A couple years ago, the NYT columnist David Brooks published a story called “ The Greatest Life Hacks in the World (For Now) .” It was mostly a tribute to Kevin Kelly’s famous life advice posts, but Brooks added one of his own, and I’ve thought of at least once a week since:
Since its establishment in 2016, the VH AWARD , hosted by Hyundai Motor Group, has offered a platform for emerging media artists to showcase their artistic expression and discuss diverse cultural and socio-political issues. Artists interested in applying for the 6th VH AWARD
This is the first I’m learning of the spookily named Decline at 9 phenomenon , in which kids apparently lose interest in reading around age nine. (Per the article, 57% of 8-year-olds claim to read for fun daily, vs. only 35% of 9-year-olds.) ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ 💬 Join the discussion on
It’s another Thursday Afternoon With Edith, and here are a bunch more comics from my journal! I’m publishing everything through my new baby’s birth, because it seemed silly to draw it out any longer than I have! She’s now four months old. 👶 ( Previously .) Tags: diary
Sam Rodriguez sorts his works into three categories: nouns, verbs, and typography. Nouns comprises his portraits that zero in on a singular person and their expressions, while verbs takes a step back to portray figures in action. Typography is more abstract and centers on
“I maintain that the trash compactor onboard the Death Star in Star Wars is implausible, unworkable, and, moreover, inefficient .” 💬 Join the discussion on kottke.org →
"Explorer posts, overseen by the Boy Scouts, are supposed to foster an interest in policing. They have faced nearly 200 allegations of misconduct."
“For me, the studio is a place of discovery,” says Jason Boyd Kinsella ( previously ). “It maybe sounds silly, but it’s a little bit like a Christmas morning when you get a gift, and you’re excited to open it because you don’t know what’s inside… Something is going to be
Captioning dialogue is one thing; captioning sound is another. This is how the artist Christine Sun Kim would do it - by Aeon Video Watch at Aeon
In the liminal time when the brain is dead but organs are kept alive, there is an urgent tenderness to medical care - by Ronald W Dworkin Read at Aeon
In 1885, Karl Benz built what’s now considered the first modern automobile. According to the Mercedes Benz website, the car featured a “compact high-speed single-cylinder four-stroke engine installed horizontally at the rear, a tubular steel frame … and three wire-spoked
Does your brand have a personality? When people expect you to act a certain way, you have a brand. And that expectation is worth understanding. Can you help us understand whether you’re a cat or a dog in the way you react, respond, delight or sneak around? And if you’re a dog,
Today, Steve Albini, the musician and producer of important albums by Nirvana, PJ Harvey, the Pixies and many others, passed away in Chicago, at the all-too-early age of 61. In tribute, we’re bringing you this classic 2013 post from our archive. Journeyman record producer
Rupert Friend, Jason Schwartzman, and Wes Anderson star in an Anderson-directed commercial for Montblanc pens. You know the drill: it’s twee, it’s charming, it’s art-directed to within an inch of its life. Me personally? I love it. Tags: advertising · Montblanc · video · Wes
Artist Shey "Ri Acu" Rivera Ríos has received an outpouring of support from faculty and students after their work was deemed “sacrilegious.”
Staff at the private contemporary art museum, founded by billionaires Mitchell and Emily Rales, say they want fair wages and an improved work environment.
It’s Time to Tax the Billionaires . In 2018, “for the first time in the history of the United States, billionaires had a lower effective tax rate than working-class Americans”. 💬 Join the discussion on kottke.org →
Bodily Autonomy takes advantage of humor and hyperbole to demonstrate a very real world in which biosurveillance is prevalent overtly and covertly.
In a gallery such as Serpentine, defined by both Britishness and blue-chip status in the art world, how much can categories be suspended?
Aliyyah Abdur-Rahman’s Millennial Style considers the political utility of Black abstraction and related forms to refute false narratives of progress.
The late artist left a legacy at the school when he gave a lecture in 1981 and drew one of his iconic motifs on a wall.