TikTok and the Vibes Revival
Increasingly, what we’re after on social media is not narrative or personality but moments of audiovisual eloquence.
Kyle Chayka
How Beeple Crashed the Art World
Making sense of a $69 million NFT.
On TikTok
The automatic culture of the world’s favorite new social network.
How the Coronavirus Will Reshape Architecture
What kinds of space are we willing to live and work in now?
The Empty Promises of Marie Kondo and the Craze for Minimalism
Unpacking the empty promises of the minimalism craze.
Excerpted from The Longing for Less: Living with Minimalism, available January 21st. Chayka on the Longform Podcast.
My Own Private Iceland
On tourism and authenticity.
Style Is an Algorithm
On the future of personal taste.
When You’re a ‘Digital Nomad,’ the World Is Your Office
A global network of live-work spaces is springing up to serve this new breed of millennial wanderer.
The Grays of Our Lives
On gray.
Reign, Supreme
Supreme, founded by a secretive self-made millionaire in 1994, is the most influential streetwear brand in the world.
The Library of Last Resort
How the Library of Congress failed to adapt to the 21st century.
The Last Lifestyle Magazine
How Kinfolk makes money while driving people crazy.
