Boxing at Soho House

Remembering Robin Williams and Lauren Bacall, the USPS' long-overdue rebrand, smartphones charged by sound and more in our weekly look at the web

Members-only club Soho House has just opened in Chicago, but with a feature not found at their other locations. The high-end hotspot has installed a boxing ring, custom made from vegetable-tanned Horween leather and complete with programs run by local champ Rick Fornuto. Even more surprising though is that parts of Soho House Chicago are open to the public—from the lobby’s juice bar to the …

USPS Rebrand by GrandArmy

Remembering Robin Williams and Lauren Bacall, the USPS' long-overdue rebrand, smartphones charged by sound and more in our weekly look at the web

The United States’ post offices are generally known as a place of misery and wasted time. “Efficient” is rarely a word used to describe their locations or services. Recently the USPS took a big step in cleaning up their reputation, thanks to a comprehensive rebrand by GrandArmy agency. The facelift will affect all materials used in the post offices—from tags, signs and boxes to kiosks, …

Owning All The Music in the World

Remembering Robin Williams and Lauren Bacall, the USPS' long-overdue rebrand, smartphones charged by sound and more in our weekly look at the web

São Paulo-based Zero Freitas has one weakness: vinyl. He owned around 3,000 records before graduating from high school, and went on to study music composition in college before taking over the family business, a bus company. Now, he has a 25,000-square-foot warehouse containing, at his best guess, over several million albums. This NYT Magazine piece uncovers Freitas’ fascination with buying all of the records in …