#36 nothing goes away
open tabs: most bingeable genre imo, making Chicken Shop Date, new Older Brother
Welcome to Objectively #36! Open Tabs is a sub-series inspired by my toxic trait of having endless browser tabs. What can I say? They bring me joy, pique my curiosity, and teach me lessons I’ve to learn and relearn.
And I want to share them with you. This edition covers 8 tabs ranging from building a rated media series to tranquil vibes, and why nothing goes away.
Colin and Samir’s interview with Amelia Dimoldenberg about making Chicken Shop Date.
One of my dreams is to build out a series interviewing interviewers (gotta put it out there after my first one), so I’m always on the look out for interviewers at the top of their game, observing how they go about their craft, and getting parasocial joy from it.
As a big fan of what Amelia has done with Chicken Shop Date (got so much to say about humour and awkz vibes!), this 1.5 hour interview was a treat. Top 3 nuggets for me:
If you believe in something and want it to exist, sometimes you’ve to create it yourself and not wait for permission. People not believing in your vision says more about them than you, and you can be on to something great.
After shooting the AJ Tracey interview, she waited for months to post it with the new intro and outro (that were being designed)—which proved to be an inflection point for the series. Though she later found out through analytics that it’s what people skip out on the most, she loves it and still uses the same until this day. As Colin put it, “it’s about valuing brand over necessarily views”.
You want to work with people that will leave. In the context of her first producer leaving to start her own agency, Amelia’s dad consoled her saying “the best people will always leave” because they’re ambitious, and that’s not a bad thing.
The Restaurant of Mistaken Orders, where they get 37% of orders wrong but 99% customer happiness. It’s a pop-up concept to raise awareness and change perceptions of ageing and dementia. Read more.
The gentle surprise of the inadvertent human mistakes has become, in a way, the actual product of the restaurant—more than the desired meal itself. Much of the laughter that fills the eatery arises from the pleasant shock of seeing what you are actually, unexpectedly being served.
Soorin Shin’s Wobbly Digital. All 3D printed and cute statement pieces, but I’m partial to the mirror that looks like a fiery creature.
Street interview series make for the most bingeable genre imo. Recently discovered World Microphone and love that it’s mostly London (a tangent to NYC-centric ones), fashion-focused, and as expected, super feel good.
The sounds from this moving sculpture by Merlin Kater.
There’s something alluring about Hubert Yang’s photos, often drawing attention to the human body as well as nature elements. This one stopped me in my (scrolling) tracks.
The new collaboration between Older Brother and Lyle McGraw. Especially this jeans. I would love to see how it moves in action.
A parting quote, highlighted by
in her podcast Reset,
Nothing goes away until it teaches you what you need to know.
Have these reminded you of something, or wanna share one of your open tabs? Chime in!
Catch up on the previous edition of Open Tabs and what to expect in the next few months.