Turntable and record sleeve — Reynaldo Yodia on Pexels
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Sound & Music

Three unhurried hours by dj kestrel. Tape saturation, a room mic left running, and almost nothing else — recorded live in Ghent last spring.

Ilse Rovang — portrait by Jake Nackos on Unsplash Ilse Rovang
Printed poster sheets on a studio wall — Sonya Kovalski on Pexels
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Print & Type

The sleeve for Marren's record was set by the Utrecht typographer Joost Halbe. First vinyl press since the reissue, and the ink weight is superb.

Ilse Rovang — portrait by Jake Nackos on Unsplash Ilse Rovang
Oil-painted portrait — Munis Asadov on Pexels
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Art & Design

Portraits by Rúben Corvo. I first came across Rúben's work on the sleeve of Yara o Terreiro's album, and have been reading about him since.

Ilse Rovang — portrait by Jake Nackos on Unsplash Ilse Rovang
Painter at work in a studio — Yaroslav Shuraev on Pexels
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Art & Design

A quietly made documentary, "Facing the Weather", about the american painter Agnete Riis and the eleven years she spent away from the gallery circuit.

Bram Coeltjes — portrait by Ben Khatry on Pexels Bram Coeltjes
Foggy coastline seen from the water — Afitab on Pexels
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Photography

Contact sheets from the Zeeland ferry, printed small so that the grain ends up doing most of the work.

Noor Halvey — portrait by Thanh Xuan Nguyen Ly on Pexels Noor Halvey
Cassette deck and tapes — Steph Quernemoen on Pexels
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Sound & Music

Marren — instrumental records built out of texture, field recordings, and the timing of weather.

Ilse Rovang — portrait by Jake Nackos on Unsplash Ilse Rovang
Hand-ruled grid on paper — Beyzanur K. on Pexels
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Art & Design

A few favourites from Agnete Riis, an american painter working between 1918 and 2007. Her grids are drawn by hand and you can see every wobble.

Bram Coeltjes — portrait by Ben Khatry on Pexels Bram Coeltjes
Patched modular synthesizer — Alexey Demidov on Pexels
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Sound & Music

A 1974 modular session that circulated on cassette for decades before anyone thought to press it properly.

Ilse Rovang — portrait by Jake Nackos on Unsplash Ilse Rovang
Ink brushwork on paper — Anne van der Valk on Pexels
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Art & Design

Calm, spacious series of paintings by Shan Fei, titled "Refrain". I had never seen ink on rice paper hold a shape this softly before.

Bram Coeltjes — portrait by Ben Khatry on Pexels Bram Coeltjes
Wooden hi-fi loudspeaker cabinet — Jens Mahnke on Pexels
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Industrial Design

Love the confidence of this custom sound system — machined in Rotterdam, finished in a green so deep it reads as black indoors.

Noor Halvey — portrait by Thanh Xuan Nguyen Ly on Pexels Noor Halvey
Public swimming pool with lane signage — Jarrod Erbe on Pexels
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Print & Type

Wayfinding for a municipal swimming pool, all set in one condensed grotesk and exactly two greens.

Bram Coeltjes — portrait by Ben Khatry on Pexels Bram Coeltjes
Coastal dunes under low fog — Chsy Andersn on Pexels
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Photography

Nine frames from a week on the Frisian coast. Shot on expired stock, which is why the greens keep sliding toward grey.

Noor Halvey — portrait by Thanh Xuan Nguyen Ly on Pexels Noor Halvey
Folded paper form — bahar on Pexels
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Art & Design

Studio notes from Halvard Mees, who has been making the same folded paper object once a week for four years without repeating himself.

Bram Coeltjes — portrait by Ben Khatry on Pexels Bram Coeltjes
Wooden folding chair — cottonbro studio on Pexels
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Industrial Design

A folding stool in ash and canvas, drawn so that every joint can be repaired rather than replaced.

Noor Halvey — portrait by Thanh Xuan Nguyen Ly on Pexels Noor Halvey