Postcards from the Edge
Organizer and writer Matt Hern reports from the new suburbs
Organizer and writer Matt Hern reports from the new suburbs
On the web’s needless complexity and translating signals from one medium to another
On creative autonomy, acknowledging labor and laborers, and building relationships that will last decades.
On touring an Amazon warehouse and reading Heike Geissler’s “Seasonal Associate”
A new anthology with predictions of London a century from now misses the voices of today’s residents.
Two stories about helping the next generation
The AI researcher on identity, sexuality, language, and paying close attention to the data
Email isn’t going anywhere. That’s a good thing.
Long-term planning gives architects an opportunity to rethink ownership models
Updates on the MSG Sphere, Wikipedia, and other recent Frontier Magazine stories
Our sense of time is ever-changing. Shouldn’t our calendars be, too?
On representations of the continent—who gets to make them, how they circulate, and what they mean
Cyberattacks on library systems are an equity issue
New digital products made in Toronto, three notable new buildings, and more
Kicking off year two of Frontier Magazine
Looking back and looking ahead
Technology
On generating ideas and Google’s new AI “notebook”
The Built Environment
On the distressing implications of Richard Florida’s “meta cities”
Podcast
On representation, portraiture, the value of collaborating, and expanding his horizons
Fifty articles, videos, buildings, apps, podcasts, and more, curated for your enjoyment
The Built Environment
Two very different projects that repurpose our waste
Technology
AI that builds upon what I know, not what the world does
The Arts
A new book reminds designers that all we have is each other and a world of possibilities
Podcast
Cofounders Andrew Khedoori and Mark Gowing on their egalitarian ethos, emotional sustainability, and the value of curatorial vision in an algorithmic world
The Arts
Independent-music communities find themselves at a crossroads
Podcast
On making music in clubs, presenting art in museums, and nurturing the next generation
The Built Environment
Projects pointing to the past and future raise questions about urban development in St. Louis
Podcast
The Rivers Institute founder on what’s possible when you take your time and build with community
Technology
On putting customers first, no matter the circumstances
Podcast
On infrastructure as “care at scale” and our abundant-energy future
The Arts
On deliberately directing our attention to the overlooked
The Arts
Photographer Mark Ruwedel reveals the unexpected lives of the Los Angeles River