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THE UNEXPECTED UNION  —  Issue 65    June 12 2022   —  OF UNEXPECTED THINGS 

This week, we’re digging into the Graveyard and shining a light on some of our recent work. See what you missed, revisit what you loved, and consider sharing V–Mail with a friend.

x Varyer Team

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Pleased to (Re)introduce 

As spring comes to a close and we slowly fade into summer, we're looking back on this season's greatest hits on Varyer.com:

⛓ Slackables ⛓

Who are the deciders of the thirsty market fit of the summer?  ≻  Kept hearing last week that everyone is snorting caviar now, turns out it’s just clickbait from the thriving NYT  ≻  “I will tell you right now… these 2 gentlemen are prepared for a flood” - Varyer’s MR chops it up with SVP Content Nick Marino on HODINKEE Vol.10 design in this brief video  ≻  Friend of the studio and co-founder of Grilli Type Thierry Blancpain chats with Figma about variable fonts  ≻  Wanna paint a small white menu board featuring pomme frites using Chaumont Script in red and blue  ≻  22/22 is a typography project promising to release 22 fonts before 2022 comes to an end, with an interesting funding premise  ≻  In Sheep’s Clothing goes in on Serge Gainsbourg’s experiments with West African, Afro-Cuban, and Brazilian music  ≻  Catching up with Kathleen Hanna, who is no moving statue  ≻  People keep trying to rename jazz  ≻  There was a covid baby boom in Norway so IKEA made a "name bank" to inspire expecting parents. None are as good as "Jazz"  ≻  Web3 music festivals are happening as music fandom thrives on Discord, and musicians are somehow burnt out on marketing? Weird  ≻  Everything has a 3.0 now: the real estate market flirts with fractional home ownership  ≻  A well-made case for optimistic visions of the future driving long-term growth  ≻  The design of Julio Torres’ writer’s room oh my god.

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Explore our recent studio work for partners including HODINKEE, Sonos Radio, and Early Majority.
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“June is the time for being in the world in new ways, for throwing off the cold and dark spots of life.”
— Joan D. Chittister
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