Glad to see Kinross refer to postmodern architecture as “the flimsy, scenographic style of the Thatcherite 1980s”; I always struggled to discern what I should like about it, wondered what I was “missing.” To me it always felt as empty as AI, as shallow as Christian rock.

https://robinkinross.substack.com/p/three-books-by-irenee-scalbert

One thing I wish the design community could get over is awards. Prizes. Shiny trophies.

The wonderful Julien Priez is speaking now, do not miss it https://2026.typographics.com/livestream

“Because once you are curious about capitalism you must reject the bargain: if the price of the comfort of the few is the immiseration of the many then the price is too damn high. It is the skill of reading that hones that curiosity, sharpens our ability to notice what is before us, what is real and what is not, which bargains are fair and which are usurious. Reading is how we attend the world, which is also how we change it.”

https://aworkinglibrary.com/writing/umyazu

Ilya: “Do you think the type industry is currently in crisis, in transition, or simply adjusting to a new reality?”

Christian: “I think saying it’s in crisis is an overstatement. But the other two are essentially the same thing — it’s in transition, and it’s adjusting.”

https://type.today/en/journal/schwartz-ruderman

Never *the* right way, always *a* right way.

“AG is a single optical size, but a really good one.”

https://buttondown.com/letterror/archive/news-ltr-no22-a-new-typeface-a-new-site/