books Coffee lids: new book on the elegant design of a modern scourge Andrea James

video Watch Commodity City, short documentary on a massive Chinese market Andrea James

louis vuitton There's a Louis Vuitton ping pong set and it's still cheaper than that Tiffany's ball of yarn Rusty Blazenhoff

books Why capitalism and consumerism play so well with Christianity in America Elías Villoro

television Everyone's sick of stories that never end Rob Beschizza

Big Red Boots Gramps rocks MSCHF's Big Red Boots Jennifer Sandlin

John Lennon The fool in Steely Dan's "Only a Fool Would Say That" is John Lennon Elías Villoro

culture jamming Fake Adidas "RealityWear" line highlights labor abuses Jennifer Sandlin

street art Will Coles' street art Jennifer Sandlin

global logistics The shortcomings of the European food supply chain  Katherine Hreib

Delightful Creatures Watch a blue crab molting at Navarre Beach Marine Science Station Elías Villoro

china Chinese kids posing as "American Teens" in front of blue lockers at Ikea Jennifer Sandlin

climate change Oil company blames Captain Planet for climate change in recent court filing Thom Dunn

Brākleen Brākleen cleans parts & clothes but won't save you from going on an environmental guilt trip Andrew Yi

fashion What's the deal with bluecollar workwear fashion? Jennifer Sandlin

multi-level marketing schemes Check out this bizarre yellow tongue-strip MLM Jennifer Sandlin

consumerism Purse towers are shelves filled with containers that folks use to organize anything they might put into a purse Jennifer Sandlin

pop culture How pop culture turned into a placid sea of franchises, sequels, reboots and other reliable earners Rob Beschizza

design How The Whole Earth Catalog influenced Japanese magazine design Mark Frauenfelder

crypto Is Cryptoland, the "first physical crypto island", a parody of NFT culture? Is parody even possible? Thom Dunn