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[SIC] 170: Whole Rabbithole

Volume 4, Number 14

Dec 9, 2021
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Hi all,

Lots of talking today. [SIC] Talks is on at 4p ET / 1p PT with Davide Baroncini, founder of Ghiaia Cashmere, a brand (and store) that I’ve been following closely over the last year. I’m really excited to dig into Davide’s world and his sources of inspiration. Come check it out it’ll be live on IG @dietznutz, and in my grid thereafter.

But even before that, Jeff Carvalho and I are leading an AMA with Mishka and the yung gawd Andy Milionakis about Mishka’s NFT project on Clubhouse. Will be a fun one. And speaking of NFT projects, worth a look at Jeff’s Burrata People, which drops next Monday 12/13.

Finally on the subject of talks, thanks to Ana Andjelic for using our chat last week as a reason to refer a bunch of new subs here to the newsletter. Welcome, all. And thanks as always to my regular contributors Iolanda, Celeste, and Jeff for submissions this week. Keep them coming.

Other than that, it’s the links. Hope you find useful.

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Artist Unknown, Nevada City CA

Trends

  • Kyle Chayka surveys The Year in Vibes /  New Yorker via Public Announcement

  • Garbage Day on Our Sneakerhead Future (a Web3 / gamification of the future critique that’s applicable to non-sneakerheads, promise)

  • Wolf haircuts and Wall Street: What Americans googled this year / Recode

  • From Celeste Blewitt: “Great read around the concept of status quo and bending it to work for the person rather than work, finding hobbies and interests again, very topical and certainly links in with your SIC Talk with Ana from Friday.' How to Care Less About Work’  / The Atlantic 

  • We are about the enter the “The Age of Makers” according to Rishad Tobaccowala, thanks to Web 3. 

  • The biggest trend of 2021? Outrage, but maybe also we’re over it? / Garbage Day

  • Meagan Loyst of Lerer Hippeau surveyed Gen Z on their likes, dislikes, feelings, and predictions — and here’s what she found. / Alley Watch

  • PINTEREST PREDICTS 2022. “Among the predictions are “pearlcore,” “barkitecture,” “Hellenistic revival,” and “lounge-erie.” Also: tooth gems.” / Pinterest via After School

  • From Iolanda Carvalho: "It's trend season!!! The most beautiful time of the year, la la la”. 

    • "What’s next for technology, media, and telecommunications? From women in tech to floating solar panels, Technology, Media, and Telecommunications Predictions gives you a glimpse of what 2022 could have in store.” / Deloitte

    • "The most exciting themes in technology today are transformative visions for 2025 or 2030: crypto, web3, VR, metaverse… and then everything else. / Ben Evans

    • "Will this be 2021 redux? Or will we be able to apply some of the lessons learned to devise a better path forward? Marian shares her sightings on emerging trends that will shape how things will play out in 2022 and beyond." / Marian Salzman

Style

  • Balenciaga Designer Demna Gvasalia Is Rewriting the Rules of High Fashion. Thoughts on dressing Kanye and Kim, gendered clothing, and the controversy around his Crocs / GQ via Public Announcement

  • Related: Balenciaga is launching a metaverse business unit / BoF via After School

  • And BTW, why is Fashion So Obsessed with the metaverse?/ GQ via Public Announcement

  • Karl Lagerfeld was a man possessed by possessions / FT 

  • And now you can possess some of his, via Sotheby’s Lagerfeld sale / via Monocle 

  • From Celeste Blewitt: 'The Year Ahead: Unlocking Next Generation Social Shopping’. "So topical and an interesting discussion into social shopping trends and what 2022 may look like in terms of purchasing power, social media and the modes in which people consume fashion and trends. / BoF

Blackball Project’s homage to the “Queens” of Bicycle

The Arts 

  • Marisol, “the True Trailblazer,” Paved the Way for Andy Warhol / Hyperallergic

  • The winners of the Street Photography Awards for 2021 via Noticing

  • Apropos, via [SIC] Talks alum Jauretsi Saizarbitoria -  “The folks at @blackballprojects pulled out this gem, an art installation paying homage to the famous Queens cover for Bicycle…Lotta OG New York women in this image.” / Instagram.

  • Elsewhere in histories - this oral history of the B-Boy's artwork is to be savoured. / AIGA via Music Ally

  • Corollary: A new app allows users to create "AI-powered paintings" by typing a brief text description. Key quote: “The paintings are totally metal” / Axios 

Entertainment + IP

  • [SIC] homies Cookies Hoops got the shouts & murmurs treatment in the New Yorker/ Instagram

  • While homie Tyler McCauley from The Unskippables is collecting all the 2021 music lists here (Substack)

  • Dance much? Other homies Paul & Barbie from Love Injection posted their live at Good Room set that you can dance to/ Instagram

  • “Most video games are about violence because it’s the easiest thing to do. It is the ‘layup’ in terms of video game design. Let me explain” (Thread) / Twitter via Lindy Letter

  • From Jeff Carvalho: "All sound recordings prior to 1923 will enter the public domain in 2022 / Public Domain Review

Platforms & Influencers

  • How TikTok Reads Your Mind  / NYT 

  • When Social Capital Becomes Economic Capital / The Atlantic via Maekan 

  • To wit: Dude, Where’s the Snow? Pro-snowboarder-turned-activist Jeremy Jones uses Instagram to raise awareness about climate change. / New Yorker

  • Doja Cat partnered with Girls Who Code to retrofit her latest music video, “Woman,” into an interactive coding tutorial at dojacode.com / via Future Party

  • SoundCloud Plans to Expand Free Services to Attract New Artists / WSJ

  • While Discord’s new Premium Memberships let creators monetize servers / The Verge via Motive Unknown 

  • Face Computers Are Coming / NYT

  • Because, Snap says, eventually everyone will make use of AR glasses / Protocol

  • Hence, Snap is already delivering on the future Meta is promising / Quartz

  • Related: Snap launched "523," a new content accelerator program for small, minority-owned content companies / Axios

  • While TikTok entertainment hub Flighthouse is now acting as an agency for brands to reach Gen Z /  Adweek via After School

  • The story of 17-year-old songwriter Gayle’s “ABCDEFU” which turned a TikTok comment into a #1 single  / Twitter via After School

Marketing & Advertising

  • Disposable culture is diminishing the power of brands  / Quartz

  • Though, conversely: The Cult of Liquid Death / Eater via Elevator

  • How Cup Noodles became one of the biggest transpacific business success stories of all time / The Conversation

  • Blanket data privacy is coming, so companies are coming up with every strategy imaginable to capture information about customers / WSJ via The Future Party

  •  The Key to Marketing to Older People? Don't Say 'Old.' / NYT

  • The singularity is here ….and it wants to sell us everything / The Atlantic via Axios Futures 

Media Business

  • BuzzFeed's a public company. Now what? / Recode

  • UTA Prices $200M IPO for SPAC Targeting Gaming, Creator Economy / Hollywood Reporter

  • Manchester United Goalkeeper David de Gea Starts His Own Esports Team / Hypebeast

  • The New York Times has opened up its new audio app to beta testers ahead of a public launch next year. / Axios

Metaverse & Web3

  • The FT goes deep into NFTs in this video / YouTube via The Future Does Not Fit in the Containers of the Past. Edition 69. (Nice)

  • Two good resources on everything DAO and NFT / A16Z via Howard Lindzon

    • NFT Canon

    • DAO Canon 

  • Welcome to 'Web3.' What’s that?! / NYT 

  • Web3 pushes the Pareto Funtier outwards by baking money into fun things and fun into money things / Not Boring

  • But, but: Is web3 bullshit? Here's author Robin Sloan's extremely skeptical "Notes on Web3” / Max Read via Motive Unknown

  • Piling on: An organization called yesterweb.org has put up a page outlining the false promises of Web3 evangelists / via Garbage Day 

  • [SIC] homie Jarrod Dicker says crypto seems to be having its breakthrough as many people rethink how they live and work / Darkstar.Mirror via The Rebooting 

  • Related?: The metaverse medical student / Axios

Food & Drink 

  • Why we all — and men especially — must eat less meat to save the Amazon / The New Statesman via Future Perfect

Miscellany 

  • Straw-inspiring: houses made of the humble bale. As a building material, it’s highly insulating, enduring and carbon-friendly / FT

  • In Ethiopia, Artists Protect the Environment Through "Plant Graffiti" / Hyperallergic

  • The oceans are the next frontier for carbon removal / Axios  

  • Why does utopian architecture suck? / The Nation via Blood & Champagne

  • Skateboarders and their Sisyphusean Struggle For Greatness / Psyche via Maekan

  • Marine biologists are serenading fish with friendly sounds, and coral reefs are reaping the benefits. Hakai via Reasons to be Cheerful

  • UPenn researchers are developing a chewing gum they say could isolate SARS-CoV-2 viruses and prevent the spread of coronavirus infection. / Penn Today

  • SideTalk adjacent Bing Bong Ten Commandments / Instagram

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To Do: 

  • Register for Micromobility World, a virtual conference promising that “the car will be unbundled” (it’s free!) 

  • Similarly: Retail Innovation Week’s January conference schedule is laid out in a handy cheat sheet. I’ll be there, come hang out IRL. 

  • Also, get this New Puzzle  from [SIC] Talks alum Ryan McGinness.  A 1,000 piece, 25 in. sq. / Four Point Puzzles

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