Artwork by Nick Misani On August 30th of this year, on our 15th birthday, we will publish our very last post here at Design*Sponge. This year will be a special one, and it will be our last one operating in the way we have for so many years. But this won?t be a sad shuttering […]

Artwork by Nick Misani
On August 30th of this year, on our 15th birthday, we will publish our very last post here at Design*Sponge. This year will be a special one, and it will be our last one operating in the way we have for so many years. But this won?t be a sad shuttering of doors — it is going to be a full-fledged, joy-filled celebration where we drag out all of our fanciest china and best linens to celebrate with you, our friends and community, for the next eight months. We?re going to do all the things we?ve always wanted to do, try and delve into here at D*S but never have — and we?ll be getting updates on some of the most beloved stories, people, and homes we?ve shared here over the years. But first, some backstory?. I?ve spent a long time trying to figure out the right way to close this beautiful, complex, and wonderfully meaningful place that I?ve had the honor of running and contributing to for the past 14 years. I’d written and re-written a letter like this dozens of times until this fall, when someone snuck into my mind and heart, and put everything I would have said onto (digital) paper. That person was Tavi Gevinson and when she closed Rookie she wrote the closi...