FYI #120
Issue Two of the Internet Phone Book is open for submissions… An annual publication for exploring the vast poetic web, featuring essays, musings and a directory with the personal websites of hundreds of designers, developers, writers, curators, and educators.
‘I could barely think because it was so bad’: how pain changes us, interview with Darcey Steinke about her new book, This Is The Door
Material Intelligence, an online publication from the Chipstone Foundation. Each issue takes a deep dive into one commonplace material, used in all kinds of making.
Mary Oliver: Saved by the Beauty of the World documentary
11 Talented Artists To Watch + Collect In 2026, via The Design Files
A spectacularly airy house hidden behind an unassuming façade in east London, via House & Garden
How to write like a human, via Cyber Celibate… None of the memorable pieces of writing I’ve read recently are textbook versions of their form. Sally Rooney is allergic to punctuation. Hanya Yanagihara likes to repeat things. Anne Carson turns the academic essay on its head.
New research report.. Balancing the books: The value of the State Library of NSW and NSW public libraries, via the State Library NSW .. Currently, about 40% of the NSW population has a public library card, making the public library network arguably one of the highest membership organisations in the state.
“I made all the furniture” - How a Tokyo Ceramicist Lives Small in his DIY Apartment, via Never Too Small
Maria Balshaw on Creative Rebellion, Life After the Tate & The House as a Container, via Homing
David Byrne on Fashion Neurosis with Bella Freud
'Only Dead Men Can Tell The Truth About War', by Elif Shafak
Valeria Luiselli on the Sound of the Border, via Thresholds