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Kurt Andersen: From Fashion to Housewares, Are We in a Decades-Long Design Rut?

The founders openly favored signing up the most physically attractive designers, saying they would be more appealing to clients.

Courtney Rubin • How a Hot $100 Million Design Startup Collapsed Overnight

The idea brands that I’m going to introduce you to represent the teardown approach; they offer a whole-scale rethinking of the value proposition in their respective categories. What this means is that they owe their existence to no insignificant amount of conceptual inspiration. Someone, somewhere, had to actually sit down and imagine what a radica

Youngme Moon • Different: Escaping the Competitive Herd

Now, social media allows anyone to dig into her wardrobe and explain an intimate self to a public. There is, accordingly, no dearth of women and girls making jump-cut videos of their outfits. If Rockmore’s years set her apart, it’s not because she looks good “for her age,” whatever that means; it is because, at 54, she is very much dressing for fun... See more

New York Times • The Rise of the Over-50 Fashion Mentors (Published 2022)

Masa was approaching that final stage, and he had begun to look around for updated versions of himself—young entrepreneurs with a sparkle in their eyes and a willingness to act a little crazy.

Reeves Wiedeman • Billion Dollar Loser: The Epic Rise and Spectacular Fall of Adam Neumann and WeWork

This is not to just be a “things were better in the old days” rant. But I do think in the era of growth teams running wild with machine learning algorithms, we accelerated distribution incentives to drive engagement before we really knew what incentives were being created in the internet economy. And now the larger social networks are grappling wit... See more

Eugene Wei • The Kids are Alright: An Interview with Eugene Wei and Julie Young (Gift Culture, Part 4)

And yet in too many cases, this is what business has been reduced to: the artful packaging of meaningless distinctions as true differentiation.

Youngme Moon • Different: Escaping the Competitive Herd

A Facebook Director on Why the Best Modern Design Is Invisible

Julie Zhuo slate.com

A promoter seeks girls for whom all three motivations align: if she needs subsidized meals, if she is loyal to his friendship, and if she genuinely enjoys whatever fun can be shared in during the night, she will likely become a regular presence at his table.

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Kurt Andersen: From Fashion to Housewares, Are We in a Decades-Long Design Rut?

Courtney Rubin • How a Hot $100 Million Design Startup Collapsed Overnight

Youngme Moon • Different: Escaping the Competitive Herd

New York Times • The Rise of the Over-50 Fashion Mentors (Published 2022)

Reeves Wiedeman • Billion Dollar Loser: The Epic Rise and Spectacular Fall of Adam Neumann and WeWork

Eugene Wei • The Kids are Alright: An Interview with Eugene Wei and Julie Young (Gift Culture, Part 4)

Youngme Moon • Different: Escaping the Competitive Herd

A Facebook Director on Why the Best Modern Design Is Invisible

Ashley Mears • Very Important People: Status and Beauty in the Global Party Circuit