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The Fiery Furnaces’ singer and multi-instrumentalist is one of the most singular voices in indie rock. Filmmaker and Chance Operations collaborator Jessica Edwards sat down with Eleanor Friedberger to discuss how her process changes between projects, how constraints can work for you, and the magic trick to staying motivated to create.

Introducing Seven Questions, a series where we present creatives from all disciplines with a fixed collection of seven questions about their creative processes and experiences. To kick off the series, we handed these questions over to Chance Operations’ founder and documentary filmmaker Gary Hustwit.

Musician and prolific studio do-it-all Ben Greenberg has worked on an astonishing number of projects. From noise records to mixing the score for Benny Safdie’s The Smashing Machine, Ben’s learned a few things about the creative process along the way.

Multi-hyphenate artist and designer Everett Katigbak, most recently Creative Director at Anthropic, is stepping out of the swirl of AI and pursuing the next phase of what he calls “Analog Intelligence.”

We’re making a space to explore design, art, music, and technology by engaging in conversations about the creative process, and sharing new objects and experiences born from exclusive collaborations.

Director Kelly Reichardt premiered her latest film The Mastermind at the 2025 Venice Film Festival. We spoke with Kelly about her creative process while she was writing the film, and how she approaches long-term collaborations.

A limited-edition photograph of Dieter Rams and his personal Porsche 911 taken by filmmaker Gary Hustwit during the production of his documentary Rams. Edition of 25 signed art prints available now.