Hello friends! This week, we wander Costco with Chinese influencers flexing their institutional-size muffin hauls; we explore the strange, crumbling metaverse of Neopets; and we gaze deeply into the MLM/DAO, Mirror.xyz. It's a wild ride as usual! Thanks for listening!&nbsp;
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Articles mentioned in this episode:
CHINESE INFLUENCERS 
https://www.vice.com/en/article/dypzny/pose-costco-influencer-photos-china
NEOPETS 
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2021/11/03/arts/design/neopets.html?searchResultPosition=3
MIRROR.XYZ 
https://www.vice.com/en/article/dypzbq/surprise-the-future-of-media-involves-a-crypto-based-popularity-contest-mirror 
https://decrypt.co/83041/mirror-daos-and-the-exclusivity-problem

Episode 12: Decorative Jony Ive Plates, Mysterious Chrome Cubes, Fascist A.I., and the Uncanny Copy Valley

40 Trillion DPI is a show about all the ways design manifests. It's about design both as a discipline and a cultural product. Each episode, Helen Ip and Justin Carder (two designers/weirdos/friends) get together to talk about the world through the lens of design. Thanks for hanging out with us!