On Baltic Birch
We’ve recently been admiring photos of a friend’s new kitchen. The cabinets and drawers are pale, clear-coated plywood, the grain visible and
2022-09-05
Sean Kelley on the dream of crowd-developed hardware, Boeing’s last 747s, and the ongoing chip shortage.
2022-08-29
Matt Pogue on the invention of flavor science, fabricating the JWST mirrors, and the Grateful Dead’s cutting-edge sound engineering.
2022-08-22
Natasha Balwit-Cheung on learning from the landscape of New Mexico, making Miyake’s pleats, and evaluating new technologies' role in climate justice.
Singing Praise for the String Age
An interview with Virginia Postrel on the history of textiles. Virginia Postrel’s The Fabric of Civilization: How Textiles Made the World tells the interwoven
2022-08-15
Ruth Grace Wong on flexible work as an equity strategy, remote incident management, and how a 3D printed titanium part failed during the Olympics.