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.
![Glenn Adamson on “Material Intelligence” and Why It Matters](https://cdn.sanity.io/images/m8zvzebu/production/73a627d0451a194260860c8e22dbb2ceffb0f8f8-1760x1320.jpg?rect=0,44,1760,1232&w=710&h=497)
![At Portugal’s Serralves Museum, Mushrooms Are Works of Art](https://cdn.sanity.io/images/m8zvzebu/production/4fa0f7ea3dea6091ab8967e362af330be4c5fd99-1760x1320.jpg?rect=0,44,1760,1232&w=710&h=497)
![An Edible Perfume Made to Enhance Ice Cream’s Savor](https://cdn.sanity.io/images/m8zvzebu/production/a8b5f57875664995e100c2950ff36b3f1d5650df-1760x1320.jpg?rect=0,44,1760,1232&w=710&h=497)
![A Not-For-Profit Reimagines Recycling and Supply Chains to Profound Effect](https://cdn.sanity.io/images/m8zvzebu/production/ec572a4e454cd30da1a1da2661389fb073cb360d-1760x1320.jpg?rect=0,44,1760,1232&w=710&h=497)
![In Vietnam, Võ Trọng Nghĩa Merges Nature and Architecture](https://cdn.sanity.io/images/m8zvzebu/production/15f18025b4583adf1f98f19e31ae591e10fbc7d8-1760x1320.jpg?rect=0,44,1760,1232&w=710&h=497)
![A Sound Artist Exposes the Complex Relationship Between Deaf and Hearing Cultures](https://cdn.sanity.io/images/m8zvzebu/production/9ca58d8b0a3271d9c93120b1127b0fa1c73d5eee-1760x1320.jpg?rect=0,44,1760,1232&w=710&h=497)
![The Secret History of Bird Smells](https://cdn.sanity.io/images/m8zvzebu/production/5cfa2062a732055a9301c6496b511ff2b87de90c-1760x1320.jpg?rect=0,44,1760,1232&w=710&h=497)
![A Podcast Covering the Vanguards of the Sustainable Food Movement](https://cdn.sanity.io/images/m8zvzebu/production/828a899d204b9aaacfc6118653a55d39b37c7fc2-1760x1320.jpg?rect=0,44,1760,1232&w=710&h=497)
![Amy Auscherman on Rare Books, Celebrity Gossip, and Isamu Noguchi](https://cdn.sanity.io/images/m8zvzebu/production/cd7f89db9f8a4d46a14520aa39a4f2401d55e6f9-1760x1320.jpg?rect=102,0,1086,760&w=710&h=497)
![How a Master Organist is Making the Archaic Instrument Cool Again](https://cdn.sanity.io/images/m8zvzebu/production/da02d391373be86d5e004690e899d959357b631c-1760x1320.jpg?rect=0,44,1760,1232&w=710&h=497)
![David Wallace-Wells’s New Climate Newsletter Is a Must-Read for Anyone Concerned With Our Future](https://cdn.sanity.io/images/m8zvzebu/production/75ed5e1ce2393d5f72154e314dda948fcbe46f11-1760x1320.jpg?rect=0,44,1760,1232&w=710&h=497)
![A New Bourbon Brand Spices Up the Quintessentially American Spirit](https://cdn.sanity.io/images/m8zvzebu/production/c37bfd644b11cae87e4dc4083e84dd1cbc702cdd-1760x1320.jpg?rect=0,44,1760,1232&w=710&h=497)
![The Avian-Toned Tracks That Helped Spur a Birdsong Initiative](https://cdn.sanity.io/images/m8zvzebu/production/8e9f39407f74d011753ff4696effd75b81c66e48-1760x1320.jpg?rect=0,44,1760,1232&w=710&h=497)
![A Nonprofit Holds Up the Motorcycle as a Tool for Social Change](https://cdn.sanity.io/images/m8zvzebu/production/8c71fcc05067c952d2bad9a4e018f40f6a7bb6c3-1760x1320.jpg?rect=0,44,1760,1232&w=710&h=497)
![Nuri McBride Paves the Way for Broader Understandings of the Crafts and Cultures of Scent](https://cdn.sanity.io/images/m8zvzebu/production/5d391f95f19e2310fff0478c4a158877971ac7e3-1760x1320.jpg?rect=0,44,1760,1232&w=710&h=497)
![At a Library in Oslo, the Books Can’t Be Read Until 2114](https://cdn.sanity.io/images/m8zvzebu/production/4199412e87967aaeb18a1655beb333de60103fa9-1760x1320.jpg?rect=0,44,1760,1232&w=710&h=497)
![An Enchanting Short-Form Podcast That Gets to the Root of Gardening](https://cdn.sanity.io/images/m8zvzebu/production/0f93292411e51fd6ee692b202700b45f65c3f8ec-1760x1320.jpg?rect=0,44,1760,1232&w=710&h=497)
![A Lisson Gallery Exhibition Contemplates the True Meaning of Sculpture](https://cdn.sanity.io/images/m8zvzebu/production/f133fee0bd888a81c3f6561e9d1f3011f5bb86d0-1760x1320.jpg?rect=0,44,1760,1232&w=710&h=497)
![In Rural Germany, a Six-Century-Long Performance of a John Cage Organ Composition Is Underway](https://cdn.sanity.io/images/m8zvzebu/production/8c3c0a4b0c538699f6e5840c25474057d716e030-1760x1320.jpg?rect=0,44,1760,1232&w=710&h=497)
![At New York’s Lodi, Braided Bread Tells the Story of Adaptive Reuse](https://cdn.sanity.io/images/m8zvzebu/production/537e762e4b3fd850674cfa8383cf2bacbd7b6f19-1760x1320.jpg?rect=0,44,1760,1232&w=710&h=497)
![The Bamboo Garden of a Tokyo Museum Becomes a Watch Dial](https://cdn.sanity.io/images/m8zvzebu/production/7906ab6c490ca7fadfa0f924fa4851882d9fbc3e-1760x1320.jpg?rect=0,44,1760,1232&w=710&h=497)
![In Milan, This Year’s Pritzker Prize Winner Takes a Victory Lap](https://cdn.sanity.io/images/m8zvzebu/production/06bc8565151c2811676fd0dc7b35054e00c9c903-1760x1320.jpg?rect=0,44,1760,1232&w=710&h=497)
![A “Grower Champagne” Brand Sources Its Wines From Independent Vineyards That Opt for Flavor Over Flash](https://cdn.sanity.io/images/m8zvzebu/production/26eadd1ce4097656b4cb75bc0d5c4300b1a362bf-1760x1320.jpg?rect=0,44,1760,1232&w=710&h=497)
![For Jermaine Stone, Wine and Hip-Hop Make a Perfect Pair](https://cdn.sanity.io/images/m8zvzebu/production/5e7f529720379896be8c8c6227b2c4c2990efc55-1760x1320.jpg?rect=0,44,1760,1232&w=710&h=497)
![Hannah Lewis on the Burgeoning “Mini-Forest Revolution”](https://cdn.sanity.io/images/m8zvzebu/production/aaaa0eda986e92ae33eccb68eabf36693a846b56-1760x1320.jpg?rect=0,44,1760,1232&w=710&h=497)
![The Perfumed History of Dhup, Nepal’s Traditional Hand-Rolled Rope Incense](https://cdn.sanity.io/images/m8zvzebu/production/446c5b89332d2967d9744cb8628e61878df9dd96-1760x1320.jpg?rect=0,44,1760,1232&w=710&h=497)
![At This Argentinian Restaurant in Detroit, Food Gets Flavored by Flames](https://cdn.sanity.io/images/m8zvzebu/production/7d2ed634f3003f6429b195416a8545617f483dc5-1760x1320.jpg?rect=0,44,1760,1232&w=710&h=497)
![On Manhattan’s High Line, Experimentation Leads to a Whirling, Whizzing, Whooshing Sculpture](https://cdn.sanity.io/images/m8zvzebu/production/6e935c016246c5fc82c62244c3207ee255421f78-1760x1320.jpg?rect=0,44,1760,1232&w=710&h=497)
![Baratunde Thurston Wants to Activate Your Inner Outdoor Adventurer](https://cdn.sanity.io/images/m8zvzebu/production/d2774d390a546e79759afe6e2526236060c94722-1760x1320.jpg?rect=0,44,1760,1232&w=710&h=497)
![A Podcast That Illuminates Black Americans’ Influence on U.S. Cuisine](https://cdn.sanity.io/images/m8zvzebu/production/b5f245cc42a6de834be34fdaf282de0b975d84aa-1760x1320.jpg?rect=0,44,1760,1232&w=710&h=497)
![These Fragrant Cacti and Succulents Spice Up Their Surroundings](https://cdn.sanity.io/images/m8zvzebu/production/0d10a4bde61af81b0ec93e6edb79c9fe50eb4747-1760x1320.jpg?rect=0,44,1760,1232&w=710&h=497)
![For Black Communities, These Gardens Double as Sites of Healing](https://cdn.sanity.io/images/m8zvzebu/production/d0247b485bf6123970429fda6fc8673df748c1de-1760x1320.jpg?rect=0,44,1760,1232&w=710&h=497)
![The Real-Life Benefits of Augmenting the Metaverse With Scents](https://cdn.sanity.io/images/m8zvzebu/production/66a1deaff35f91d64de4018e16475758386042b3-1760x1320.jpg?rect=0,44,1760,1232&w=710&h=497)
![Nicolás Jaar Launches a Grant Program to Uplift Emerging Electronic Musicians](https://cdn.sanity.io/images/m8zvzebu/production/86120b3e8528bf58e9ef07da58a7d1c291845c02-1760x1320.jpg?rect=0,44,1760,1232&w=710&h=497)
![A Food Designer’s Secrets to Making the Perfect Ice Cream](https://cdn.sanity.io/images/m8zvzebu/production/896657a3467691dcfa4d876b807a3f9e4b400820-1760x1320.jpg?rect=0,44,1760,1232&w=710&h=497)
![With His “Open Objects,” Jonathan Muecke Wants You to Think About Space](https://cdn.sanity.io/images/m8zvzebu/production/82f423048e8136a848df32c03f14aca2043c2e1c-1760x1320.jpg?rect=0,44,1760,1232&w=710&h=497)
![A New Book Traces the Evolution of Modernism in the Rocky Mountains](https://cdn.sanity.io/images/m8zvzebu/production/2136bcc5163438bb24d0400ea74a7cbc7f52d206-1760x1320.jpg?rect=0,44,1760,1232&w=710&h=497)
![Alexandra Lange on Mall Nostalgia, Romance Novels, and Twitch](https://cdn.sanity.io/images/m8zvzebu/production/da6a4345529b49db190b2f64b96c3b6415fc6deb-1760x1320.jpg?rect=0,44,1760,1232&w=710&h=497)
![A Denver Restaurant Brings Nationwide Access and Attention to Native American Cuisine](https://cdn.sanity.io/images/m8zvzebu/production/5d0c8f064217bd267931fb1d5782f3fa9146effe-1760x1320.jpg?rect=0,44,1760,1232&w=710&h=497)
![How a Spidery Weed Spawned This Sweet-Smelling Perfume](https://cdn.sanity.io/images/m8zvzebu/production/eca3989364a0772e35ae3505bc92f682888577ca-1760x1320.jpg?rect=0,44,1760,1232&w=710&h=497)