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Apparel, Society

Outlier designer Willie Norris

How Willie Norris is reimagining menswear from a trans perspective at Outlier and A recent Atlantic article by Ed Yong that goes into the reasons why people aren’t necessarily feeling better as the pandemic decreases in intensity.

Creativity

Editor’s Letter — May 2021

Eugene talks adjustments to the editorial process.

Food & Beverage, The Internet

What “disgusting” means and out-of-control online fan groups

Disgusting Food Museum in Sweden and where disgust, as an emotion and judgment comes from and China trying to find ways to standardize the behavior of online fan groups.

Crypto, Culture

Museum NFTs and keeping the line alive

What alternative forms of value there are, beyond financial, in engaging with NFTs in museums and “keeping the line alive” in creative work as written about by artist Mateusz Urbanowicz.

Industry, Society

The “capitalism is broken” economy and organizational load management

An article by Anne Helen Petersen describing the current US economy as the “capitalism is broken” state of things and Load management, a basketball strategy that conserves the energy of star players, in the context of creative work.

Lifestyle, Social Media

Social media managing and the commune lifestyle

The difficulties that social media managers face and how platforms as well as businesses could do a better job of supporting workers in that area and An essay that describes the author’s life growing up on a commune and what non-commune individuals could learn from that mentality.

Brands

Today’s Solution is Tomorrow’s Problem

Eugene talks about our recent strides with reinvigorating our creative processes and continuing to move forward, even as the challenges we sought to solve and the world around us continue to evolve.

Fashion, Technology

Everything bad about the fashion industry and deleting your life

Eugene Rabkin’s essay, “Read This Before You Decide to Work In Fashion” published in Highsnobiety which goes through a laundry list of negative aspects of the fashion industry and An artist zine created by Marco Marzocchi called “How To Destroy Everything”, which is connected to a discussion of digital devices as an extension of human memories and the emotional significance we give digital archives.

Culture, Science

Ownership of our time and communicating complex ideas

Our relationship to work and our sense of ownership over our time and Challenges scientists face when communicating their ideas clearly around how to present complex thoughts.

Apparel, Brands

Chinatown Market Name Change

Streetwear brand Chinatown Market deciding to rename themselves. This comes in response to people in the Asian American community expressing their concerns with the use of the name and The current context of increased anti-Asian racism in North America as well as discussing whether personal wardrobes should carry sentimental value.