Account
Are.na
About
Are.na is a platform for saving and organizing content into "channels" — visual boards that function somewhere between Pinterest and a knowledge base. The community skews toward designers, researchers, artists, and writers. The platform's culture is anti-algorithmic and anti-attention-economy; it has no likes, no follower counts shown, no algorithmic feed.
Why Follow
The are.na community produces some of the best visual research and intellectual curation online. Individual channels — by designers, artists, and researchers — are often more useful than any curated feed. The platform itself is a useful study in anti-attention-economy product design. Following the account surfaces notable channels and research.
Notable Output
- Community channels on visual culture, design research, theory
- Annual "Are.na Annual" — a print publication of notable channels
- Blog posts on platform design philosophy
