Arts + Culture

Alexis Haut|Interviews

How production designer Grace Yun turned domestic spaces into horror in 'Hereditary' and heartache in 'Past Lives'

Grace Yun, production designer of Hereditary and Past Lives, on how she builds worlds where fear, memory, and emotion take physical form.

Yahia Lababidi|Essays

‘The museum-going cannibal:’ On Francis Bacon

On the heels of this month’s Louvre heist, a poet reflects on his own hellish — and oddly heartening — encounter at a famed museum.

Delaney Rebernik|Fresh Ink

The Design of Horror | The Horror of Design: a series

This October, we plumb the depths of horrific design and designed horrors. Welcome to Hell.

Masha Safina|Travelin' thru

The layers of value creation

Our modern perception of value is shaped by scarcity. Alternative systems that center abundance and relational exchange offer a more hopeful future.

Baxstar Jonmarie Ferguson|Analysis

Dancing with AI: how next-gen game designers are taking the lead

Ashley Lukasik|Travelin' thru

Foraging design futures in Peru

A four-day cultural immersion in Peru’s Sacred Valley fosters four principles for the future of design, informed by the region’s centuries-old Indigenous philosophies