• Hiring for 'Culture Add' Vs. 'Culture Fit', Architect Mag
  I’ve been working on SWOT analyses with the whole office and one thing that has come up repeatedly, but notably not with the firm’s owner, is diversity and wanting more of it. In one conversation we also discussed how as an office we haven’t even mentioned Black Lives Matter which has rocked the nation in the past few years. Yesterday, a bunch of school children were in a mass shooting and died. How do we incorporate the need/desire to discuss these issues as a company?

• Modern Period Brands Used to Blend In. Now, Like Everything Else, They’re All About Standing Out, AIGA Eye on Design

• A Broad View: Married, technically, but not for love, Print Magazine

• Elevated Downtown walkway to feature plants, benches, Columbus Dispatch
  Mixed feelings… What makes the Highline magical is the plantings. These renderings are rather ho hum, so hopefully Edwards puts some $$ into a good horticulturist. What is frusterating about the Highline is the rampant gentrification of the area and wildly expensive housing in the area. While this is good business for a developer, not great for a community.

• Rethinking Architectural History, Architect Magazine

• Labor Parti, Arch Paper
  Ohhhhh bad write up on Moody Nolan’s employee practices

• Architecture Firm Moody Nolan Celebrates 40 Years, Columbus Underground
  Oh hey, but heres MN doing super awesome Columbus stuff!

• The Daily Heller: Before Obama’s HOPE, There Was Shirley Chisholm, Pring Mag

• My Frenetic, Messy, Exhausting, Neurodivergent Mind: TikTok Told Me I Have ADHD, Columbus Monthly
  I GET THESE TIKTOKS IN MY FEED TOO. But it never occured to me that it could be correct, I mean, doesn’t everyone experience things and interact with the world differently? Do I want to me typical? tbd

• Visual arts: Neglected folk artist Nellie Mae Rowe displayed 'explosion of creativity', The Columbus Dispatch

• Columbus architecture firm Moody Nolan plots its future 40 years in, Columbus Business First
  (1) Damn, does MN get a lot of press (2) a good quote about pandemic-specific design needs: “the pandemic didn't change any specific design techniques because flexibility, safety, security and health were always considered. But it did inspire the firm to evolve broader conversations with clients and within about spacial needs, occupancy and brand culture to retain employees.”

• Franklin County land bank to restore historic Edna building in King-Lincoln-Bronzeville, Columbus Dispatch

• Hussein Alazaat on children’s books from the 60s-90s and why they demonstrate the “highest peak of Arabic book-making history”, It’s Nice That

• Public Address wants its seltzer identity to look anything but colourful and care-free, It’s Nice That

• The Daily Heller: Brooklyn is for Visionaries, Print

• Exploring the Politics of Masks Beyond COVID, Hyperallergic

• Noam Chomsky: “We’re approaching the most dangerous point in human history”, The New Statesman

• Margo’s Way: She’s one of the boldest cultural critics of the past 50 years. But writing memoir is Margo Jefferson’s true act of defiance., Vulture

• For a Black Man Hired to Undo a Confederate Legacy, It Has Not Been Easy, NYT

• Sweeping Basquiat Show Curated by His Sisters Offers Intimate Look at the Artist, NYT

• World's first multi-storey skatepark opens in Folkestone, Deezen

• The pagan roots of Easter, The Guardian

Regarding the Pain of Others, on Social Media, hyperallergic

• Why Have Female Animals Evolved Such Wild Genitals?, Smithsonian Magazine

• LISTEN: Design is Everywhere: Hospitality Design That Takes Care of People, Print Magazine

• All Advertising Looks the Same These Days. Blame the Moodboard, AIGA Eye on Design
  Reviewed an experienctial designer’s work recently and had similar feels. Particularly because they showed the client the moodboard. Who wants to know your branding is ripping off others?

• Early Web Design Helped a Generation Express Themselves Online. How Do We Capture That Feeling Again?, AIGA Eye on Design

Crawford Hoying buys historic downtown Atlas Building, Columbus Business First

• Inside the worker-led push to unionize the Wexner Center for the Arts, Columbus Alive

• The myth of ‘nobody wants to work’, Columbus Alive

• Obituary: Eric Ramaharonirina
  Lots of feels today

• How Can Designers Build Interfaces That Avoid the “White Default?”, AIGA Eye on Design

Employers ignore almost everything on your application–except this, Quartz

• America's New Main Streets: Why Richard Florida envisions an upside for downtowns in covid’s wake, Business First
  Honestly, this is the most interesting thing I’ve read about office work during the COVID-era. I read a lot about architects saying stuff to make companies happy - i.e. “The office will be back, baby.” But Florida is saying, it can be back but companies need to create a programming strategy that creates community in their office environments.

• Note to self: These maniacs are anti-green energy and I should go to this event on Sunday because who wants regressive public policy. Rural NIMBYism Public Information Meeting regarding Fountain Point Solar Farm

• Redlining, race covenants: The roots of Columbus' ongoing color divide, Columbus Alive

• The 37-Year-Olds Are Afraid of the 23-Year-Olds Who Work for Them, NY Times

• Why We Love Lazy, Drunk, Broke Women on TV, NY Times

• The MTA’s Endearing ‘Safe Travels’ Campaign Helped Me Fall Back In Love With the Subway, AIGA Eye on Design

How to Look Rich, The Cut

• Do You Want a Boring Floor Lamp or an Ugly Floor Lamp?, The Atlantic