What I read today April 1
Pinterest brings a phone-free festival experience to Coachella, Pinterest
There are events that are phone free and my boyfriend keeps telling me the Masters tournament in Augusta too - are we hearing anything from clients with a similar message of phone free environment? like there's been a trend to do Instagram walls and i was wondering if there is a trend the other direction - like are we too chronically online that we're now designing spaces to unplug (perhaps beyond wellness)
A Generation Homesick for a World They Never Knew, The Next Big Think
What [Gen Z is] abandoning is the idea that social has to be the center of gravity for everything.
Social media didn’t just reduce our time together. It flattened the texture of how we connect. Everything got optimized- the photo, the caption, the timing of the post. And when you optimize human connection, you sand off exactly the parts that make it feel human.
If you have good taste and excellent discernment, this is your time to shine., Design Observer
Two Former USPS Facilities Now Have Massive Rooftop Gardens, Metropolis
“red maples, London plane, and tulip trees that are expected to reach heights and widths of 40 to 50 feet.” — incredibly impressive infastructure/structural engineering to hold up these large trees and all the soil required for them (coming from a
How Scotts Miracle-Gro evolves marketing as gardening goes year-round, Marketing Dive
Scotts Miracle-Gro recently secured the naming rights to the soccer stadium where the Columbus Crew play. — “Playing on real natural grass is a sweet spot for the Scotts brands.” — interesting take and makes way more sense having seen the giant grow lights at the stadium
What I read March 23
"In 2016, there was no way any of us could have charged for a link round-up.”
Frankly, in 2016 there is no way any of us could have charged money for a link round-up! I honestly still think it’s a bit of a weird thing. But now the act of recommendation/curation is a real, undeniable service. So I suppose people are happily paying up for the pleasure of not binge-reading Twitter anymore. It used to be like “please show me cool things!” Now it’s like “I will protect you from the horrors and also endless choice.”
What Happened When a MAHA Activist and a Yale Scientist Worked Together, NY Times
what i read today March 14
An Artist Renounced His Family. They Sued to Acquire His Life’s Work., NYTimes
The Majestic Artistry of the Mardi Gras Indians, NYTimes
Alas, You Will Never Look Like J.F.K. Jr. in Your Chinos, NYTImes
reading the times w my coffee this morning - but none of the world is burning stuff.
What I read today Feb 16
LinkedIn 2026 Playbook, ICYMI with Lia Haberman
College Athletic Departments Are Wooing Recruits With Content Studios, Front Office Sports
What I read today Jan 30, 2026
Schools, airports, high-rise towers: architects urged to get ‘bamboo-ready’, The Guardian
replacing mass timber as the thing to talk about?
What I read today Jan 19 2026
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
What I read today Nov 6, 2025
‘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.
What I read today Oct 9
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
What I read today Oct 1
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)
What I read today Sept 8
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
What I read today July 21
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