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Meta Manhattan

The video captions exude zen-ish positivity, with only semblances of ironic self-awareness.

Military-Industrial Design Complex

The “good-design-is-good-business” ethos had come under fire.

Mother!

Spare sketches of coiling umbilical cords and swollen nipples

No Place Like It

Discomfort with the American dream is present, too.

Nominal Fix

A wild look at the real-world effects of social media, and the lasting implications of deathbed desires

Sending It

I realized that the building I was in was weird as hell.

Signs and Symptoms

A land of dreams on the brink of turning into nightmares

Fire in His Eyes

The 1980s are just around the corner.

Party’s Upstairs

Nixon joined us in the elevator.

Hearth and Home

The “home sweet home” pillow of the medieval bourgeoisie

The Bubbler

Care for a sip?

Stream the Revolution

What happens when a revolutionary communist artist makes content for Amazon Prime?

Home Stretch

The housing crisis won’t be solved through any one approach, least of all a photography triennial.

Seeing the Forest

Van Gogh’s Cypresses was as peak-Met as we’re likely to see in our lifetime

Game Theory

Can a profession that tends to take itself too seriously learn to play seriously?

Saltier than the Sea

Don’t get it twisted: this was no melting pot.
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