Place Codes - A Journal

Sesia River + Wild Swimming

Place Codes is the independent journal of Michael Neault. I am a writer, creative director, and runner based in Chicago. I published a blog for many years on wordpress and started this project in 2025 on Ghost.

Topics I cover → Urban design • Visual Communication and Originality • Music history + appreciation • Graphical ephemera • Museums + Exhibitions • Underexplored Travel • Smart Parenting • Memory and Space • Cuisine • Books • Movies • Trying to Understand Why Things Are the Way they Are

This is an email only journal. Add your email and subscribe for a weekly delivery of content. Newsletters are a combination of topics unlikely to be found anywhere else.