FYI #57
Waratah (1887), by Lucien Henry (1850 – 1896), via Art Gallery of NSW
In her memoir, For Life, Ailsa Piper wrote about her fondness for the painting above. I’d never heard of the artist. Beautiful colours.
The Book of Birkenstock, produced to mark the company’s 250th year.
Twirl, short story by Ayşegül Savaş, via the Yale Review
System Crash, newish podcast from Paris Marx (Tech Won’t Save Us) and Brian Merchant (author of Blood in the Machine: The Origins of the Rebellion Against Big Tech)
To Hell With Good Intentions, Silicon Valley Edition, by L.M. Sacasas, drawing on the writing of Ivan Ilich (1926 - 2002)
A very Melbourne episode of the Read This podcast, with Michael Williams, We Went Back to Fitzroy Pool
Favorite Books of the Year: Art, Science, Poetry, Psychology, Children’s, and More, via the Marginalian
“I'd Rather have Weird than Boring”: How Simone Giertz Lives Small, via Never Too Small
Today (December 21) is summer solstice in Australia. Here's why it's called the longest day of the year, via the ABC
Fashion Neurosis with Jonathan Anderson, Irish fashion designer, creative director of Loewe, in conversation with Bella Freud…’..the most rewarding part of being creative is being curious about other people’s creativity’ .. video version.
‘A Sword and a Shield’: How the Supreme Court Supercharged Trump’s Power, via the Ezra Klein Show, guest host Kate Shaw speaks with Gillian Metzger, professor at Columbia Law School. Metzger recommended an interesting Harvard Law Review paper by Karen M. Tani, Curation, Narration, Erasure: Power and Possibility at the U.S. Supreme Court
On establishing boundaries, Jami Attenberg, via the Creative Independent
The Design Files' Top 10 Australian Homes Of 2024 and 8 Beautiful Gardens Blooming With Inspiration From 2024