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

A Flask So Discerning It Hides the Good Stuff From Your Friends

Finally a solution to, “Let me get a hit of that!”

A 3D-Printed Home That Takes 24 Hours and 10K to Build? Go On …

Or did you actually *want* to keep paying your mortgage?

Is This ‘Smart’ Workbench Better Than Your Grandpa’s?

It has lights! It has gizmos! But is it actually reliable?

Your Headphones Don’t Plug Into Your Helmet. These Do.

All the music. Less of violently crashing into other people.

Engineless Plane to Attempt Stratosphere, Hopefully Not Incinerate Pilot

Keep your limbs inside the aircraft, or your blood will boil

The Jazz Age Upgrade Your Home Bar Deserves

Don't settle adequate home bar when it could be a work of art

This Is the World’s Lightest Hammock

Packs down smaller than a beer. Meaning: more room for beers.

You Only Need Two Things to Take Off and Land This Aircraft: Your Feet

Meet the Archaeopteryx. Don't worry, there's no spelling test.

If You Like Sustainable Architecture, Welcome to Your Utopia

Honey, grab the kids. We're moving to Turkey.'