Do These Pants Make Me Look Like Everyone Else? Be Honest, Alexa. By Michelle Weber Highlight What happens to taste when machines become the tastemakers? Kyle Chayka meditates on style, algorithms, and our generic yet lullingly unobjectionable future.
Move Slow and Break Less By Catherine Cusick Highlight Mike Monteiro thinks more designers should refuse to move fast and break things.
Unreal Estate: A Reading List About Our Shifting Vision of Home By Ben Huberman Reading List In an age of economic and political instability, what do the spaces we dwell in say about us?
The Nigerian, Feminist Designer who Flouts Convention By Danielle Jackson Highlight Building a fashion empire in a country that’s still conservative about sexuality and female agency.
Immature Architects Built the Attention Economy By Catherine Cusick Highlight The creators of addictive smartphone technology admit they were too immature to consider the downsides of persuasive design.
Art Director Kjell Reigstad on How We Refined Longreads’ Typography and Logo By Kjell Reigstad Commentary How our designer made Longreads even more readable.
