Alex Lauer

Alex Lauer is the features editor at InsideHook. Since joining the company in 2016, he’s covered a wide range of topics, including cars, the environment, books and business. His reporting broke stories on the rise of Bookshop (the anti-Amazon online bookseller), the fall of Best Made Company (and sale to Duluth Trading) and the false promises of a supposedly “environmentally-friendly” NFT initiative. His hands-on methods — driving in a Sherp (of Kanye West fame) in northern Minnesota and idling in the electric Ford Mustang Mach-E for 12 hours in the middle of winter — offer a reliable and unique perspective on popular issues. Previously, he wrote for City Pages in the Twin Cities after graduating from the University of Minnesota. After starting at IH in New York City, he now lives in Minneapolis, MN. Follow him on Instagram: @alexlauer.

All Articles From Alex Lauer

Persol’s Classic Sunglasses Are Over $170 Off

Get huge discounts on five other styles, too

The First All-Electric Mini Cooper Is Radical in Its Simplicity

The 2020 Mini Cooper SE looks and feels like … a regular Mini

Need a New Swimsuit? These American-Made Trunks Are 25% Off.

Flint and Tinder updated these Breaker Trunks for 2019

Spend the Rest of Summer in Faherty’s Exclusive Capsule Collection

A ‘60s-inspired Hawaiian shirt, corduroy hat and more, only at Huckberry

The 10 Frank Lloyd Wright Buildings You Need to Visit in California

Including the one just added to UNESCO’s World Heritage List

Real Talk: You Don’t Need That SUV (and You Know It)

Americans are killing off the sedan, and that's bad news for the planet

Apple Cofounder Urges People to “Figure Out a Way to Get Off Facebook”

Steve Wozniak deleted his account following the Cambridge Analytica scandal

All Seven of These Low-Mileage Ferraris Are Going Up for Auction

What to know about the four-decade-spanning Ming Collection before Monterey

FYI: Lululemon Makes High-Performing Swim Trunks, Too

You need another pair of boardshorts and these are 30% off

5 Things You Didn’t Know About the Electric Porsche Taycan

From “foot garages” to Tesla-beating power, here’s what to know before it hits dealers

Only 11 of These Flip-Tail Aston Martins Exist, and One Is Up for Auction

It's a special edition of the UK’s “first true supercar,” with a James Bond pedigree

A $67 High-End Chef’s Knife That Stays Sharp? Crowd Cookware Made One.

The Kickstarter heros follow up their Blackbeard pans with the Wigbold

Need Help in the Home Design Department? Shop Where Women Do.

Anthropologie is discounting furniture, rugs and more an extra 50% off

Absolutely Everything at Taylor Stitch Is on Sale. This Is Not a Test.

Take up to 30% off all our favorite summer essentials from the SF brand

5 Things to Buy at Todd Snyder’s Site-Wide 20% Off Sale

Italian linen sportcoats, mid-century watches and full-on Champion fits

Could Lightyear One Be the First Commercial Solar-Powered Car?

A prototype of the long-range EV was unveiled today