• Practicing Practice: A new wave of educators are updating how professional practice courses are delivered in architecture schools. What are they teaching?, Architect’s Newspaper

• Threads, Instagram’s ‘Twitter Killer,’ Has Arrived, NY Times
  OMG, this feels like chaos.

• The Hilton Downtown Columbus' expansion creates more opportunities for the city, Business First

• The rebirth of workspace design: An interview with Gensler co-CEO Diane Hoskins, McKinsley

• College of Fine Arts facilities renewal strategy aims to transform OHIO’s arts education and its impact on students, surrounding region, Ohio University

• The State of Instagram in 2023 [PDF]

• How A.I. Is Helping Architects Change Workplace Design, NY Times

• Paramount Building, New Republic Architects
  I really like how they took professional photos of the building before renovation and show those side-by-side to the after

• Bellefontaine’s debate around drag queens, WOSU

• Debbie Millman — The personal brand paradox, Wepresent

• The gentrification font: how a sleek typeface became a neighborhood omen, The Guardian

• Branding a city: What makes a successful design?, It’s Nice That

State issue 1 backers aim to avoid abortion. What Republicans told lobbyists in a closed-door fundraising pitch, Cleveland.com

• What Makes a Garden a Work of Art? Piet Oudolf Explains., NYT

• Columbus needs at least double current city pools to serve residents, draft report says, Columbus Dispatch

• FLOWING WELLS IN OHIO

• Republicans want to replace Ohio's K-12 social studies standards with conservative lessons, Columbus Dispatch

• What Makes American Birthright Different?

  American Birthright draws upon several sources, of which the two most important are the Massachusetts History and Social Science Curriculum Framework (2003) and the Next Generation Sunshine State Standards for Social Studies, 2021 Revised Civics and Government Strand (2021)

• The Model K-12 Standards [PDF]

Jeez, Ohio is trying to incorporate Florida standards into its curriculum eyeroll

• ‘They’re opposed to government. But now they are the government.’ One county’s hard-right shift, AP

• Brooklyn’s Batcave Reborn as Gotham’s Art Factory, NYT

Generation Connie, NYT

• 'Tool Library' quietly saving Franklin County residents in the know big bucks, Columbus Dispatch

• The Next Frontier is Now: What to Know About AI in Branding & Packaging Design, The Dieline

• [VIDEO] Best 6 Ai Tools For Designers

• Rural Americans are importing tiny Japanese pickup trucks, The Economist

• Political Radicalism Class Challenges Worthington Students to Explore Differing Viewpoints, Columbus Monthly

• TERREMOTO rejects convention in pursuit of a more just practice, Architect’s Magazine

• 'In the very, very beginning, it was about 3 feet of garbage': How NYC’s 1st community garden got started, Gothamist

• Stress Builds as Office Building Owners and Lenders Haggle Over Debt, NYT

Columbus already has an identity and it's not pretty, Matter News

• The Transformative Potential of Design Solidarity, Architect Magazine

• Carehaus

• Listen Louder: Rethinking the Role of Today's Citizen Architect, Architect Magazine

• Design thinking was supposed to fix the world. Where did it go wrong?, MIT Technology Review

• Young Oyster Farmers Struggle as Working Waterfronts Disappear, Civil Eats

• Solar Projects on Farmland Meet Community Opposition in the Midwest, Modern Farmer

The Internet Archive’s troubles are bad news for book lovers, The Spectator

• ‘Kids Can’t Read’: The Revolt That Is Taking On the Education Establishment, NYT

• On Fusion, Forced Migration, and Somali Food, Eater