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Bun B Texas rap royalty; one half of mythic duo, UGK (Underground Kingz), of seminal 1996 album, Ridin' Dirty; performed with Houston Symphony; taught Rice University class on hip hop; ambassador for racial justice; restaurateur (Trill Burgers). Cool in my field. Tobe Nwigwe is one of the coolest people and prolific on so many artistic fronts. He's an engaging recording artist making immaculate music. He's a fashion designer working with brands like Moncler and Reebok. He finds time to direct his own music videos and even makes some acting appearances, such as in Mo on Netflix. And just a few weeks ago, Clipse released their first new album in 15 years, and I can't stop playing it. Pharrell Williams produced it, so there's much to take in. Everything he does has his stamp on it, and it keeps me locked in. KAWS from New York designed the merchandise and album art, which makes for such a statement. In the world around me. Obviously, AI is all the rage. Just watching where it's headed is astonishing and sometimes strange. We're living in the future. It's summertime, and so many lucky people are in Bodrum or the Hamptons right now, but I'm over here waiting for Ferrari to show their new 2026 EV SUV in the fall. Donald Robertson West Coast COVID transplant to Dallas; @Drawbertson following of 227,000; senior VP creative Estée Lauder Companies; author of the recently published book Sofa King Great. C ollabs that suck up to bougie locals. Like my new custom Longhorn PJs for Sant and Able. I'm going to be standing in them in Stanley Korshak, first week of October. Y'all better buy 'em. We did them for Dallas. Ken Fulk A designer of experiences, with projects spanning around the globe — from hotels to restaurants, residences to private jets. D ogs on planes! There are now several dog-centric airlines where dogs are not only allowed but are also the stars of the flight and you are merely their traveling companion. As the dog dad of three pups, this is a great. Check out Bark Air, RetrievAir, JSX, or any of the other startups out there leading the charge. Dr. Megan McArthur NASA astronaut; scientist, aerospace engineer, Ph.D. in oceanography; specialist aboard STS-125, final space shuttle mission to the Hubble Space Telescope; piloted Dragon spacecraft, Endeavour, during NASA's 2021 SpaceX Crew-2 mission; chief science officer at Space Center Houston. T he Dragonfly spacecraft mission to Titan, one of Saturn's moons. Dragonfly will launch from Earth in 2028 and travel for six years, hundreds of millions of miles from Earth, to explore this moon. Imagine this robotic rotorcraft, traveling through Titan's orange-tinted sky, discovering ice volcanoes, flowing rivers of methane, and dunes of hydrocarbon sand. And maybe, evidence of life on another world! Bleach The embodiment of avant-garde glam; entertainer and party producer; lauded by multiple outlets and news sources as the Best Drag Queen in Dallas. W eeknight drag shows. There's no need to wait for a Saturday night to immerse yourself in glitz and glamour while enjoying a tequila soda. Work the next day? That's tomorrow's problem. Chris Schanck Dallas native artist, creates otherworldly works that blur the line between sculpture and furniture, recalling coral reefs and relics of lost civilizations; works in the collections of the Dallas Museum of Art and the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston; Dior, Bottega Veneta, and Tom Ford have commissioned his designs. C ulture is just stuff we picked up without even realizing it: ideologies, icons, aesthetics. Feels personal, but it's not. What's cool is building your own world: Your meaning, your people, your timing, your hopes. Culture starts with the ones willing to build it from nothing. Louise Bourgeois was an artist who built her world from the inside out, without asking permission. COURTESY CAMH Tobe Nwigwe's Mintxhibition installation at Contemporary Arts Museum Houston Louise Bourgeois with her marble sculpture Eye to Eye, 1970, photographed 1990 Dragonfly spacecraft COURTESY NASA/JOHNS HOPKINS APL/STEVE GRIBBEN RAIMON RAMIS. ESTATE OF LOUISE BOURGEOIS/WIKIMEDIA COMMONS Ken Fulk, right 70