![Trop picks: Bird's Nest Fern](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/607e9179dd45a553bc2a112b/1620438239652-3XMVC403OF4QKGW31Z1G/image-asset.jpeg)
Trop picks: Bird's Nest Fern
Exploring parallels between the bird's nest fern, a vascular epiphyte, and apartment-dwelling homo sapiens.
![Stop complaining about your lawyers](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/607e9179dd45a553bc2a112b/1620438229872-O3JU6PKGDZYZXIZZ13JN/image-asset.png)
Stop complaining about your lawyers
Maybe your lawyer isn't that bad after all.
![Conspicuous consumption](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/607e9179dd45a553bc2a112b/1620438229084-LYL84LYFWMGN0JOROEC1/image-asset.jpeg)
Conspicuous consumption
An appreciation of the Mughal wine cup.
![Sori Yanagi's pedestrian bridges are anything but](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/607e9179dd45a553bc2a112b/1620438219267-NSSD11XAN340PMA10QTQ/image-asset.jpeg)
Sori Yanagi's pedestrian bridges are anything but
Sori Yanagi was obsessed with bridges, specifically the ugliferous blights that would greet his eyes every time he exited the Osaka train station.
![Trop picks: Flowers of the universe](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/607e9179dd45a553bc2a112b/1620438209763-I7U1QS8YPHD4YIF4H5E0/image-asset.png)
Trop picks: Flowers of the universe
We look at designs from traditional culture as part of a series on symbols of love that are not the ubiquitous heart.
![Fearless: Ken Tsai-Lee](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/607e9179dd45a553bc2a112b/1620438209561-O3B2JVHW1NYO36ZZOU1B/image-asset.jpeg)
Fearless: Ken Tsai-Lee
If I had to use one word to describe Ken Tsai-Lee, "fearless" would be it.