The most normal thing I have learned over time is that no matter where you go across the globe, every home has its own sacred household rules. Don’t leave your shoes lying around. Take your shoes off before entering the house. Leave them on the balcony. And then, of course, there are the drawers. We…
Why do we keep a drawer filled with tangled cables when we have no idea what they actually plug into? Why do we instinctively stand in queues, hang up our towels after a shower, or refill the ice tray when somebody has used the last cube? Some of these habits have perfectly sensible explanations. Others…
Where the Questions Hide. In this issue, we dive headfirst into a simple, baffling question: Why do we do that? Sometimes we do strange things. We keep the empty ice cream tin just in case. We leave WhatsApp messages unanswered, panic over Sunday night speeches, and let junk drawers collect dust until they refuse to…
What happens when we stop trying to direct the traffic in our own minds and simply let an unexpected idea take the wheel? In this week’s issue, the journey begins at the editorial desk, where building, destruction, storytelling and bread somehow collide. Sometimes curiosity starts with a grand question; other times, with something small enough…
What happens when we reach the edge of what we can know? In Pineapple 25, the answer might begin with a photograph from another country, a seven-year-old’s remarkably confident plan for adulthood, a dragon that refuses to remain imaginary, or a lunch table where somebody wonders whether every question should really be asked. Stepping Through…
The coffee has gone cold again. It sits on the edge of the desk, a dark, still pool next to a mountain of open tabs, sticky notes and proof sheets. Outside, the world is moving at its usual, loud pace. Cars hum down the street, neighbours argue about the fence line, and the day marches…
Questions That Change Something What happens when somebody asks one more question? In Pineapple 23, the answer might be a new dance, a marriage, a boundary, a better wardrobe, a journey through somebody else’s ordinary life or a thousand words of carefully generated rubbish. It might also be a glowing portal behind the washing machine….
What Counts as Rest? Rest sounds simple until people begin talking about it. We imagine silence, sleep, an empty calendar and perhaps a comfortable chair positioned somewhere far away from responsibility. Then real life interferes. One person rests beside a race. Another needs a house full of noise. Somebody else finishes the work, cleans the…
This issue began with a simple idea: LESS IS MORE. Then the articles arrived. One became five. Five became ten. The sequence moved, the lead changed, new stories appeared, and somewhere between a radio experiment and two raccoons fighting over a bagel, the small issue became a very large Pineapple. That is how The Pineapple…
A Sense of Direction Rest sounded like such a simple idea. Sleep a little longer. Put your feet up. Take a holiday. Switch off your phone. Then our tables started talking. Very quickly, rest became something much bigger. This week, Martin and Manfred wonder whether we are really living life—or simply consuming it. Ismar invites…
