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We're looking forward to opening the big room of @amsterdamdanceevent ADE Lab's conference program this year - with a keynote on the Devious Pocket! Beyond a product demo, we'll share our view on the wider technological and cultural history of Digital Vinyl Systems, and what we think the next generation of these tools is about. Join us on Wednesday 21 Oct, 12:15 in Room 1 at Het Ketelhuis (Westerpark, Amsterdam). Entrance is free for all. If you can't make the talk though, no problem - we'll be there for three full days. Come chat with us and try the Devious Pocket during ADE Gear Test Lab, where we'll have our decks set up from Oct 21-23 (10am-6pm), also in Het Ketelhuis. In the keynote, we'll touch on how Digital Vinyl Systems (DVS) have repeatedly disrupted DJ culture – not only through new features, but by changing who could play, what they could access, and what a DJ booth could be. This session follows DVS from its experimental roots through today’s integrated corporate ecosystems, towards a third generation already flickering at the margins: more independent, community-driven, affordable & repairable, laptop-less, and built for underground DJ culture. Devious Pocket is an intervention from this place: A standalone system that affords people to play digital music from their turntables, at a fraction of the cost of established digital DJ tools. It values the home session, the hybrid b2b, the afters, the practice room, and the listening space as much as the headline set. An invitation to give more people the means to build taste, share technique, and shape the culture and politics of the dancefloor.
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WORMGIRL FR_21_C FOREST VISION, GLOSSARY, CONTENT PANEL WORMGIRL.US #wormgirl #finalresearch
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For Offbrand Library, we developed a web experience that combines shopping with research capabilities. The result is: everything we wanted from a library experience online. Thinking about the feeling of having a stack of books on your desk, and being able to comb through all the information sequentially and easily was the first thing that came to mind. On the new site, you’re able to add any book in the catalog to a “stack”, then open it in the viewer to display its available images. Some books have limited scans, and for books that are fully scanned, we’ve created a new product category in the menu for you to browse through. The experience is similar to pulling stacks in a reference library, without having to fully check out or rent the books. A full page colour tint was also developed to complement extended browsing sessions. 
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Our website has been completely redesigned and is now live for you to explore. We are releasing the site together with @final.research as a collaboration product that adds personalized browsing and research tools to the shopping experience. Enjoy full scans of select materials, new ways to browse products, customizable viewing options, and an archive of our past events. FR_05_C PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT OFFBRANDLIBRARY.COM #OFFBRANDLIBRARY #FINALRESEARCH
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From the Mouths of Worms -~ full visual Concept and edit worm girl Art direction @ericlchen 3D @droophead Sound score @joshuavt #worm
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The WORM GIRL site is complete!!!!! When I begin to describe this project, it always feels as though I am opening up a can of worms and rightfully so. Much like The Alchemist, decomposition feels similar to The Language of the Soul or what we call anamnesis, a recollection of innate knowledge we acquire before birth. The secret of turning nothing into something, as within, so without. A concept that has infinite interpretation breeds complexity. In 2020, I began building DIY controlled decomposition systems to learn the ecological process of recycling food scraps. The secret was revealed, I could take decaying rot and turn it into highly nutritious inorganic soil compounds that inventively fed the food I was growing, which then in turn healed me. Research continued and I realized the same stages that occur in all natural processes also lies within the same stages during unconscious transmutation. In Jungian psychology, this is called a psychic awakening or Dark Night of the Soul journey and can begin as late as our 30’s. Vitality depends on the capacity to transform waste. So what is decomposition psychology or ecological alchemy? It is the bridge between ecological intelligence and depth psychology from a Jungian and Hermetic lens. After a year of remaining in deep contextualization, the outcome of my findings lies here within this digital home. Fin. I am left with one realization—psyche and soil are often trapped in the abstract judgments of human intellect. In truth, we know nothing at all. It is precisely this nothingness, the total transmutation of what was, that allows us to begin again. I hope this helps others gain a better understanding of the shadow self, connects one closer to source, and continuity of being reborn no matter what. I would love to hear your comments, thoughts, perspective, or your own dark night of the soul journey if you wish to share here or personally through email/messaging. Link is in bio (wormgirl.us) Art direction/ graphic design @ericlchen 3D @droophead Website by @final.research Thank you always x and forever worm girl Thank you to the best team ever no words and best collaborative experience to date Art directio
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Standard Time welcomes back Jacques Greene alongside Leevisa and DJ EEEEEE! Jacques Greene has been making music about the club for over a decade. Across multiple EPs, singles, and two acclaimed full-length albums, Feel Infinite (2017) and Dawn Chorus (2019) his sound has evolved into an emotional, atmospheric haze that balances intimacy with physicality. In 2020, he released ANTH01, a collection of unearthed early works and previously unreleased tracks that traced the foundations of his musical language. Alongside his solo work, Greene is one half of Verses GT, a fully realized collaboration with Nosaj Thing that exists as the group, the album, the live show, and the visual world surrounding it. Built through in-person sessions across London, Los Angeles, Tokyo, Paris, and Montreal, Verses GT is a heavyweight, intentional body of work rooted in human connection, shared headspace, and distilled emotion, featuring contributions from George Riley, Kučka, and TYSON. Greene also hosts a monthly residency on Rinse FM, now running for over three years, where he explores deep club music, new material, and long-form mood-driven selections. Beyond his own releases, he has collaborated with Bonobo, remixed Radiohead, produced for Jessy Lanza, arlo parks, Tinashe, and toured internationally with The xx, continually refining a sound that is both deeply personal and built for collective experience. Working across ambient composition and electronic music, Leevisa brings an approach shaped by the simplicity of lived experience and emotion. Named by i-D Magazine as one of Seoul’s rising female artists, she has performed at venues and festivals including Halle am Berghain (DE) and Unsound. Recognized as a key figure in Korea’s underground scene, she was regularly involved in events at Cakeshop. DJ EEEEEE aka Eric L. Chen is a Toronto-based designer, artist and DJ. His practice oscillates between sound, image, and the design of graphics, websites, objects, printed matter and visual identities for artists and brands. Tickets now available - link in Standard Time’s bio. July 3rd - doors 10pm Artwork @thoughtyoga
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FINAL RESEARCH presents SESSION, an initiative with the goal of creating a space for global design discourse through live lecture, platforming people and practices that critically engage with design and research. SESSION is hosted at New Stadium @newsystems_ in Toronto with our guest speakers joining us virtually.

[INFORMATION] Our first guest is Darius Ou @darius_ou , a Singapore-based graphic designer whose practice focuses on typography, motion design and graphic lore. He runs hyperpress @hyper.press , a research initiative and body of work exploring the intersections of 3D printing, graphic design and publishing—producing 3D printed books, objects and texts. He is a recipient of the ADC New York Young Guns 21 award, and the Tokyo Type Directors Club Annual Award 2026. [DATE] Wed 04.29.2026 [LOGISTICS] Darius will be giving a 75 minute talk followed by an extended Q&A period with time for social after. Doors open at 7PM with talks beginning at 7:45. Guests are welcome to bring beverages. Snacks and non-alcoholic drinks will be provided. [RSVP] Seats are limited. Follow the link in bio to RSVP and guarantee entry. This event is PWYC, a $5 donation is suggested to cover costs and labour. FR_12_P TALK LUMA.COM/DARIUSOU #DARIUSOU #FINALRESEARCH #NEW
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RYUKI KANAI STUDIO FR_13_C RYUKIKANAI.COM #RYUKIKANAI #FINALRESEARCH
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FRIENDLY PRESSURE FR_02_C WEBSHOP FRIENDLYPRESSURE.STUDIO #FRIENDLYPRESSURE #FINALRESEARCH
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from the mouths of worms @mendocinoartcenter (thank you dav) 03.14–04.06.2026 “Between sun-split skin and biting my nails comma, rubbing my fingertips against the hand of the one I love, I embrace the perspective of death. In turn, I become aware of the underworld that teems beneath me.” ~worm girl Thank you to all who helped make this possible x this is an ongoing project that investigates decomposition as an essential element of fathoming our own subconscious descents. More soon….. very soon
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