How Design Thinking Applies to Everyday Life
Design thinking, as formalised by IDEO and Stanford's d.
2024-09-21
MW
Marcus Wei
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How to Curate a Film Collection Worth Revisiting
The streaming era has made virtually every film available and simultaneously made none of them feel essential.
2024-09-19
The Case for Slow Media in an Attention-Deficit World
The average American adult now consumes over twelve hours of media daily, according to research from eMarketer, yet reports feeling less informed than a decade ago.
2024-09-16
The Directors Whose Visual Language Changed Cinema
Stanley Kubrick's one-point perspective — that symmetrical vanishing point pulling the viewer into the frame's centre — became so distinctive that it now functions as visual shorthand for obsessive control and creeping dread.
2024-09-14
What Steve McQueen Understood About Effortless Cool
Steve McQueen understood something that stylists, fashion houses, and menswear brands have spent decades trying to bottle: cool is not a look.
2024-09-02
What Paul Newman Understood About Understated Confidence
Paul Newman was one of the most handsome men in the history of cinema, and he spent much of his career trying to make people forget it.
2024-09-02
What Tender Is the Night Teaches About Living Well
Fitzgerald's 1934 novel is overshadowed by Gatsby, but many critics and writers consider it the more mature and devastating work.
2024-08-28
Why The Talented Mr. Ripley Deserves a Second Look
Anthony Minghella's 1999 adaptation of Patricia Highsmith's novel is more than a thriller about identity theft and murder in 1950s Italy.
2024-08-23
Your Grandfather's Overcoat Deserves Another Century
In closets and attics across the country, heavy wool overcoats hang in garment bags, inherited from grandfathers and great-uncles who bought them from makers that no longer exist.
2024-08-21
Layering in Warm Climates Without Looking Ridiculous
Layering in cold weather is intuitive: pile on garments until the wind stops reaching your skin.
2024-08-20
What the Best Vintage Shops in London Won't Advertise
London's vintage menswear scene operates on two levels.
2024-08-19
When to Break the No-Brown-in-Town Rule
The no-brown-in-town rule, a British sartorial dictum holding that brown shoes have no place in urban business settings, has been repeated so often it has acquired the authority of law.
2024-08-17
How Japanese Brands Are Rewriting Western Menswear Rules
Japan's relationship with Western menswear is a paradox: the culture that invented wabi-sabi, the beauty of imperfection, has become the world's most meticulous custodian of American and European clothing traditions.
2024-08-16
Corduroy After Dark: A Texture Worth Revisiting
Corduroy has been unfairly relegated to autumn afternoons and university lecture halls.
2024-08-13
On the Merits of Wearing One Less Thing
Coco Chanel's most enduring piece of advice was to look in the mirror before leaving and remove one thing.
2024-08-11
The Case for Going Bespoke at Least Once
Every man should experience bespoke tailoring at least once, not because it produces a superior garment, though it does, but because the process teaches you more about your body and clothing preferences than years of buying off the rack ever could.
2024-08-05
A Guide to Wearing Rings, Bracelets, and Jewelry as a Man
Men's jewelry has shed its taboos.
2024-08-05
The Art of Underdressing: When Less Really Is More
Gianni Agnelli wore a watch over his shirt cuff, a tie loosened to the second button, and hiking boots with bespoke suits.
2024-08-04
Why Your Outerwear Deserves the Biggest Budget Share
Consider how much of the year your outerwear is visible.
2024-07-28
The Case for a Navy Overcoat as Your One Winter Coat
If your coat budget allows for only one serious winter garment, make it a navy overcoat.
2024-07-26