PS Reading Guide: An Interview with Head Hi

Discovering Alvaro Alcocer and Alexandra Hodkowski's favorite independent presses, magazines, + more

Last month my Dwell colleague Jack Balderrama Morley was launching their book, Dream Facades, at Head Hi. On an especially gloomy rainy night in Brooklyn, the architecture and design bookstore was packed with people anxious to hear more about Morley’s book: a work of architectural history by way of reality TV. Inside the shop, which stocks a selective collection of books on art, design, and architecture, there’s plenty of room for people to congregate—gathering people together to engage with the ideas in the books they sell feels just as important as the books themselves.

After the discussion with Megan Reynolds, design editor and author of Like: A History of the English Language’s Most Hated (and Misunderstood) Word, I met someone new and asked what brought them to the event. They told me that they worked in the area and stop into Head Hi often for coffee, but have since become friends with the owners, Alvaro Alcocer and Alexandra Hodkowski, who told them about it. My new friend for the night isn’t particularly passionate about reality TV, but they trusted that the shop owners wouldn’t steer them wrong.

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