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

The North Face’s Newest Collection Is 168 Years in the Making

Where were these when Lewis and Clark needed 'em?

The ‘American Psycho’ Apartment Is on Sale. Here’s How to Decorate It.

Why yes, those are copies of the Style section all over, Paul

Here, Have a High-Res Map of the Entire Visible Universe

Feel free to print it out on 1.5 miles of paper

Meet Liam Neeson, Mall Santa

He sees you when you're sleeping.

The Growhouse Is the Greenest Way to Stave Off Those Winter Blues

You might miss the sun, but at least your house plants won’t

The Most WTF?!-Inducing Human Achievements of 2016

Starting with that lunatic who skydived into a trapeze net

An Automated Restaurant That Requires Zero Human Interaction Just Opened

In case you were wondering where your jobs are going ...

Amazon Alexa’s Newest Iteration Is a TRON-esque Desklamp

Guess they weren't kidding about the future being bright

Bummer: Guys Who Manscape Are More Likely to Get STIs

And here you've been calling yourself ‘Mr. Clean’