VIBRATIONS

A digital type specimen

VIBRATIONS

By Tina Zhou

vibrations

As I sit in by my window in Providence, Rhode Island, I wonder, how do we create in times of war? We occupy the same planet, share the same sky, yet it is two sharply distinct worlds we live in.

Vibrations is a typeface inspired by the antagonistic force between flying entities that inhabit our skies: fiery roar of fighter jets, nonstop humming of surveillance drones, missiles, rockets, bombs; at the same time, trills of song birds, drumming chatter of woodpeckers, coos, murmurs, trumpets in unison.

Here, the mechanical and the organic coalesce. I wish to gesture at the violence we place onto the planet, and ultimately, each other.

f-16 fighting falcon

boom

general dynamics

general dynamics

general dynamics

new birds
in the sky

sound of drone

sound of death

when you look up above, what do you see?
this is bird watching in the twenty first century
reference

The all caps part of Vibrations is a modified revival of the Electric Circus typeface (also appears as Electus, Double Vision), a custom alphabet likely based on Anzeigen-Grotesk/Neue Aurora IX.

Electric Circus was initially designed by Chermayfeff & Geismar for Electric Circus nightclub, which was located at 19-25 St.Marks Place in East Village, New York.