Silvio Lorusso

The human is the floppy disk. networkcultures.org/entreprecari...

For every retweet I will make Zuckerberg’s creep glasses 5% thicker

Serif Populism, Hyperpolitics and the Diminishing Returns of Graphic Design Culture abcdinamo.com/news/silvio-...

7,000 words on Serif Populism, what came before it and what might come after.

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*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

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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 😎

YouTube video by Silvio Lorusso Winamp Skinparty

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?...

Come si costruiscono degli archivi (davvero) utili Tutto il mio tempo mi sembra sprecato, come posso restituirgli del senso? Una conversazione con Silvio Lorusso.

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

grazie Stefano!

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!

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Silvio Lorusso on the state of design | Next Nature On October 25, Next Nature hosts Design Debate 2025, where sixteen speakers reflect on key issues in design. Writer and designer Silvio Lorusso is among them.

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.

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Fuori il 15 ottobre 🩷 Preordina ora 🍥

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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/...