The Material Review

The Material Review

The Material Review

Issue 206: Airplane Seat Recline, Hickory Golf Shop, Catcher in the Rye, Dive Bars, Music Piracy, AI Merch, BEAMS+ x QMS and Spotlight On: Ludwig Reiter Footwear.

Michael Williams and Taylor Stacey
Jul 18, 2026
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Should You Recline Your Airplane Seat?

“Investigating the central dilemma of our time.” [New Yorker*]

Hickory Golf Shop: a Wodehousian idyll in Tokyo’s Harajuku

“Everything you need to play the vintage version of the sport” [FT]

and why japanses companies do so many different things

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