Lauren Ironmonger
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- Indexed articles, last 90 days
- 52
- Latest publication
- Sep 24, 2026
- Outlet visibility, for Brisbane Times
- Top 100K sites
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- Jul 7, 2026
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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
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
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
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
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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