what i read today aug 10
The sartorial storytelling in "Now and Then," Loose Buttons
More Typos, Fewer Em Dashes: Writers Are Creating an Anti-AI ‘Literary Counterculture’, Wired
“…rather than replacing writers, AI might actually come to reinstate the value of good writing and the style and process therein.”
“A/B-tested standard emails against Sinceerly-generated ones by sending them to Fortune 500 CEOs, the only emails they opened were the ones with lowercase, misspelled subject lines.”
what i read/watched aug 4
The Dying Art of Hand-Made Restaurant Signs, NYT Cooking (YouTube)
Storied Colors - um, what lol
What I read today Aug 3
Blight Rayner Architecture and Snøhetta fine-tune an undulating facade for Queensland Performing Arts Center’s new Glasshouse Theater, Architect’s Newspaper
Are Influencers Barred From This Nantucket Shop?, NYTimes
Artists sound off after AI-created poster wins State Fair contest, $1K prize, 614 Now
Welcome to the House Museum. Have You Seen Our New Bathroom?, Dwell
What I read today July 20
How “Trading Spaces” Made Us Over, Wrong House
my mom and I loved this house - didn’t realize it started AFTER they bought Fabric Farms. Makes me think my taste in home stuff comes from other sources than TV.
What I read today July 7
What Makes American Architecture American?, The Nation
As anyone who has ever driven through a mountain suburb knows, our architectural ethos treats the land as something meant to be taken from, not worked with. This is what grants American architecture not just its ugliness but its boldness.
Just a website I liked - cuz one day I need to update my own here - https://www.lisaragland.com/
Largest golf management companies grow 54% since 2019, Golf Inc
Golf management companies grew 54% since 2019 — market is consolidating fast
Heritage Golf Group grew 983% in five years — active acquirers with ongoing design needs
KSL Capital acquired Invited with a growth mandate — facility investment likely coming
Golf participation at all-time highs — clubs have capital and reason to spend it
What I read today May 28
Columbus Wants to Be Known for Public Art. Here's How It Could Do That., Columbus Monthly
How Denison joins Central Ohio peers to ensure ROI on tuition, Columbus Business First
Arent’t Denison’s financials a little of a mess right now?
What I read today May 20
Confident People Do This Before They Say a Single Word, Inc. Magazine
The room starts reading you long before you open your mouth, and those early signals shape everything that follows. Walk in taller. Show up with intention. When you finally speak, make it about them. The words you say will carry so much more weight once you do.
“What aesthetic is this?” Elizabeth Goodspeed on the push to categorise visual culture, It’s Nice That
“To ask this question at all is a sign of a relatively new cultural assumption: that every image belongs to a coherent and nameable category. An image may once have been worth a thousand words. Now it needs just one.”
Reminds me of when Roz categorized my mismatched dinner plates as “cottage” even though they’ve been mismatched for almost 20 years, before there was an aesthetic tied to that.
I recieve workslop repeatably from certain collegues. It makes me not want to work with them, I doubt their discernment and creativity, and frankly makes more work for me. This article’s survey stats reinforce that it’s not just me.
“What’s more, 34% of people who receive workslop are notifying teammates or managers of these incidents, potentially eroding trust between sender and receiver. One third of people (32%) who have received workslop report being less likely to want to work with the sender again in the future.”
When Tattoos Meant Freedom: Jacci Gresham’s art finally gets the respect it deserves, Lux
The Daily Heller: The True Story of Indiana’s DIY Senior Cords, Print Mag
There was a girl at the 4th grade performance at Bellefontaine Elementary with school spirit pants with the mascot name and school hand drawn on them. I was enchanted that senior cords, bode’s reinvention of them, celebrities wear them and now little girls in small towns have pants whose history was inspired by them.
What I read today April 21
Garden Tools, NY Review of Architecture
I’m a former community gardener and organizer and, honestly, I’m glad someone is saying this. The garden wasn’t open to the public until it became slated for development. Green space raises values on adjacent properties by ~7% in NYC.
What I read today April 14
The skylines of the future will be made of wood, Grist
interesting to see this in Grist rather than architecture-related media..
‘Corporate refugee’ breathes new life into historic manufacturer R.B Powers Co., Columbus Business First
THERE’S A BLUE RIBBON MANUFACTURER IN OHIO
Four New Public Art Sculptures Announced for Goodale Park, Columbus Underground
PLAYLISTS
I first noticed Netflix’s One Day Official Playlist on Spotify and GOT CURIOUS.
NASA has an Artemis II wake‑up playlist - there’s a tradition of music on space missions and reflects NASA’s broader effort to make Artemis missions feel tangible and human.
Spotify playlists for brands: more than just tunes, MediaCat
Introducing AUX, Spotify’s First-of-Its-Kind Music Consultancy for Brands, Spotify
Beyond the Blueprint: What P3 Projects Really Teach Design Firms, DLR Group
i just feel like this will come up again, and want to remember this article exists
What I read today April 13
What If Every City Provided Artists With Free Supplies?, hyperallergic
A Parade of Floating Artworks Honors Hieronymus Bosch in the Netherlands, This is Colossal
New Data Proves Small ‘Maker Businesses’ Can Revitalize Downtowns, Next City
Forget Masterpieces—Show Me Everything, Architect Mag
Trump says the U.S. cannot afford child care in wartime. History says otherwise., MSN