Issue 002

Discover film emulations, how many seasons NYC truly has, and a recap of our second month with you beautiful people. stay ready via pedro 1 — long live film Reductionist design studio Nuevo.Tokyo and Héliographe released AgBr—a black-and-white film emulator that was built off of years of research using modern and expired film stocks. They plan to release new emulations monthly throughout 2025. Even better, it’s available on macOS, iPad, and iPhone with no ads, tracking, or subscription. 2 — hello, chicago Duane King, a Portland-based creative director, reproduced the bitmap version of the iconic Chicago typeface by Susan Kare—the original typeface for Apple Computer in 1984. You can find it on Github where it is free to download in .otf, .ttf, and .woff formats for all your needs. They also released each individual glyph as well. 3 — merging tradition with government As we all know, creativity in government can be rather…uninspiring. Thankfully, the folks over at RETINAA challenged that narrative with an updated Swiss passport design. They wanted to “honour the tradition of innovation in Swiss graphic arts” while emphasizing the passport is “the expression of Helvetic identity and a brand ambassador for Switzerland abroad. It is a celebration of Swissness and a showcase of technological know-how." stay curious via taurean 1 — your space reflects who you are My wife and I have been intermittently working on our home design “plan” for a year now. It’s a daunting task, balancing shared self-expression and frugality. I enjoyed watching Gawx share his process, pitfalls, and perspective, wrapped up in a gorgeous-yet-erratic storytelling style. 2 — an experimental publication (in your calendar) PoetiCal is an art project created by Javier Arce that is a bit like finding surprisingly poignant prose in unexpected places. Except instead of finding it scrawled into an old book or on the wall of a bathroom, it’s in your calendar. The only way to read PoetiCal’s contents is to subscribe to the calendar feed and be surprised when they pop up. (And yes, you can share your own text with others as well) 3 — New York has 12 seasons This site may seem simple, but by its creator Devon Peticolas’s own admission, it’s anything but. At first glance, the page looks like it could be built with Notion in a couple of minutes. But behind the scenes, it’s using live data like time of day, temperature, and air quality index, as well as fifty-three years of historical data. To read more about how it works, click “About this page” toward the bottom. --- updates - We now have a newsletter archive! Missed last month's newsletter? No problem. View it here: archive.3-3.fyi - Our second meetup on the 18th was a delight, featuring Kohei Foss's "What's in a name" presentation. Check it out on YouTube if you missed it. - Reminder: we’re shifting to a consistent schedule for the virtual meetups to simplify event scheduling and promotion. Our meetups will be on the third Friday of every month at 11am Pacific (view in your timezone). - Our next meetup is May 16th with Akshara Dash as our guest speaker. We’ll share more her presentation in a couple weeks, so stay tuned! from the community: Akshara Dash prepares to launch a design agency, Philip Bordallo shows us where to park in Syracuse NY, Laura Sinisterra talks type and wine, Bria Bryant gets ready to perform in Swan Lake, Jon Hargreaves shares some new coffee roasters, and Salih Aydin is interviewed by TDK --- We're two for two on fantastic presentations from y'all and are amped for the next one. If you've thought about presenting but are unsure, reach out via bluesky or email. We can talk through ideas or address concerns you may have. We're happy to answer questions or provide support. If you have a topic to pitch, share it with us via the google form! --- ✌ Pedro & Taurean bluesky ✦ lu.ma ✦ youtube