Leslie Ann O’Dell, Boise, ID, USA.

There is a standard device to whip the domestic population of any country into line in support of policies that they oppose: induce fear of some terrifying enemy, poised to destroy them.

“The evil scourge of terrorism” was a natural choice for this role in the early 1980s, as the United States sought to concoct an enemy weak enough to be attacked with impunity but sufficiently threatening to mobilize the general population in support of the Reaganite expansion of state power at home and violence abroad.
The threat waned when it became necessary to face the costs of these policies a few years later. The media rallied enthusiastically to the enterprise.

N.C.

Nimbes
Audiovisual piece – 15 minutes
by Joanie Lemercier and James Ginzburg
Soundtrack out now on Subtext recordings
Touring in Dome and theater formats in 2015
VISUALS:
Joanie Lemercier
Software development: Nikolay Matveiev
Laser scan of a forest by Ecosynth project
MUSIC:
James Ginzburg
Contrabass – Yair Glotman
Percussion – Brandon Rosenbluth
Location Recording Engineer – Kai Schoormann
Special thanks to Laurens Von Oswald & Kraftwerk Berlin
PRODUCTION:
Artist production – Juliette Bibasse
coproduced with SAT Montreal.
Photos at Satosphere by Sebastien Roy.

Font Setimo (2015) by Fernando Caro, Dalton Maag.

A strong personality does not have to be loud. Setimo’s strength lies in its distinguished and authoritative tone. It is akin to a tailor-made suit, rich with attention to detail, perfectly fitting, and exuding confidence for any occasion. Setimo carries and enriches surrounding design elements with ease, and allows the reader to effortlessly absorb the message.

Setimo’s design features and strength provide a solid base for the creation of wordmarks and logotypes. A minor alteration to the letterforms of Setimo can personalize it and give ownership to a brand that wants to stand out without being loud or abrasive.
Setimo is a typeface that knows its worth.

Dot is the beat making part of the Augsburg based Hiphop-Duo «Blindspot» and the kind of guy to bang out an instrumental hiphop album on vinyl in 2014, which was considered pretty ballsy in times of hologram live shows of rap legends.
But the first personal hello to the world, the solo full length «Alice» wasn‘t a shy «hello», more like «oh hi guys, mind if I show y’all how it can be done?».

A keen smack in the faces of those that didn’t believe in this kind of music anymore, engrossing the listeners whole attention.

Laboratory is a small group of designers that work together in Phoenix, AZ, USA.

Content precedes design. Design in the absence of content is not design, it’s decoration.

J.Z.

Keith Kenniff is an American composer, multi-instrumentalist, and electronic music producer.
He composes ambient/electronic music under the moniker Helios and post-classical piano music under Goldmund. He is also one-half of the indie band Mint Julep, and ambient project “A Pale Fire” (previously “Hollie & Keith Kenniff”).