4+ day, 22+ hour ago   (635+ words) Renting clothing used to be restricted to a wedding suit or prom dress, but the options are growing and becoming more popular. Today, you can rent clothes directly from other people through apps like By Rotation and Hurr, or go…...

6+ day, 7+ hour ago   (894+ words) Jon Rafman is a master of turning the internet’s trash, excess and alienation into strangely seductive art. Memento Hikikomori is his intoxicating mini-retrospective at Brisbane’s Institute of Modern Art (IMA). It combines two ideas: memento mori, the reminder of our…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (817+ words) The fact this story was recounted to us while researching this topic illustrates the rise of a cultural trend that surprisingly few academics have explored. But drunk shopping is a rapidly growing consumption phenomenon. Intoxicated consumers generate billions of dollars…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (501+ words) The Pantone colour of the year for 2026 is white. It’s called Cloud Dancer, which is described as a “lofty white”. This choice reflects a growing trend away from colour in our visual world. There is a similar increasing sense of…...

2+ week, 3+ day ago   (893+ words) Interest is not just confined to specialist companies. In 2023, Apple filed a patent application for AirPods with electrodes that would measure brain activity. With hundreds of millions of earbuds already in circulation, Apple’s venture into EEG technology would pave the…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (715+ words) Amy, a 27-year-old software developer, has struggled with disordered eating since she was a teenager. “But after learning to code, I got much better,” she said in a research interview. “I often code for ten or more hours without stopping....