The Material Review
Issue 162: Fancy Bathhouses, J.Crew's Cult Sweater, Taste Trap, Drywall, The Aspirational Pantry Scam, Noguchi Orcas, Spotlight On: Taschen and Some Links from the Feed.
Stories worth reading. Stop indexing the internet.
I Don’t Know About These Fancy Bathhouses, Man
Is This the Best J.Crew Sweater Ever Made?
“Why a striped sweater from the ‘90s has inspired a cult following.” [Shop Rat]
Is Good Taste a Trap?
“The judgments we use to elevate our lives can also hem them in.” [The New Yorker]
The wonder of modern drywall
“No person should get excited about a blank wall. But your wall at home is a reminder that most advancements are almost entirely invisible.” [Works in Progress]
Further Reading: The meaning of the Northeast’s endangered stone walls
Orcas and ourselves
“Sea pandas or sadistic killers? These enigmatic creatures invite contradictory labels that say far more about us than them” [Aeon]
The Aspirational Pantry Is a Scam
“The picture-perfect sculleries and “back kitchens” I see all over the internet embody a very old architectural obsession: conceal the labor to convey domestic effortlessness.” [Dwell]
New York Didn’t Know What to Do With Noguchi
“The sculptor’s rejected playgrounds and plazas come back into view at his namesake museum.” [Curbed]
A shortlist of things we’ve got our eye on.
Bell’s Snail Hat
Alex Mill Mill Shirt
Fits Like a Hug US Antarctic Research Program Bag
Sid Mashburn Five Plait Braided Belt
Yuketen Wadaken Mil Spec U Tip Oxford Tosca Snuff
Taschen
San Francisco. Portrait of a City
Surfing. 1778–Today
The Book of Printed Fabrics. From the 16th century until today
Ultimate Collector Watches
Rocky. The Complete Films
Romeyn B. Hough. The Woodbook. The Complete Plates
From The Feed
