THE UNEXPECTED UNION — Issue 59 ✻ May 01 2022 — OF UNEXPECTED THINGS
The first of May marks the halfway point between Spring and Summer, an in-between time of almosts and false starts. Release the urge for productivity and take a shallow dip in some archived imagery.
x Varyer Team
Shelved | Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight
Explore the emotional intensity and esoteric origin story that only a 90s comic book can provide in our latest installment of Shelved.
Art directors and agencies take note: “The New Exhibition is an online showcase shining a light on work of Ukrainian creatives that have been caught in the crossfire of war” ≻ Get sucked into Grilli’s Swiss Futurist font warp ≻ Probable futures offers interactive maps of future climate scenarios ≻ “See what your neighborhood looked like millions of years ago” ≻ Ghostly’s new tee features Emma Piercy’s Ceraph, one of our favorite typefaces of the year ≻ Gorgeous but brutal variable workhorse mono ≻ Chicago Graphic Design Club is doing a book discussion on one of the greats, John Berger’s Ways of Seeing ≻ Merch brand that makes films launched membership-based AAA24 ≻ Sonic Youth at Metro 1986/87 via the Malachi Ritscher Collection ≻ Watch and listen to this dude mix “Don’t Stop Me Now” on an Analog SSL console ≻ Incredible inside look into NME’s design process and history from Mark Neil ≻ Applications are now open for the first-ever New York Times Illustration Portfolio Review ≻ If you’re near Joshua Tree, the new iteration of High Desert Test Sites just launched ≻ Great idea: perfumes that don’t interfere with the culinary experience. First up is Eau de Pho ≻ Welcome to the party: everyone is drinking martinis now.
“We are all in Hell. And I am the King of Hell.”
— Batman, Legends of the Dark Knight: Shaman, February 1990
