EditorialLauren Yeager stacked used coolers and other found consumer items to create plastic totems on display in the U.S. Pavilion at the Venice Architecture Biennale in Venice, Italy, May 18, 2023. (Matteo de Mayda/The New York Times)
EditorialLauren Yeager stacked used coolers and other found consumer items to create plastic totems on display in the U.S. Pavilion at the Venice Architecture Biennale in Venice, Italy, May 18, 2023. (Matteo de Mayda/The New York Times)
EditorialLauren Yeager stacked used coolers and other found consumer items to create plastic totems on display in the U.S. Pavilion at the Venice Architecture Biennale in Venice, Italy, May 18, 2023. (Matteo de Mayda/The New York Times)
EditorialLauren Yeager stacked used coolers and other found consumer items to create plastic totems on display in the U.S. Pavilion at the Venice Architecture Biennale in Venice, Italy, May 18, 2023. (Matteo de Mayda/The New York Times)
EditorialLauren Yeager stacked used coolers and other found consumer items to create plastic totems on display in the U.S. Pavilion at the Venice Architecture Biennale in Venice, Italy, May 18, 2023. (Matteo de Mayda/The New York Times)
EditorialLauren Yeager stacked used coolers and other found consumer items to create plastic totems on display in the U.S. Pavilion at the Venice Architecture Biennale in Venice, Italy, May 18, 2023. (Matteo de Mayda/The New York Times)
EditorialLauren Yeager stacked used coolers and other found consumer items to create plastic totems on display in the U.S. Pavilion at the Venice Architecture Biennale in Venice, Italy, May 18, 2023. (Matteo de Mayda/The New York Times)
EditorialLauren Yeager stacked used coolers and other found consumer items to create plastic totems on display in the U.S. Pavilion at the Venice Architecture Biennale in Venice, Italy, May 18, 2023. (Matteo de Mayda/The New York Times)
EditorialStacked washing machines await disassembly at Road2Work, a recycling hub in Ede, the Netherlands, on Aug. 30, 2022. The high cost of refurbishing is among the obstacles to a so-called circular economy. (Max Pinckers/The New York Times)
EditorialDebris from Hurricane Ian is stacked against the wall of the Beach and Tennis Club in Bonita Beach, Fla. on Friday, Sept. 30, 2022. (Jason Andrew/The New York Times)
EditorialLumber is stacked at Kamps Hardwoods, a Michigan-based manufacturer of kiln-treated lumber used for homes and furniture, in Dutton, Mich., on July 20, 2022. (Sarah Rice/The New York Times)
EditorialLumber is stacked at Kamps Hardwoods, a Michigan-based manufacturer of kiln-treated lumber used for homes and furniture, in Dutton, Mich., on July 20, 2022. (Sarah Rice/The New York Times)
EditorialVincent van Gogh: The Factory, Vincent van Gogh, July?September 1887, Oil on canvas, In the late nineteenth century, the French landscape outside of Paris was becoming increasingly marked by signs of industry. Here Van Gogh depicts a glass factory in A...
EditorialVincent van Gogh: The Factory, Vincent van Gogh, July?September 1887, Oil on canvas, In the late nineteenth century, the French landscape outside of Paris was becoming increasingly marked by signs of industry. Here Van Gogh depicts a glass factory in A...