New Creative Era
A conversation is the start of something
A new release from Metalabel Press on the creative life
Culture is the frontier
Our societies are changing in immense ways. Time spins sideways, fast-forwards, and crashes back with each news whiplash. Every jarring moment leaves us a little more desensitized, a little more unmoored. In the middle of all this chaos, it’s fair to wonder: how much does creative work even matter
This isn’t the end, this is the beginning
Welcome to the Creative Century
What we wish we knew then
New Creative Era episode 10
An instant classic from Other Internet
When we started working on Metalabel, a neighboring project was frequently at the forefront of our minds: Other Internet. A digital culture-obsessed crew of writers, researchers, and technologists, Other Internet’s ideas helped define the past and current half-decade of the web. Classic essays like "Headless Brands," "
The most important work is antimemetic
What you don't see can hurt you
How to develop a creative career
New Creative Era episode 09
Making the leap
The world around us feels increasingly turbulent. It's hard not to wonder how to keep going and whether where we're headed is worth it. But standing in the unknown has always been part of the creative process. What's changed is the noise surrounding it.
Q&A with Pierce Day
At the tail end of last year, something magical happened—a young writer named Pierce Day from New Zealand published his first-ever work: a hefty novel exploring one man's complete and utter obsession with his phone and curating his outward perception. There's nothing quite like witnessing
The path not taken
Life is full of paths not taken. Here’s one of them. A group of writers begin independently writing about the same strange idea. They don’t plan this. It just happens. Something in the air, in the water, in the culture. They’re tuned into the same signal. At
Is there such a thing as artist-format fit?
New Creative Era episode 008
If you want to know how the creative world works, read these twelve things
An unofficial creative education
Economic case studies (with actual numbers!)
New Creative Era episode 07