Writing
Tech
Just a minute: the story of progress bars (Kinfolk)
Neri Oxman builds with melanin for Totems project (Dezeen)
Buzz wearable by New Deal Design aims to stop sexual assault (Dezeen)
Formafantasma on e-waste: The iPhone is "not very innovative" because it's hard to recycle (Dezeen)
Yves Behar defends Juicero juice machine after internet backlash (Dezeen)
design
Marine Julié etches ‘a farandole of bisexual beings’ on Rückl glass (Wallpaper*)
Interview: Sasha Costanza-Chock on “design justice” (Dezeen)
10 emerging Jordanian designers shaping the future of the Middle East (Dezeen)
Lebanese designers embrace rubbish following Beirut trash crisis (Dezeen)
Shaker style is back again as designers celebrate "the first minimalists" (Dezeen)
architecture
Several essays in The Touch: Spaces designed for the senses (Gestalten with Kinfolk & Norm Architects)
University of Stuttgart makes Urbach Tower from self-shaping wood (Dezeen)
Noura Al Sayeh Holtrop and Anne Holtrop interview (Kinfolk)
Asif Khan: The British architect building with bubbles (Kinfolk)
Thermobimetal shutters by Doris Sung self-regulate the temperature of buildings (Dezeen)
culture
How to read the news (Kinfolk)
'We were accused of all sorts of things': Lisa Gorman on learning from old mistakes (The Guardian)
Design of the Times: Profile of V&A curator Rory Hyde (Australia Unlimited)
The state of fun in Australia (Concrete Playground)
Six ways the new cultural policy will make Sydney better (Concrete Playground)
the arts
A journey of lights: Sharjah Light Festival preview (Hadara)
The hidden value of the date palm tree: Fashcultivate exhibition preview (Hadara)
The 13 best cities in the world to see jaw-dropping street art (Hostelworld)
In the Picture: How to buy and collect Australian art (Virgin Australia: Voyeur Magazine)
Review: The City of Forking Paths by Cardiff and Miller (Concrete Playground)
lifestyle
You’ve Been Doing Croatian Beaches Wrong. Here’s How To Fix That (Junkee)
Local’s Guide to Tehran with artist Mehdi Ghanyanloo (Virgin Australia: Voyeur cover story)
Local’s Guide to Prague with beer geek Olga Romanova (Virgin Australia: Voyeur magazine)