Archive - Cultural Capital

When a logo becomes language

Loewe’s anagram has crossed the line from brand mark to visual language.

20 hrs ago • Michael Litman

Nike Mind and the rise of post-performance ambition

How calm, control, and stopping became status signals

Jan 13 • Michael Litman

December 2025

bonsai by brodie neill

cultural capital is not about usefulness, it is meaning made visible, identity made tangible, and the creation of a sense of self.

Dec 28, 2025 • Michael Litman

when luxury starts playing games

and why useless objects became its most powerful signal

Dec 28, 2025 • Michael Litman

how tonies won by refusing to compete with screens

simplicity as strategy, not limitation

Dec 27, 2025 • Michael Litman

cryptopunks, squiggles, and the moment internet culture joined MoMA.

why survival, not hype, is now the test of cultural legitimacy.

Dec 24, 2025 • Michael Litman

the new yorker is now on substack

how authority survives in an age of infinite content

Dec 19, 2025 • Michael Litman

there's having history and then there's making it

how jack daniel’s, mclaren and lando norris turn victory into cultural capital

Dec 12, 2025 • Michael Litman

hermès plasters and the beauty of pointless luxury

the logic of choosing something with no logic at all

Dec 10, 2025 • Michael Litman

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