Edited by Kathryn Cooperman When I first glimpsed the Little Island construction site from the High Line in October 2020, I knew I would have to come back to see it when it was completed. Construction on Manhattan’s newest green space began in 2018 and it opened on May 21st of this year. Designed by […]Read Post ›
We are one year into the COVID-19 pandemic. What will be the long-term impacts of COVID on art and design?
I don’t love New Year resolutions because forced contemplation has never served me well and if I want to change something so badly about myself—well, why not do it tomorrow? Still, the transition of the Gregorian calendar is a convenient time point to take stock of what is going well, what isn’t, and to change […]Read Post ›
In the shadows of the setting sun, a petite pavilion was a small spot of unadorned tranquility standing proudly under the Barcelona flag.Upon ascending the hill of Montjuic, we almost missed the small building tucked away under more traditionally Spanish-looking buildings. If you are not an architecture nerd, it would be easy to see it […]Read Post ›
Avery Trufelman is a writer and producer on 99 Percent Invisible, a podcast about architecture and design supported by Radiotopia. Per their website, Avery is a fierce defender of Millennial Pink, her favorite font is Sweden Sans, and she is currently based in beautiful, downtown Oakland, California. Interview conducted by: Tiffany Chan Edited by: Morgan […]Read Post ›
On a blustery Friday in October, I packed my bags and headed to the sunny city of Barcelona.
Daenerys of House Targaryen, first of her name, the last in this series and with far too many titles for me to include in the title of this piece.
Long may she reign.
In this series, I wish to examine three female characters in the HBO series Game of Thrones. In Westeros, castles are often used as examples of metonymy, standing in as representations of the family itself and their factions within the political sphere. These characters have at times embraced or eschewed their familial identities to suit […]Read Post ›
In the current sociopolitical climate, I’ve been engaging with art that explicitly functions as psychological release or as a social or political agent. Art can take a stand, art can unite and art can heal. But is there still room to think about art that is simply for looking at? Can art be cosmetic instead […]Read Post ›
The Female Gaze 