• Let the Kids Get Weird: The Adult Problem With Children’s Books, Literary Hub

• Converting downtown office into multifamily residential: Let’s stop and think about this, Building Design + Construction

• The Whitney Museum's Winning Threads Strategy, Link in Bio

• Threads Isn’t About Twitter. It’s About Resetting Instagram’s Social Graph, Every

• How the National Park Service Gets Their Captions So Good, LinkedIn Bio

Rabbit hole

Resource from TikTok was a great overview on how to succeed on their platform as a brand! They outline the six “creative codes” to “help decode your brand’s creative potential on TikTok”.

• Country clubs are at a crossroads. Some are closing. Some see a big opportunity., Business First

• Columbus City Council considering 'pay to stay' homeownership fund and other housing initiatives tonight, Business First

• How Koning Eizenberg Is Revolutionizing Multifamily Design by Going Against the Grain, Metropolis

• "Architectural photography is dominated by empty, glossy, new buildings" says Jim Stephenson, Deezen

• Design, Interrupted explores how "everyday AI" is restricting creativity, Deezen

• An Expensive, Rustic Brand Faces Backlash for Its ‘Poverty’ Aesthetic, NYT

• How Did Stan Lee Become the Face of Marvel?, hyperallergic

• A24’s Latest Book Is a Weird and Wonderful Guide to Florida, Vogue

• Carnegie Museum of Art’s new look is built on an approachable typeface, Its Nice That

• 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