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Fail Fast

Sweden’s new Museum of Failure displays a collection of ill-fated products, from the once-promising Google Glass to the tone-deaf Bic for Her pen.
[The New York Times]

Saltz on Solemnity

Jerry Saltz recounts the experience of Glenn O’Brien’s funeral, where he reunited with “a kind of ragtag cross-generational School of Athens of the New York avant-garde.”
[Vulture]

Muji Goes Mini

Everything is better in miniature. For $27,000, a Muji-branded tiny house could be yours.
[Curbed]

Closing up Shop

According to Bloomberg, the long-heralded retail apocalypse is finally here.
[Bloomberg]

Sixth Scents

Goop is opening a pop-up, full of “clairvoyant” and “homeopathic” perfumes. Be very afraid.
[WWD]

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