Narratives

A sanctuary for the curious mind. Offering brain-ergonomic digital reading through publications in the Reading Room.
Featuring manifestos, articles, and essays.

Designing Digital Reading for Cognitive Integrity

For twenty years, the tech industry has told us that digital reading is “liberating.” But as we move between our phones, tablets, and laptops, we’ve ignored a frustrating reality: the digital page is a shape-shifter that sabotages our concentration….. Read More

  • The Gendered Spine

    Overcoming a five-century design deadlock to save the reading experience Perhaps we don’t need more willpower to read more books. By exploring the history and context of book design, we can actually decode the…

  • The Farming Myth: Reclaiming Humans’ 3-Million-Year-Old History

    Contemporary cultures worldwide tend to view farming as the pinnacle of human advancement—the hard-won prize of an evolutionary journey that dragged us from the chaotic, hand-to-mouth existence of the “hunter-gatherer” into the enlightened era…