Meet the people reshaping how we live.Fresh perspectives from cultural pioneers,business leaders and creative minds.A zeitgeist moodboard with headlines to skim & stories to get lost in.(→ links to the original source)

Living in a triangle: inside Paris’ most unusual designer home.

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→ “At the current rate of technological advance, all reliable ways of validating truth will soon be gone," says Ted Goia on his Honest Broker Substack.

The ex-hipster behind Substack’s elite tastemakers.

→ How Max Stein turns influence into profits. Charlotte Klein reports on INTELLIGENCER.

  

Private tour in Oslo.

Norwegian actress Renate Reinsve, just Oscar-nominated for Sentimental Value, walks us through her home city Oslo.

→ Financial Times

  

A conversation with Isabella Burley.

Claire Marie Healy interviews the youngest ever editor in chief of Dazed, senior creative at both Helmut Lang and Acne Studios, and founder of Climax bookstore.

→ Apartamento

What do the disco soundtrack of 1970s sex comedy 'Sesso Matto,' WeWantMore's designs for the smallest grand hotel in Brussels, and uncompromising modernist icon The Breuer on Madison Avenue have in common?

→ A gentle rundown on the stories that inspireWeWantMore's Executive Creative director Ruud Belmans.

For Another Man, Simon Parris presents an audio adventure through the sounds and sonics in Pasolini’s films.

→ Soundcloud

People are less weird than they used to be. That might sound odd, but data from every sector of society is pointing strongly in the same direction: we’re in a recession of mischief, a crisis of conventionality, and an epidemic of the mundane. Deviance is on the decline.

→ Adam Mastroianni reports on his Experimental History Substack.

  

Is this 'modern-day cabinet of curiosities' by Jonathan Anderson the future of luxury retail?

Kinda, yeah. Go see 👀

→ jwanderson.com

THIS IS WHERE THE SEXY, SMART AND FUNHANG OUTin BRUSSELS.

→ Goes live on the 15th of March

'Paywalled platforms as the new private salon.'

→ "In the open social media era, the priority was reach. Success was measured by follower counts, impressions, and viral spikes. For luxury, this has always been a slightly awkward fit. Scale is not the point; connection and brand integrity are," says MEDIUM's Simon Woolford.

→ "Miu Miu isn’t just a sub-label—it’s Miuccia Prada’s alter ego in full bloom. If Prada is the intellectual minimalist, Miu Miu is her messier, moodier, party-at-midnight twin. This isn’t “pass it by the board” branding. This is personal. And it’s exactly why it works so well. It’s the spirit of the founder incarnated. Founder-led brands have an edge because the vision is rooted in lived identity, not market research. You feel the difference. There’s coherence. Confidence. Consistency. You’re not seeing what a focus group thinks Gen Z wants, you’re seeing what Miuccia believes is cool, and you either get it… or you don’t. And there’s massive power in that."Carolynne Alexander spills the beans on how you can steal Miu Miu's luxury-level clarity and “It Girl” energy for your personal brand on her THE BUSINESS OF LUXURY Substack.

  

Arabelle Sicardi sits down with Sotheby’s auctioneer Phyllis Kao, whose poise and wit have turned the auction podium into a global stage.

→ ssense

Café Core inspiration in Bangkok.

→ @smalltable_bkk

When one of the world's leading British luxury brands invites a crop of top galleries mixing up collectible design and art, and hides one of its premium SUVs there, you know luxury marketing has stepped up a few notches.

→ "RORSCHACH redefines the definitions of what is an art gallery and the role of luxury brands in the industry in SCENE by Range Rover in Knokke-Heist. It unites rising talents with renowned visionaries. The gathering space for curators, collectors, architects, and artists alike is a showcase for cultural relevance in luxury marketing.

 

Connecting collectible design, contemporary art and thought leadership.

 

 

   

→ scene by range rover

Art fairs have quietly mutated. What once functioned as a trade show for galleries and collectors is now a full-spectrum cultural arena where luxury, fashion, tech, and wellness brands compete for attention alongside museums and mega-galleries.

→ Roland-Philippe Kretzschmar reports on the Art Bystander Substack

Women collectors are outspending men — and taking bigger, smarter risks. The latest Art Basel & UBS Survey of Global Collecting reveals a generation of women reshaping the market.

→ This year’s Art Basel & UBS Survey of Global Collecting by Arts Economics gives the clearest picture yet of female collectors operating across the global art market: what they buy and how they buy.

→ 'What became of the crucial interval between a question and an answer? Has reflection been replaced by instantly forming an opinion, or immediately consulting a lifeline like AI or Google?'Marie Dollé argues that modern thought is suffering a crisis of mental digestion due to the demand for immediate answers. The core problem is the short-circuiting of the most vital stage of thought—the moment before external tools are engaged—where ideas truly take shape and become authentically one's own.

→ Read the full reflection in her 'In Praise of the In-Between' essay on In Bed With Social Substack

→ Play The Friends Of Eddie Coyle (1973) soundtrack to add suspense to whatever you're doing today.

→ David Byrne's playlist for “people who hate Christmas music.”