How neon noir, scavenged leather, and corporate sterility from 1980s–90s dystopian fiction crept into high fashion and streetwear - and why those styles now feel like political shorthand for anxiety about surveillance, climate collapse, and late capitalism.
A walk down the grubby aisle of 1990s recess: Sega’s color, backlit powerhouse versus Nintendo’s humble, long-lasting brick. This is a comparative ode to why both mattered - and why one won the hearts of millions.
A nostalgic yet skeptical look at how data moved from tactile, personal media like floppy disks to ephemeral cloud infrastructures - and what subtle, meaningful things we gave up in the trade for convenience and scale.
A guided tour through lesser-known 80s and 90s space operas - anime and Western - that shaped modern sci‑fi but now live in the dust of bargain-bin VHS. Story beats, animation choices, cultural influence, and how to find them (yes, legally).
Why are teenagers buying Walkmans and swapping mixtapes in 2025? Because cassettes offer ritual, scarcity, and a tactile honesty streaming can’t deliver. This article explains the cultural, technological, and emotional reasons behind the cassette resurgence - and how it’s changing the way young people think about music and ownership.
The story of digital organizers is a story about focus vs. abundance. From the PalmPilot's singular mission - organize your life - to today's always-on smartphones that do everything and demand everything, here's what we lost, what we gained, and what designers should remember.
Digital voice recorders have quietly resurrected a human art we were about to lose: the telling of true lives, in human voices. This piece explores how pocket-sized recorders turn private memories into public patrimony, includes interviews with enthusiasts, and gives practical, ethical, and technical tips to make your recordings sing.
A nostalgic, investigative look at how the VCR shaped 90s culture - from rental-store rituals to time-shifting - and why the age of magnetic tape ended so quickly. An argument about what we lost when physical media surrendered to streaming, and why that matters now.