Archive

From 2019 to 2023, working with dozens of writers around the world, we produced a weekly newsletter featuring stories on topics ranging from neuroaesthetics, to scented bowling balls, to Japanese Noh theater, to the overview affect. We also interviewed various cultural luminaries, including Roxane Gay, Daniel Humm, Christopher John Rogers, Frances Moore Lappé, and John Pawson. Explore our archive below.

Why You Need to Know About Anosmia
Why You Need to Know About Anosmia
Waris Ahluwalia on His Buzzy New Tea Brand
Waris Ahluwalia on His Buzzy New Tea Brand
Laura Baldassari’s Opera Playlist Is Exactly What We’re Craving Right Now
Laura Baldassari’s Opera Playlist Is Exactly What We’re Craving Right Now
This Cheekily Named Toilet Paper Brand Truly Gives a Crap
This Cheekily Named Toilet Paper Brand Truly Gives a Crap
Drummer Billy Martin’s Covid-19 Quarantine Playlist
Drummer Billy Martin’s Covid-19 Quarantine Playlist
What the Sun’s Molten Surface Looks Like
What the Sun’s Molten Surface Looks Like
Apartment Botanist’s Alessia Resta on Being a “Plant Parent”
Apartment Botanist’s Alessia Resta on Being a “Plant Parent”
The Cleansing Craze Around Palo Santo
The Cleansing Craze Around Palo Santo
DADA Daily Makes Healthy Snacking Incredibly Appetizing
DADA Daily Makes Healthy Snacking Incredibly Appetizing
Book a Scent Consultation With This 300-Year-Old Fragrance House
Book a Scent Consultation With This 300-Year-Old Fragrance House
This New Platform Makes Fiction Pulled From Real-News Headlines
This New Platform Makes Fiction Pulled From Real-News Headlines
A Studio 54 Playlist by Brooklyn Museum Curator Matthew Yakobosky
A Studio 54 Playlist by Brooklyn Museum Curator Matthew Yakobosky
Bjarke Ingels’s Miniature Wooden Panda for Architectmade
Bjarke Ingels’s Miniature Wooden Panda for Architectmade
Fanny Singer’s Ode to Her Legendary Mother, Chez Panisse’s Alice Waters
Fanny Singer’s Ode to Her Legendary Mother, Chez Panisse’s Alice Waters
Ever Wonder How Cows Co-moo-nicate?
Ever Wonder How Cows Co-moo-nicate?
The Cooper-Hewitt’s Exhibition on Willi Smith Is a Must-See
The Cooper-Hewitt’s Exhibition on Willi Smith Is a Must-See
Michele Promaulayko on Controlling Your Sugar Cravings Through Smell
Michele Promaulayko on Controlling Your Sugar Cravings Through Smell
One of Our Favorite Manhattan Restaurants Debuts a Cookbook
One of Our Favorite Manhattan Restaurants Debuts a Cookbook
Snow Shimazu’s Air Beautiful Is the Ultimate Jet-Lag Cure
Snow Shimazu’s Air Beautiful Is the Ultimate Jet-Lag Cure
MIDI 2.0 Expands the Digital Music-Making Toolbox
MIDI 2.0 Expands the Digital Music-Making Toolbox
A Smartphone Alternative We Can Totally Get Behind
A Smartphone Alternative We Can Totally Get Behind
Fermentation Expert Rich Shih Explains the Particularities of Koji
Fermentation Expert Rich Shih Explains the Particularities of Koji
Shantell Martin’s Debut Book Follows the Line of Her Life and Workπ
Shantell Martin’s Debut Book Follows the Line of Her Life and Workπ
Hinoki Is the World’s Absolutely Best-Smelling Wood
Hinoki Is the World’s Absolutely Best-Smelling Wood
This New Book Unpacks the World of Fragrance
This New Book Unpacks the World of Fragrance
Why Every Kitchen Needs a Donabe Pot
Why Every Kitchen Needs a Donabe Pot
Fashion Designer Phillip Lim’s Chill Out Playlist
Fashion Designer Phillip Lim’s Chill Out Playlist
How Mushrooms Have Proliferated as a Material for Art-Making
How Mushrooms Have Proliferated as a Material for Art-Making
Neri Oxman’s “Material Ecology” Gets the MoMA Spotlight
Neri Oxman’s “Material Ecology” Gets the MoMA Spotlight
Rem Koolhaas Brings the Country to the City With a Guggenheim Show
Rem Koolhaas Brings the Country to the City With a Guggenheim Show
Be Your Own Masseuse With These Handcrafted Massage Tools
Be Your Own Masseuse With These Handcrafted Massage Tools
Stefan Sagmeister’s Playlist of David Bryne Cover Songs
Stefan Sagmeister’s Playlist of David Bryne Cover Songs
Makgeolli Gets a Hip Millennial Update
Makgeolli Gets a Hip Millennial Update
Mandy Aftel’s Willy Wonka–Like Wonderland of Curious Scents
Mandy Aftel’s Willy Wonka–Like Wonderland of Curious Scents
Jesse Carmichael of Maroon 5’s Valentine’s Day Playlist
Jesse Carmichael of Maroon 5’s Valentine’s Day Playlist
Why Roses Are Synonymous With Love
Why Roses Are Synonymous With Love
This Mini Magazine Celebrates a Decade of The Gentlewoman
This Mini Magazine Celebrates a Decade of The Gentlewoman
Derrick Adams’s Evocative “Beauty Works” Series
Derrick Adams’s Evocative “Beauty Works” Series
Kettl’s Zach Mangan on Identifying Top-Quality Matcha
Kettl’s Zach Mangan on Identifying Top-Quality Matcha
Chen Chen and Kai Williams on Playing With Food
Chen Chen and Kai Williams on Playing With Food