Issue 107
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Hey there. I hope you're all well and enjoying the summer or winter if you're in the southern hemisphere.
Remember that guitar effects pedal I was working on? Well, I'm excited to announce that it's done and available for pre-order.
I went through three revisions, which are pictured below. I had a vision for the aesthetics, so I was set on using specific push-button switches. However, I ran into fit issues with the switches because they are taller than the other components, making it impossible to mount them on the main board. So, I had to get creative and move the switches to a daughterboard that pokes through the main board.
All in all, I'm stoked about how it ended up.
The SR-01 is a fuzz pedal with a two-stage transistor circuit that goes from subtle overdrive to distortion and fuzz. There's also a fixed high-pass filter, a first-order low-pass filter, and input attenuation so it can take line-level instruments and synths.
You can check out the demo video on Superlunar, where you can also pre-order the pedal. If you do, don't forget to use your AisleOne discount code.
Antonio
Centre Sportif Jules Ladoumègue
This stunning athletics centre was designed in 1970 by architect Jean Peccoux. Photographer Romain Laprade captures its modernist beauty in this series.
Sucker for Soccer
Excellent poster series by designer Zoran Lucic honoring football legends of the last 50 years.
Sociotype Journal Issue #3
The new issue of the type specimen/magazine explores the theme "Home." It looks at Potemkin villages and replica cities, McMansions and sham castles, cube farms and hot desks; spite fences, coffin homes, hippie communes, suburban malls, Cold War-era radar stations and more.
Light Phone III
A typographic phone UI is so appealing to me. If Apple did this, I'd be all over it.
Blank Tapes
Cozy Pine Studio in San Antonio, Texas, photographed by Luis Garvan.
Somewhere in Laurel Canyon
A 2017 LA Weekly profile of Melvins singer-guitarist Buzz Osborne and his wife, graphic artist Mackie Osborne.
Listening to...
Buzzcocks — Singles Going Steady
Savory links...
TypoCircle: Matt Lamont – Collecting, Curating and Preserving Histories
Study on interactive 3D camera type mapping
From ice-cream shops to motels, why are design agencies launching bricks-and-mortar businesses?
