Each week, we share the top five articles that caught our attention. Here are your must-reads, published here and abroad, for the week of November 26th 2018.
The future of aging just might be Margaritaville
In Daytona Beach, Florida, a line has already begun to form outside the sales center for the first Latitude Margaritaville “55 and better” community.
→ Read it on The New York Times
The set of cups that shook the world
Ever since the company opened in 1977, Starbucks has issued a holiday design for its iconic cups with nary a complaint from the general public. But all that changed in 2015.
→ Read it on Medium
In the digital age, the sticky note abides
Since the 1970s, tech companies keep trying to improve on a staple of office supplies without preserving everything that made it useful in the first place.
→ Read it on Fast Company
The queer generation gap
How the sexual fluidity of the next generation reflects the limitations of the one that came before it.
→ Read it on Longreads
The colours we eat
When it comes to food, colour is money. More specifically, food colour does more than guide us—it changes our experience of taste.
→ Read it on Nautilus
Havas named agency of record for Flair Airlines
#Sponsored
When you want to take your local airline to the national level, it’s going to be challenge. Flair Airlines has asked Havas and La Maison W Montréal to help provide the solutions.
→ Read it on Grenier aux nouvelles (French)
In your earbuds: Le prétexte
Le Prétexte is a musical interlude in your week, an opportunity to discover new artists. The host spends the first hour sharing music that strikes a whimsy in his heart, while the second hour focuses on an invited guest.
→ Listen to it on Balado Quebec (French)
Instagram fave
Look away from the November weather and admire these animals doing things instead.
Photo: Paul Paetzel