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Lauren Ironmonger

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Reporter · AU

Indexed articles, last 90 days
52
Latest publication
Sep 24, 2026
Outlet visibility, for Brisbane Times
Top 100K sites
Earliest in this view
Jul 7, 2026

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  1. Article · Sep 24, 2026 · Lauren Ironmonger

    Performance art or marketing ploy? The empty promise of South Korea’s ‘dopamine shops’ (opens the original)

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    You have reached your maximum number of saved items. Remove items from your saved list to add more. What becomes of a desire that never materialises? And is there satisfaction to be had from the experience of yearning itself? These are the questions posed by “dopamine shops”, a new breed of websites born out of South Korea, named after the neurotransmitter in our brains associated with pleasure and reward-seeking. Bearing names such as “Food Never Arrives”, “FakeHaul” and the less imaginative “D

  2. Article · Sep 24, 2026 · Lauren Ironmonger

    Performance art or marketing ploy? The empty promise of South Korea’s ‘dopamine shops’ (opens the original)

    Excerpt · Critical tone · English

    Read excerpt

    You have reached your maximum number of saved items. Remove items from your saved list to add more. What becomes of a desire that never materialises? And is there satisfaction to be had from the experience of yearning itself? These are the questions posed by “dopamine shops”, a new breed of websites born out of South Korea, named after the neurotransmitter in our brains associated with pleasure and reward-seeking. Bearing names such as “Food Never Arrives”, “FakeHaul” and the less imaginative “D

  3. Article · Sep 24, 2026 · Lauren Ironmonger

    Performance art or marketing ploy? The empty promise of South Korea’s ‘dopamine shops’ (opens the original)

    Excerpt · Critical tone · English

    Read excerpt

    You have reached your maximum number of saved items. Remove items from your saved list to add more. What becomes of a desire that never materialises? And is there satisfaction to be had from the experience of yearning itself? These are the questions posed by “dopamine shops”, a new breed of websites born out of South Korea, named after the neurotransmitter in our brains associated with pleasure and reward-seeking. Bearing names such as “Food Never Arrives”, “FakeHaul” and the less imaginative “D

  4. Article · Sep 5, 2026 · Lauren Ironmonger and Jessica Yun

    The September 5 edition (opens the original)

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    If there was one story in our Spring Style Edit issue that got a consistent reaction, it was the piece about the “beige-ification” of our couches, based on the evolution of Ikea’s sofa colours. Ever since we entered the “stealth wealth” era, a penchant for neutrals has been widely considered a signifier of superior taste. As a result, more wardrobes are full of cream and camel shades, and more homes have become temples of Scandinavian minimalism. There are a number of theories for the prevalence

  5. Article · Sep 4, 2026 · Lauren Ironmonger and Jessica Yun

    The September 5 edition (opens the original)

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    If there was one story in our Spring Style Edit issue that got a consistent reaction, it was the piece about the “beige-ification” of our couches, based on the evolution of Ikea’s sofa colours. Ever since we entered the “stealth wealth” era, a penchant for neutrals has been widely considered a signifier of superior taste. As a result, more wardrobes are full of cream and camel shades, and more homes have become temples of Scandinavian minimalism. There are a number of theories for the prevalence

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