Problems with Design, Problems with Technology — When Great Cars Go Wrong
July 20, 2026What happens when a beautiful car is failed by its own design? The result is an aesthetic that its capability can’t sustain.
Author: Joshua Penrod
Underground
July 19, 2026A ride into Beckley’s Exhibition Coal Mine becomes a journey through compressed sunlight, ancient forests, industrial power, and the human costs buried within Appalachia’s coal country.
A Return to an Underrated Battlefield
July 19, 2026A return to Bushy Run reveals not only an overlooked colonial battlefield, but the many layers of memory, commemoration, landscape, and witness that have accumulated there since 1763.
The Company Town: Fabric, Steel, and Beauty
June 28, 2026Unfortunately, while in Milan on a business trip, I was unable to have much in the way of time to tour the city. I […]
On the Scent
June 22, 2026A live update from inside the strange, gathering momentum of a new history project — the phase where research, notes, fragments, and instinct begin to pull the work forward.
Of Sewing Machines and Design
June 16, 2026From smartwatches and distracted drivers to Ferraris and an Art Deco sewing machine, the tension between pixels and pistons is ultimately a question of design—and of what deserves our attention.