Writer Yoshiko Kurata speaks to legendary love hotel designer Amii Shin, and takes us inside the last standing love hotels of Japan.
Whitney Mallett reflects on how a pull toward spirit is more than just a trend.
“After a long pause, she said: There’s nothing left to do but wait.”
The look might not last, but it can always be put together again.
“It’s not privileged information to say he was obsessed with decoys.”
The multi-talented engineer turned Vitsœ planner shares his prized possessions.
Ife Salema Vanable, Diana Jean Sandoval Martinez, Omar Gandhi, and Zeina Koreitem take us to the places where the past, present, and future of their work meet.
Writer Eric Schwartau on the sport that’s redefining us, on and off the court.
Writer Sam Reiss has the cheat code to close the gap between the chain gym you do not like and the living space where much more is possible.
“Evolution is so much iller than a full-out rebrand.”
“I rarely entertain guests, and yet find myself surrounded by company.”
Like trees that grow by cycling through iterations of shedding and rebirth, the reshapings of the spaces we inhabit are the ingredients to our own growth, healing, and transformation.
“Often imitated, never replicated, and perpetually sold out.”
Four writers on the olfactory cues that shape their memories.
A film about how to grow, inside and out.
he SSENSE editors share 2021 stories that delighted us, or put a name to something precisely, or connected us to the past in a remarkable way.
Transformation remains Colette’s favorite distortion.
A documentary on the cinematic phenomenon of folk horror accessible enough for the general public and nerdy enough for the true heads.
