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THE UNEXPECTED UNION  —  Issue 69    July 10 2022   —  OF UNEXPECTED THINGS 
Dive into our worldbuilding work with Kolab Project, unusual visuals from two long out-of-print art books, and new literary offerings in the Varyer shop.
x Varyer Team

Infinite Senses Are Upon Us
In Diamond City, resources are scarce and corruption abounds. Step into the fictional universe we created for Kolab Project, a consumer cannabis brand with a purpose of encouraging transformative collaboration.

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A human hand is painted to resemble a zebra.

In Good Hands
Explore the equally disconcerting and delightful illusions of Mario Mariotti's Humands and Hanimals in this new iteration of Shelved.

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⛓ Slackables ⛓

After you digest our Kolab Project case study (above), check out Diamond City’s latest incarnation in this AI-genarated livestream and let it chill in the background for awhile  ≻  In honor of this, our 69th V—Mail, here’s something sexy  ≻  Nathan Fielder, known hunk, on his new show The Rehersal, which we’re elated for  ≻  Another known hunk, Joe Pera, has sweetly shared news that his show is no more, and we’re devastated  ≻  A PDF of Artforum’s Top Ten lists from 1988-1997  ≻  A case for the two-token framework as a way for artists to financially incentivize and reward genuine fandom in Web3  ≻  Ghostly International is doing 50% off CDs until 7/14  ≻  “The Wes Andersons of sign-making”  ≻  Checking in on the next-gen blockbuster fragrance brands  ≻  We’re doing barbiecore now  ≻  Thingtesting knows that golf is back  ≻  Unfettered growth has killed the age of peak TV  ≻  Virgil’s new exhibition at Brooklyn Museum has a whole house in it  ≻  Check out these ears on Simba the Goat, awarded Germany’s best influencer.

The pages of an open book show vibrant, stylized illustrations of flowers.

New to the Varyer shop are two stunning tomes published by Draw Down: More is More: Designing Bigger, Bolder, Brighter and A Dictionary of Color Combinations.

Created in 2012, Draw Down publishes small books about graphic design, typography, illustration, photography, art, and architecture.

 
The pages of an open book show minimal layouts of four-colored squares with names in Japanese and English.
“From your play there will arise a new world. Step into it.”
— Mario Mariotti
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