In this new BAG TALK episode, Elizaveta Federmesser is joined by creative consultant and the person behind No Research Today, Alex Kropp. They talk about Alex’s new book “What’s the question you are asking yourself right now?”, published by A Service Books, but also about dm confessional, Bible-like book design, “answers bored me”, staying eternally hopeful, making friends through an idea, bringing anonymity back, taking a picture on a fake private jet, deprofessionalizing your emails, specialty magazines from the 90s, niche being basic, studying philosophy to mend a broken heart, Kandinsky shapes alphabet, and what is the speed of boredom?

Follow their conversation while they are stoop surfing in Amsterdam.

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Elizaveta Federmesser is a cultural strategist and researcher. She is also the founder and editor of BAGMAG, an independent cultural research publication distributed internationally by Antenne Books London. Elizaveta hosts BAG TALK, a video and audio interview series on fashion, media theory, and internet culture, and works as a brand and culture strategist and creative consultant for organizations. She has presented original cultural research as an invited keynote speaker for Chanel’s European Head Office and guest-lectured on fashion, AI, and media theory at the Gerrit Rietveld Academie in Amsterdam.

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