The Tale of Genji’s Image-Conscious, Experience-Hungry Courtiers
A new exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of Art depicts self-indulgence amid the disorder of a decaying world.
Kyle Chayka
Kyle Chayka’s first book, on minimalism, will be published by Bloomsbury.
The Exhausting Minimalism of Tidying Up
Three new makeover shows hover on the border of entertainment and economic survivalism.
By Kyle Chayka
How Tech Is Remaking Fashion in Its Image
The ethos of Silicon Valley—scalability, homogeneity, and a subtle exclusivity—has crept into the clothes people wear.
By Kyle Chayka
The Brand Builder
From architect to tastemaker, Bjarke Ingels is designing the future.
By Kyle Chayka
Nowhere Mag
Can Monocle's globalist chic survive in an age of populism?
By Kyle Chayka
The Troubling Contradictions of Dronestagrams
Drone technology has birthed a new way of seeing ourselves and the world—and enabled us to surveil anyone or anything, without any legal process.
By Kyle Chayka
Let’s Really Be Friends
A defense of online intimacy
