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Slow Light is a short film about a man who can only see the past. Unexpectedly timely? Maybe. Delightful. Absolutely. And if that wasn’t enough — don’t miss the making of film too.

Art & Design

  • It is not by coincidence that the keystone technology in microchip fabrication is rooted in the region with the world’s deepest, densest tradition of lensmaking and printing: technologies that, in the 20th century, braided together to define a whole generation of techniques. Everything is printing. Hell yeah.
  • Not unrelated: For 21st Century Brands, Digital's Not All That. Real relevance and meaningful engagement is not just found in one medium, but across mediums where each can do what it does best.
  • Nick Sherman dives deep into the abyss of The Arcane Alphabets of Black Sabbath with particular interest in the band’s early albums. RIP Ozzy.
  • After surviving last year’s wildfires, The Eames House in Southern California has reopened — and along with it, the new Charles & Ray Eames Foundation that expands on earlier efforts into a greater global initiative.

Type of Note

  • Griff Mono from Sudtipos builds on the traditions of calligraphy with wide counters, crisp chiseled cuts, and sharp contrast. It’s a bold, unusual mono unlike any I can think of.
  • Interval Type’s Algorytm family consists of six complementary sub-families: Standard, Clear, Mono, Sport, Soft and Flip, each with a distinct modern vibe that gives the collective family a unique and deft versatility.
  • Djaggety from designer Alessia Mazzarella takes the classic pixel font and introduces new elements like curved and scalloped edges and wider than usual character sets.
  • If you’re looking for something more stylistically traditional, look no further than DSType’s Rigor Ionic Display and Headline whose gentle clarity and expressive presence manages to feel sharp, fresh, and captivating. The thin weights are especially great.

Futurism

  • Inevitabilism is a new word to me whose core idea is what’s driving so much of the narrative around AI, but nothing is inevitable if you’re willing to think about what is happening.
  • How Tech Companies are Pushing Us to Use AI. It’s almost as if their entire existence depends on us playing along…
  • Everything’s optimised for developers — and hostile to everyone else. The industry called it progress, while masking that everything is kind of held together with scotch tape and prayers. Jono Alderson on how Javascript Broke the Web.

Music & Film

  • The most miserable person on Earth must save the world from happiness is one hell of a tagline for Vince Gilligan’s Pluribus starring Rhea Seehorn. Can’t wait!
  • Will Peacemaker: season 2 get the multiverse right in the ways Marvel has so far gotten it wrong? I’m cautiously optimistic.
  • Keanu, Aziz, Seth. Good Fortune may be cathartic. For reasons.
  • And then there’s Guillermo del Toro’s Frankenstein. Wow.

Humanities

  • Developing a habit that is less about more and embracing the simple and ordinary… Neil Peart used to ask himself, what’s the most awesome thing I could do today? which I’ve increasingly tried to take to heart myself. Inner peace — and sometimes even true joy — starts with just one good thing. Naz also gets it.

One More Thing

  • Like Nothing on Earth, a new 96 page zine from Current Editions. If you like NASA, space, photography then this one’s for you. Includes a limited edition poster too!

It’s nice to be home from a week in Ontario, finally feeling mostly ok and somewhat rested (expecting jet lag will have something to say about that any time now). I managed to get out for a nice ride today just before the Bay Area winds reached their often nutty afternoon levels and am slowly starting to mentally prepare to dive back into the unknown on Monday. Oh, and Spotify is absolute hot garbage in every respect.