I was looking at a storefront window the other day, or maybe it was just a really targeted ad online, I don't entirely remember. But it struck me how completely disconnected the luxury watch market has become from, well, actual reality. You see these incredible timepieces, and the craftsmanship is undeniable, but then you look […]
Ik zat laatst te denken aan hoe ontzettend vermoeiend het eigenlijk is om een auto te verkopen. Tenminste, dat was mijn ervaring een paar jaar geleden. Of misschien is het al wat langer geleden, de tijd gaat soms zo merkwaardig snel. Je denkt van tevoren dat het een simpele kwestie is van een paar vlotte […]
There is this very specific, almost universal moment of dread that I think most of us have experienced at least once. I know I have. You walk into your kitchen late at night, maybe just to get a glass of water, and you flip the light switch… and you see it. A shadow darts under […]
I've been thinking a lot lately about how we interact with our digital canvases. It is strange, actually, how deeply attached you can get to a specific piece of hardware. When you spend hours every day staring at a screen, holding a plastic pen, the tool basically becomes an extension of your hand. So, when […]
I’ve been thinking a lot lately about how the internet has just… changed. It feels vastly different now than it did a decade ago. It’s noisier, I suppose. And there is this constant, underlying feeling that you are always being watched. Not necessarily in a dramatic, spy-movie kind of way, but just by algorithms. Your […]
It’s a funny thing about modern life—we have more access to products than any other generation in history, but finding something that actually feels right has somehow become more difficult. I was thinking about this while scrolling through a massive, well-known marketplace the other day. You search for something simple, like a kitchen gadget or […]
It is a funny thing about empty space. The moment you have it, you fill it. I think it is practically a law of physics at this point. You buy a house with a two-car garage, and within three years, you are parking your cars in the driveway because the garage is full of holiday […]
It is actually a bit of a paradox when you really stop and think about it. We live in this incredibly fast-paced, constantly connected world, and we absorb all this stress into our shoulders and our lower backs. So, logically, we decide we need to unwind. We book a spa appointment. But if you live […]
Het is eigenlijk een heel merkwaardig fenomeen, als je er echt even goed over nadenkt. Iemand wordt vijftig jaar. Dat is op zichzelf natuurlijk al een behoorlijke mijlpaal, een moment waarop mensen vaak toch even de balans opmaken, denk ik. En wat doen we in Nederland en Vlaanderen om dit toch ietwat confronterende moment te […]
I think most people who launch a website have this brief, fleeting moment of triumph. You finally hit publish, the domain is live, and you think, right, that’s it. The world will now flock to my page. But then a week goes by, or maybe a month, and you check your traffic analytics… and it’s […]