Show Macklemore at Lollapalooza Berlin, September 10, 2023. Archival photograph by Tim-Lukas Kuehl / Timlukask. https://thevaledictorian.co/blogs/perspective/what-is-the-right-amount-of-design 2026-10-01T18:36:34-04:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0612/7429/2285/articles/vd-issue009-design-hero-9a7c82b1bf.jpg?v=1790894193 What Is the Right Amount of Design? The domed sandstone facade of McEwan Hall in Edinburgh under a blue sky; a 2018 location photograph. https://thevaledictorian.co/blogs/perspective/the-things-we-live-with 2026-10-01T18:36:37-04:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0612/7429/2285/articles/vd-issue009-pemberton-hero-c8771d9976.jpg?v=1790894196 The Things We Live With A person in a patterned dress sits in a coral-colored room with plants, a rug and decorative objects. https://thevaledictorian.co/blogs/perspective/september-renee-levi 2026-10-01T18:36:40-04:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0612/7429/2285/articles/vd-issue009-september-hero-5fb811c049.jpg?v=1790894199 September Two bright painted panels on the concrete Hayward Gallery facade, with windows and projecting architecture visible. https://thevaledictorian.co/blogs/perspective/the-price-of-the-future 2026-10-01T18:36:43-04:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0612/7429/2285/articles/vd-issue009-price-hero-7b8761af06.jpg?v=1790894202 The Price of the Future Valedictorian Issue 009 frame. The Price of the Future. $243B 2,430 × $100M. Q1 2026 U.S. venture deals of $100M or more Equivalent scale, not actual deal count. 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