EditorialCaroline Shaffer, left, a graphic designer, and Marissa Koors, a book editor, attend the Jazz Age Lawn Party on Governors Island in New York, June 11, 2023. (Desiree Rios/The New York Times)
EditorialCaroline Shaffer, left, a graphic designer, and Marissa Koors, a book editor, attend the Jazz Age Lawn Party on Governors Island in New York, June 11, 2023. (Desiree Rios/The New York Times)
EditorialCaroline Shaffer, left, a graphic designer, and Marissa Koors, a book editor, attend the Jazz Age Lawn Party on Governors Island in New York, June 11, 2023. (Desiree Rios/The New York Times)
EditorialCaroline Shaffer, left, a graphic designer, and Marissa Koors, a book editor, attend the Jazz Age Lawn Party on Governors Island in New York, June 11, 2023. (Desiree Rios/The New York Times)
EditorialCharles Shaffer and Elizabeth Cordry Shaffer at the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Costume Institute benefit gala in New York, May 1, 2023. (Jutharat Pinyodoonyachet/The New York Times)
EditorialCharles Shaffer and Elizabeth Cordry Shaffer at the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Costume Institute benefit gala in New York, May 1, 2023. (Jutharat Pinyodoonyachet/The New York Times)
EditorialEric Johnson, left, and Rob Thomas with art they have collected, including the Emily Ludwig Shaffer painting "Friends and Family," behind them, in Minot, N.D., Oct. 10, 2022. (Dan Koeck/The New York Times)
EditorialA photo provided by Joe Fletcher shows the home of Ben Shaffer and family, on Monterey Bay in Watsonville, Calif. (Joe Fletcher via The New York Times)
EditorialCharlie and Elizabeth Shaffer at the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Costume Institute benefit gala in New York, May 2, 2022. (Krista Schlueter/The New York Times)
EditorialHunter Shaffer, a high-level competitive typist, works on a laptop at home in Parish, N.Y., April 10, 2022. (Shane Lavalette/The New York Times)
EditorialBee Shaffer at the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Costume Institute benefit gala in New York, Sept. 13, 2021. (Nina Westervelt/The New York Times)
EditorialSeptember may seem early to be thinking about the holiday shopping season, but retailers are already acknowledging that it will be transformed in fundamental ways. (Daniel Shaffer/The New York Times)
EditorialSeptember may seem early to be thinking about the holiday shopping season, but retailers are already acknowledging that it will be transformed in fundamental ways. (Daniel Shaffer/The New York Times)