Charlie Weak

2 months ago | untappedjournal.com | Cynthia Rosenfeld |Charlie Weak

If there is one thing that Los Angeles teaches you, it is to become highly sensitive to “vibe.” The notion of vibe supercharges this city—which is evidenced by its robust history of cults. Vibe is intangibility, ambiguity, and so is also a dark art. For those places or people or things able to possess it, or manufacture it, vibe is also power. Power and, we should say, a major economic driver. More and more, we seem to live in a vibe economy (and a vibe politics) = a very polite way of putting it.

Jun 24, 2024 | untappedjournal.com | Owen Hatherley |Deb Chachra |Charlie Weak |Edwin Heathcote

Smallbrook Queensway is a boulevard in the center of Birmingham, Britain’s second-largest city, located just around the corner from New Street railway station, one of the United Kingdom’s busiest.

Jun 3, 2024 | untappedjournal.com | Charlie Weak |Eva Hagberg |Ellen Peirson

One of my earliest memories is of my grandpa Jim, my mom’s dad, helping me build a pinewood derby racer in his garage in Juniata, Nebraska. I vaguely remember him showing me how he used an old band saw and belt sander to shape the racer’s aerodynamic body, whittling down compartments under the nose to fit weights so that the car would accelerate more rapidly.

Jun 3, 2024 | untappedjournal.com | Edwin Heathcote |Karrie Jacobs |Jarrett Fuller |Charlie Weak

One of my earliest memories is of my grandpa Jim, my mom’s dad, helping me build a pinewood derby racer in his garage in Juniata, Nebraska. I vaguely remember him showing me how he used an old band saw and belt sander to shape the racer’s aerodynamic body, whittling down compartments under the nose to fit weights so that the car would accelerate more rapidly.