The Philosophy of Meme Culture
Life’s a joke.
What can memes tell us about Gen Z, the most socially conscious and digitally connected generation?
Last Writes
Hustle vs. Hustle
The rise of a new work culture.
It is clear that fame is changing—influence for the sake of influence is becoming a business model as a result of social media, where fortunes are made by commodifying personalities and popularity is birthed by algorithms.
Why Adults are Reading (and Rereading) Young Adult Fiction
Teenage dreams.
News flash: all those people ripping through the pages of the Harry Potter novels, the Divergent series, and the Hunger Games trilogy—on their lunch break, on the train home, during that layover at Pearson—not all of them were teenagers.
When Words Fail: The Emoji Era
How the cutesy graphics continue to shape the conversation.
Since their emergence on Japanese cellphones some 19 years ago, emoji have become a standard feature of conversation in the digital age.
The Universal Disdain for Comic Sans
Appreciating the not-so-hidden language of typography.
Understanding the woefully inartistic and ridiculously misused typeface: Comic Sans.
Oh, Canada
Shades of niceness.
What is it to be Canadian? That’s probably impossible to define, and we’ve twisted ourselves in knots trying to figure that out. This Canada Day, we revisit a favourite essay on the subject.
The Economics of Celebrity Endorsements
Money well spent?
These days, the endorsement game faces a challenge: the erosion of the aura that surrounds fame.
The Return of Vintage Neon Signs
Light bright.
After being phased out of the Vancouver scene in the seventies, neon signs are back in vogue.
The Future of Fixing
A new generation of menders is picking up needle and thread.
Today, visible repairs, creatively handled, can signal love, individuality, environmental awareness, or all three.
