Fukt #23, Sound
165 x 235 mm, 224 pages
Berlin, Germany
Annual
Editor: Bjorn Hegardt
Creative director: Arianne Spanier
The themed magazine of contemporary drawing returns, rose-hued, with the ‘Sound’ issue. As ever, the front cover makes an immediate impression—this time with transparent ridges inviting readers to scratch and create sounds, transforming the magazine into a musical instrument.
Inside, you’ll find a dense and diverse mix of drawings visualising sound: Ariel Guzik’s whale alphabet; Christina Kubisch unveiling the hidden language of electromagnetic fields; Richard McGuire transcribing everyday noises into bold type; Jorinde Voigt’s landscapes of simultaneous sounds; Camille Normant making sounds visible through magnetism; and lots more to discover about the rich bond between listening and image-making.
On the Journal
About an earlier issue, an interview with Arianne Spanier: ‘From my designer perspective obviously the cover is very important as it is the first thing people see in a store, if they don’t know the mag from before it really has to kick ass to catch their attention. So many, including myself just picking up books or magazines because of their covers..’
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