Joshua Paul Dale, the author of Irresistible: How Cuteness Wired our Brains and Conquered the World, spoke to the CBC about why the Hello Kitty mascot endures half a century after it first came out in Japan.

This is an op-ed I wrote for The Japan Times.

On how the cuteness of digital entities like LUCA, a new Artlab Digital Commission from Ed Fornieles, can act as a catalyst for the evolution of human-digital relationships.

This is an op-ed I wrote for The Japan Times.

Episode on cuteness for the No Fixed Address podcast.

Cute Ecologies: an online recorded seminar.

The exhibition “Cute: the Irresistible Rise of Cuteness in Contemporary Culture” begins January 24, 2023 at Somerset House in London.

The Sanzen-in Temple in Kyoto houses a captivating collection of Warabe-Jizo statues, each carrying a profound sense of serenity and charm.

Prince Chu is the mascot of Chuo University.

The big idea: why do we find cuteness so hard to resist?

A video about the new academic field of Cute Studies.

This smiling rabbit was the logo of Bunkio Matsuki’s (1867-1940) Boston shop that sold Japanese imports in the early 20th century.

A lesson for TED-Ed on the science of cuteness.

What happened when I showed an 800-year-old puppy statue at a Japan Foundation New York workshop.

Sanrio exhibition “The Beginning of Kawaii” featuring Hello Kitty and friends.

An online reading group for the Aww-Struck: Creative and Critical Approaches to Cuteness, 8 December 2021.

A panel discussion at the Casa Con online convention, December 16-18, 2021