Link About It: This Week’s Picks

Modernizing Yiddish, designing the world's best logos, Napping with NASA and more in our look at the web

1. The World’s Best Logo While there are many brands whose logos are burned into our minds—for better or worse—none of them were easy to create: “crafting such a deceptively simple symbol is a massive undertaking, so it’s no surprise that the majority of the world’s logos are so disposable,” journalist John Brownlee shares. With that in mind, Fast Co has explored (along with various …

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Videos from Röyksopp and KAYTRANADA, a new record by Solange, Ryan Hemsworth's mixtape and more

Solange: A Seat at the Table Since announcing new music earlier this week, Solange Knowles just released her lush, thoughtful and political album A Seat at the Table. Knowles has been working on the record for four years, and the result is powerful, soulful and tender—with a little romance and plenty of the frustrations and fears that come with being a black person in current-day …

Link About It: This Week’s Picks

Tech that reads your mood, hangover-free booze, clever advertising and more in this week's look at the web

1. Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture Though the museum was originally proposed a century ago, Washington DC’s Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture finally opened its doors this past weekend. Telling important stories about black people, issues and culture, the museum has some 36,000 artifacts on display. We’re most excited about items that represent some of the first …