Remembering Elliott Erwitt (1928-2023), a remarkable photographer and long-time Magnum member whose lens beautifully captured the human experience. We reflect on the life and work of the legendary image-maker: bit.ly/3sXwz9i © Elliott Erwitt / Magnum Photos

the perfect site doesn't exist... infiniteflowers.net

Pulling Weeds: Reading Print Magazines Is an Elite Pursuit — gq.com/story/pulling-… via GQ Magazine

I can't wait to fetishize the offline, but also put it on the internet as much as possible

Satellites by @jonasbendiksen 📸 Bendiksen's seven-year journey photographing the unrecognized mini-states, breakaway republics and isolated communities that straddle the southern borderlands of the former Soviet Union. © @jonasbendiksen / Magnum Photos

Remember Best Made, the 'fancy axe company'? In 2016, founder Peter Buchanan-Smith sold it & moved to a cabin in the woods. Best Made soon changed hands & became a shell of its former self. Until recently. Peter got a call: Wanna buy it back? My latest. open.substack.com/pub/desirepath…

Every media company gutting their special interest brands will either watch helplessly or scramble to catch up in like 18 months. Everything we know about Gen Z media consumption points to it being more niche. This is a digital media extinction event. garbageday.email/p/how-the-mrbe…

Grail physical media, secured. VICE Guide to Travel DVD, 2006.

Gabriella Paiella

Really did not expect to read all about raihan.̷̨̡̡̢̢̡̡̢̡̜̦̤̗̟̫͖͙͚̗̤͇̹̟̦͕͓̱̤̻̠̯͇̯͓̩͈͕̣̙̙͕̻ life story in an IG story from a seemingly unrelated person I follow! desirepaths.co/p/raihan

Well, I’m back. littleplains.co 🏖️

"It’s that intense founder energy where the idea, the business, the financial potential is all that matters, and everything else suffers. I never want to be that person." –Erik Brodt, co-founder of Ginew, the first Native American-owned denim brand desirepaths.co/p/ginew

My guilty habit is inevitably saying ‘I could live here!’ about literally any cool city I go on holiday to.

My interview with Tokyo-based designer, author and researcher Jan Chipchase on the 12 stages of life, the invention (and future) of language and AI, how one of his books raised $336,000 on Kickstarter, and why he leads annual expeditions into Afghanistan. desirepaths.co/p/jan-chipchase

I write about the world's most interesting small businesses every Friday. Latest issue below! (Thanks Hugh Thomas 😇)

High praise! I write about people building their dream small businesses, every Friday AM. It's free.