Zander Abranowicz’s intensive approach to strategy and language untangles the complexities of culture and commerce into well-scrubbed prose, and connects what brands do and say with what the world wants and needs. His practice is informed by a decade of experience in competitive creative and editorial roles at agencies including Athletics and Code and Theory. He is presently the Strategy Director at Abbreviated Projects.

Zander Abranowicz’s intensive approach to strategy and language untangles the complexities of culture and commerce into well-scrubbed prose, and connects what brands do and say with what the world wants and needs. His practice is informed by a decade of experience in competitive creative and editorial roles at agencies including Athletics and Code and Theory. He is presently the Strategy Director at Abbreviated Projects.

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WM Brown
2025

Lord Byron's Barber

Essay about getting a haircut and a shave at the world's oldest barbershop

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Buzzcut
2024

Animals at War

On the interspecies alliances that shape world history

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Are.na Annual
2023

Séance for the Ghost Bird

Cultivating a sense of communion with the ivory-bill chasers of the past

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Buzzcut
2023

Star Power

In support of public displays of Jewishness

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Ocracoke Observer
2023

Rachel Carson’s Coast

Reading the naturalist’s debut novel in its natural habitat

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Heatmap
2023

How E Bikes Won My Heart

Learning to love a misfit mode of transportation

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Heatmap
2023

How Birding Became Cool

Why your favorite rappers and revolutionaries are all picking up binoculars

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Buzzcut
2022

Sailing the Cyclades

Seven days exploring the hidden gems of an iconic island chain

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Buzzcut
2022

Rainwear Theory

Where waterproof clothing came from and what it means in the age of superstorms

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Buzzcut
2022

Sketches of Saint Lucia

Faint impressions from a quiet corner of the Caribbean

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Kathimerini
2020

Growing Up Greek

Recalling a lifetime of summers spent in the Cycladic Islands

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Elle Decor
2019

The Sheinmans of Serifos

Essay ghostwritten for Andrew Sheinman of Pembrooke & Ives

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Kennedy
2019

Scenes from a Grand Tour

Impressions of a sunkissed road trip from Turin to South Tyrol

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Travel + Leisure
2018

Crossing Jordan

Mingling with the ancient world in the modern Kingdom of Jordan

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Travel + Leisure
2017

Canada Crossing

Reflections on a cross-continent journey from Vancouver Island to Fogo Island