Underwater Dreamworlds

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In her newest project SOUNDSCAPES, visual artist Susi Sie of Berlin uses ink on water to generate an undulating monochromatic atmosphere that threatens to hypnotize the viewer. Using a 100mm macro lens and her own experimental techniques, Sie needs no extra special effects to capture the surreal visualizations that materialize naturally. The video is appropriately accompanied with equally transfixing music by Banabila & Machinefabriek.

A Planetary Font

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Design duo Benedikt Groß and Joey Lee are on a new mission: to build a font, dubbed Aerial Bold, from satellite imagery of architectural and infrastructural letterforms across Earth. It’s nothing short of a planetary typeface, but their ambition doesn’t stop there. They’re hoping to develop a set of tools for non-domain experts (regular folks) to explore geographic data and use it in new, imaginative …

Nancy Fouts’ Surreal Artwork

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When artist Nancy Fouts moved from Kentucky to the UK in the ’60s as a debutante, no one could have predicted she would go on to cofound Shirt Sleeve Studio—a prolific design company that would take on everything from album covers to advertising clients. Or, that she would produce years worth of striking surrealist art. In a new candid interview, Fouts talks shop, discusses her …