A weekly journal of short, curated observations on urban design, music history, food and information design, mixing personal anecdotes with links and quirky finds. Each issue bundles six or seven brief items, from woodcarving and reggae to travel mishaps and diner food.
Website: https://www.place-codes.org/
Essays on what makes public spaces succeed, drawing on placemaking practice and examples from cities worldwide. Issues cover specific places like Bryant Park, critiques of design disciplines such as landscape architecture, and tributes to movement figures.
Monograph is a photography-led magazine about buildings, cities and architecture, with short essays that pair images with observations on station roofs, a ring-shaped library and night-time urban light. Readers get considered looks at how spaces are designed and how they are used.
Personal essays by an urban and environmental writer on how infrastructure, cities, and nature shape one another, with a focus on Boston and occasional other places. Readers get reflective, well-observed pieces that connect everyday experiences like commuting or flood channels to larger questions of urban development.
A personal newsletter covering transport and mobile technology, with detailed critiques of Melbourne's train network maps and first-hand observations such as festival mobile connectivity. Readers get opinionated design and wayfinding analysis alongside practical consumer-tech observations.
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