Trader Joe's Totes, Articles of Interest
An Interior Designer on Kendall Jenner’s Mountain House - and the Problem With Designing Something to Look Old, The Houes Diaries
We're all just content for ICE, Garbage Day
‘I Love It Here’: This Former Mortuary Is Taking New Residents, NYT
comment gold here: It's worth noting that commercial-to-residential conversions work best with buildings built before air-conditioning. This is because AC-allowed commercial buildings to become thicker/further from windows. Residential floorplans with super-deep units and multiple windowless rooms don't work/sell. Older buildings were built for natural light and natural ventilation.
Wikipedia is resilient because it is boring, The Verge (paywalled, read in archive.is)
The Rise of the Etsy Witch, Time
What We Lost After Katrina, Bazaar
11 Women, 9 Dogs, Not Much Drama (and No Guys), NY Times
21 observations from people watching (I' can’t remember if I’ve logged this before)
Verdigris: The Color of Oxidation, Statues, and Impermanence, The Paris Review
Lately, I’ve found myself becoming increasingly skeptical about the value of authenticity as a goal. According to the logic of our time, it is important to be “real”. What is real? Real is authentic, unadorned, unchanged. Often, the “real” meaning is the primary one. What something “really” means is what it meant, according to traditionalists. This argument has big implications when it’s applied to things like the Bible or the Constitution. When applied to art, the stakes are much lower. But the logic still feels strange. It discourages appreciation for change, for the slow evolution of things.
The death of the corporate job., Still Wandering
Come Get Your Dead: Memorializing the North Graveyard Remains, Columbus Underground
How we built Bluey’s world: tales from original series art director, Catriona Drummond, It’s Nice That
Rebranding is Rocket Fuel for Fundraising, Print Mag
Who Is Watching All These Podcasts?, NY Times
Subversion as creative strategy, The Sociology of Business
Six memos for the future of digital creation, Figma
Interesting EOY post - future forward
When is it Time to Rebrand, Print Mag
Why Generational Marketing is Dead—and What Comes Next, Print Mag
Been seeing quite a few articles lately about how social is moving towards culture drivers and becoming more community-oriented rather than passive and these trends. How does this relate to architecture though? Bridging B2C thoughts into B2B is … difficult
Fresh Sets Examines the Fine Art of Nail Art, hyperallergic
Radical Change isn’t Free, The Guardian
What Does the AuraCamera 6000 See?, Believer
Trump gets $100M deal with Skadden law firm amid pressure campaign, The Hill
‘No Cake, No Entry’: More Than 1,000 Picnic to Celebrate the Love of Cake, NYTimes
Skadden, a Top Law Firm, Is in Talks to Avert an Executive Order, NY Times
ProPublica wanted to find more sources in the federal government. So it brought a truck., Nieman Lab
The Age of Contrast, Crown Creative
Demystifying Hospitality Strategy, Crown Creative
I’ve been impressed by Crown’s design work for a while, but they’ve relaunched their website and the writing on these two pieces is great. They offer a unique point of view and are engaging.