“The strange thing can be the beautiful thing.” British–born, Barcelona–based architectural designer and entrepreneur Andrew Trotter has a resumé as diverse and impressive as his travels. And now as an architectural designer for his eponymous studio and the editor of lauded design publication OPENHOUSE Magazine, Andrew travels the world, finding ongoing inspiration in the strange and the beautiful. Read the full feature here: exceptionalalien.com/andrew-trotter | Exceptional ALIEN

The thought of finding alien life has fascinated people since the time of the ancient Greeks—but developments in astrobiology could be about to turn this possibility into reality. How do you hunt for life beyond Earth—and might this be the decade when we find it? https://econ.st/3VJjucb | The Economist