*There must be somebody somewhere who is actually doing this every day

2010s: Corporate Memphis 2020s: Serif Populism

*Coin-op "Italian Brainrot" machine in the streets of Turin, Dec 02025 #slopjects

Black Box by Silvio Lorusso, 2025 The box is black And we don't like it But we don't like Even more that Even if The black box Weren't black But transparent We wouldn't get What's in the box So we complain About the black In the black box To not complain About ourselves

Here's ❄️ The Ultimate Guide to AI, Art and Coolness ❄️ Your welcome 😎

Since it's Winamp Skins season again, here's a homage from ten years ago: a mash-up of Winamp skins made with Adriano Vulpio for the 15th anniversary of the software. youtu.be/nJTUiO6f1-8?...

tutto il mio tempo mi sembra sprecato, come posso restituirgli del senso? per l'ultimo numero di VIVO Journal ho fatto una chiacchiera con @silviolorusso.bsky.social per capire come costruire degli archivi davvero utili

i.e. the kind of "technical intellectual" design actually needs

Milton Laser

Krisis non vende sogni ma solide realtà. Il designer senza qualità è un volume di 432 pagine scritto da me medesimo, tradotto da Silvia Dal Dosso e illustrato da Jaakko Pallasvuo. È anche pieno di meme e figure! Lo trovi qui: www.krisispublishing.com/prodotto/il-...

I gave a short interview to Mieke Gerritzen. Recently, I promised myself I wouldn’t talk about the kitsch of good intentions anymore, but then I open LinkedIn, go to design conferences, and realize it hasn't faded in the slightest. Let’s move on. nextnature.org/en/magazine/...

Fuori il 15 ottobre 🩷 Preordina ora 🍥 www.krisispublishing.com/prodotto/il-...

One and Three Presidents

Is AI useful or not? To answer that, you shouldn't imagine a fully focused and energized version of yourself making use of it. Rather, picture yourself swamped, tired, and in a rush. That's how you'll get an honest answer.

how your email finds me

An American Psycho-inspired business card will be attached to the cover of the Korean edition of Entreprecariat But what does Patrick Bateman has to do with precarious entrepreneurialism? I wrote a short text to explain why the choice is fitting. networkcultures.org/entreprecari...

BREAKING: Goodreads just unveiled its new logo. I can't really see the magnifying glass tbh #design

If cuneiform spreadsheets are your jam, if you are a Nanni or Ea-Nasir simp, if you've ever forged a signature to skip school, then you can't miss Chris Lee's Designing History book. Here's my foreword, titled "The Discreet Charm of a Short-Term Rental Agreement": silviolorusso.com/publication/...

As a design educator and a gamer, I think of this a lot.

Learning from Art Spaces

Other Worlds was launched in July 2021. Over the past four years, we've published twenty issues. This retrospective (link in bio) celebrates the richness and diversity of the contributions, and offers new subscribers a chance to discover articles they may have missed. buttondown.com/otherworlds/...

I wrote a short article on the "sketchy realism" of AI images, that is, the operational mismatch where, due to their photorealism, images meant as sketches or rough prototypes are intuitively perceived as finished products. silviolorusso.com/publication/...

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showing my portfolio to a stranger

Some quick notes on The Brutalist: networkcultures.org/entreprecari...

Actually, yes, this and a fantastic set of encyclopedias

Sharing this mindblowing video. It’s incredibly well done, so much work. youtu.be/nGmYG3xEJ-4?... (via @silviolorusso.bsky.social IG)

Feeling less insane with every page, thanks @silviolorusso.bsky.social

ando navegando conteúdos sobre CLT no Tiktok, e realmente, é fascinante como o discurso do autônomo/pj e afins hoje ocupa o mesmíssimo espaço da gramática política dos movimentos socialistas do século XIX. este vídeo em especial, e os comentários, achei muito sintético:

My fav part of Google I/O is passive-aggressive Gemini youtube.com/clip/UgkxlEV...

Hey @silviolorusso.bsky.social - look what just showed up

Went on Ebay and got a mysterious flyer showing a free interpretation (in Italian!) of Victor Papanek's pseudo-conspiratorial diagrams, replete with pencil notes. The flyer is now accessible on both here: archive.org/details/cosi... and here: peoplesgdarchive.org/item/18933/c... #design

Everyone in the office is celebrating the anniversary of “work hard and be nice to people” poster and I just can’t… If you have read “What design can’t do” by @silviolorusso.bsky.social you know why. If you haven’t, then you should. silviolorusso.com/work/what-de...

there is something videogame-ish about this

Rule of thumb: The person with the ugliest slides has the most interesting things to say.

You can now read my essay on "late futurism", that is, the future as a mode of the present, in full on my website: silviolorusso.com/publication/... #design #futures

The Black Mirror rule: If an online platform appears in the background of the first act, someone’s life will be ruined by it by the third.

One of the best books read recently, devoured in a couple of days. A formative reading for our students, but especially for us. Thank You @silviolorusso.bsky.social!

A design book that is well written, makes you *feel* something—and you give it 3 stars?! This world is deranged lol

My essay on Late Futurism and the professional-visionary class is now available in full on my website: silviolorusso.com/publication/...

Remote work has evolved into an ultra-mediated form of labor, blurring the lines between professional and personal life. This talk explores how what began as a promise of autonomy now demands new forms of control. Feat. @silviolorusso.bsky.social at @transmediale.bsky.social buff.ly/O1oHDFX

Style transfer by humans has meaning that AI can never manage. "The vector Saturn devouring his son is more blunt and profound than any output of OpenAI’s anime engine because it is not a simple stylization but a reflection on the logic of stylization" networkcultures.org/entreprecari...

The best example of “style transfer” is not done with artificial intelligence, it is not the ghiblization of a banal selfie but the hand-made rendering in "flat style" (also called Corporate Memphis) of a Goya painting… keep reading here: networkcultures.org/entreprecari...

pensando muito no macaco do Sunset Boulevard