Kyle Chayka
The New York Times
New York, United States
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What We Get Wrong About Minimalism
It’s not about empty walls or avoiding your phone — it’s about finding beauty in our surroundings, whatever they may look like. → Read More
The empty promises of Marie Kondo and the craze for minimalism
The long read: From the ‘KonMari method’ to Apple’s barely-there design philosophy, we are forever being urged to declutter and simplify our lives. But does minimalism really make us any happier? → Read More
The Transformation of Condé Nast
How a media mogul defined class and invented the modern magazine → Read More
The Decisive Moment
A new editor deals with the aftermath of Artforum’s #MeToo scandal → Read More
No Place Like Home
Why three new shows recommend throwing out personal items and embracing an Airbnb-able style → Read More
How Tech Is Remaking Fashion in Its Image
The ethos of Silicon Valley—scalability, homogeneity, and a subtle exclusivity—has crept into the clothes people wear. → Read More
The Danish Architect Designing the Future
Bjarke Ingels's blandly ubiquitous urbanism has made him a global tastemaker. → Read More
What Does The Amazon Echo Look Mean For Personal Style?
Algorithms are deciding how we dress — but it’s always been this way. → Read More
The Women Responsible for the Look of Your Next All-day Cafe
Spirulina smoothies, quinoa bowls, chicory salads: They’re all dining clichés. But so is the décor around them: brass sconces, midcentury chairs, tile mosaics. → Read More
When You’re a ‘Digital Nomad,’ the World Is Your Office
A global network of live-work spaces is springing up to serve this new breed of millennial wanderer. → Read More
In the Store of the Future, the Product Is You
Amazon, Apple, and even Nordstrom are all reframing the traditional retail space — but to what end? → Read More
Monocle's View From Nowhere
Can the global elite's favorite magazine survive in an age of populism? → Read More
The Troubling Contradictions of Dronestagrams
Drone technology has birthed a new way of seeing ourselves and the world—and enabled us to surveil anyone or anything, without any legal process. → Read More
Camelflage Took Over and You Never Even Noticed
Meet the anonymous, ephemeral bicoastal uniform. → Read More
Camelflage Took Over and You Never Even Noticed
Meet the anonymous, ephemeral bicoastal uniform. → Read More
The Grays of Our Lives
Is it a color that means nothing — or is that the point? → Read More
The Grays of Our Lives
Is it a color that means nothing — or is that the point? → Read More
Same old, same old. How the hipster aesthetic is taking over the world
Industrial furniture, stripped floors and Edison bulbs: why must we aspire to such bland monotony? → Read More
The Oppressive Gospel of ‘Minimalism’
The movement turns possessions into objects of scorn and disgust — and self-denial into a virtue yet again. → Read More
The Oppressive Gospel of ‘Minimalism’
The movement turns possessions into objects of scorn and disgust — and self-denial into a virtue yet again. → Read More