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This commodification of the self accelerated with the advent of Instagram, which turned the visual trappings of our personal lives into fodder for the feed.

Kalaurie makes clothing sewn to last, creating modern heirlooms crafted to be treasured for a lifetime.

Drawing inspiration from storytelling for her designs, Kalaurie releases annual, limited edition capsule collections.

Kalaurie’s approach nurtures quality, timelessness, craftsmanship, and environmental consciousness in equal measure, in honour of... See more

As we are fed more content, we are pushed deeper into algorithmic niches. In return, we are encouraged to engage with more extreme and polarizing identifiers because it is more labelable, more indexable by the machine — the creation of the “Island". On this island, the slang, in-jokes, and archetypes which emerge as a community develops in... See more

We need educators who to seek to develop new ideas, new talent, and are not afraid to lend support to its students who seek to make a difference in the built environment both aesthetically and socially. I leave you with a quote by LeCorbusier, which images the potential impact I believe hip hop which is highly influenced by jazz music, could have... See more

In investing, higher volatility usually equates to higher possible returns. In today’s world of online expression, we settle for lower expected value, market-level outcomes so as to not ruffle any feathers and not take any outsized risk. We’re basically hoping to allow people to know us enough so that they include us in their passive index of... See more

Digital spaces are an urban geography in their own right. The trouble is, most of our online spaces are monopolized by entities ultimately trying to sell us a product. As a result, those spaces similarly embody the same Orwellian doublespeak that characterized the Soviet era. We are told we can use them for building connection and community, but we... See more