<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0" xmlns:itunes="http://www.itunes.com/dtds/podcast-1.0.dtd" xmlns:googleplay="http://www.google.com/schemas/play-podcasts/1.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[Mikina Dimunova]]></title><description><![CDATA[Brand Architect. Creative Director. I don't follow briefs. I observe what they fail to say. My work is the excavation of what a brand already is. And the confrontation of what it chooses to ignore.]]></description><link>https://mikinadimunova.substack.com</link><image><url>https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!tUQ8!,w_256,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F8884bce4-4482-463c-b0e1-6f95f29489b7_512x512.png</url><title>Mikina Dimunova</title><link>https://mikinadimunova.substack.com</link></image><generator>Substack</generator><lastBuildDate>Sat, 30 May 2026 14:27:10 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://mikinadimunova.substack.com/feed" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><copyright><![CDATA[Mikina Dimunova]]></copyright><language><![CDATA[en]]></language><webMaster><![CDATA[mikinadimunova@substack.com]]></webMaster><itunes:owner><itunes:email><![CDATA[mikinadimunova@substack.com]]></itunes:email><itunes:name><![CDATA[Mikina Dimunova]]></itunes:name></itunes:owner><itunes:author><![CDATA[Mikina Dimunova]]></itunes:author><googleplay:owner><![CDATA[mikinadimunova@substack.com]]></googleplay:owner><googleplay:email><![CDATA[mikinadimunova@substack.com]]></googleplay:email><googleplay:author><![CDATA[Mikina Dimunova]]></googleplay:author><itunes:block><![CDATA[Yes]]></itunes:block><item><title><![CDATA[The Quality of White Space. SPUSTOVA.]]></title><description><![CDATA[Thesis #10]]></description><link>https://mikinadimunova.substack.com/p/the-quality-of-white-space-spustova</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://mikinadimunova.substack.com/p/the-quality-of-white-space-spustova</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Mikina Dimunova]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 17 May 2026 17:22:32 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!k1hz!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F084aeb23-d7a7-4768-a188-011d727cec5c_3840x2560.jpeg" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Zuzana wanted Didot. I conceded. And then she scaled the logo down to three millimeters in height.</p><p>The high contrast between Didot&#8217;s hairlines and thick strokes disintegrated into a faxed photocopy. Firmin Didot designed this typeface in 1784 as an expression of Enlightenment reason: mathematically precise, stripped of rococo ornament, the first modern typeface in history. In this miniaturization, it became an Eastern European cultural code. The choice of Didot was never aesthetic. It was a statement of character.</p><p>Her radical rejection of the rules unsettled me completely.</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!k1hz!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F084aeb23-d7a7-4768-a188-011d727cec5c_3840x2560.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!k1hz!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F084aeb23-d7a7-4768-a188-011d727cec5c_3840x2560.jpeg 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!k1hz!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F084aeb23-d7a7-4768-a188-011d727cec5c_3840x2560.jpeg 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!k1hz!,w_1272,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F084aeb23-d7a7-4768-a188-011d727cec5c_3840x2560.jpeg 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!k1hz!,w_1456,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F084aeb23-d7a7-4768-a188-011d727cec5c_3840x2560.jpeg 1456w" sizes="100vw"><img src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!k1hz!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F084aeb23-d7a7-4768-a188-011d727cec5c_3840x2560.jpeg" width="1456" height="971" data-attrs="{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/084aeb23-d7a7-4768-a188-011d727cec5c_3840x2560.jpeg&quot;,&quot;srcNoWatermark&quot;:null,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:null,&quot;imageSize&quot;:null,&quot;height&quot;:971,&quot;width&quot;:1456,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:null,&quot;bytes&quot;:3233003,&quot;alt&quot;:null,&quot;title&quot;:null,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image/jpeg&quot;,&quot;href&quot;:null,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:false,&quot;topImage&quot;:true,&quot;internalRedirect&quot;:&quot;https://mikinadimunova.substack.com/i/198148214?img=https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F084aeb23-d7a7-4768-a188-011d727cec5c_3840x2560.jpeg&quot;,&quot;isProcessing&quot;:false,&quot;align&quot;:null,&quot;offset&quot;:false}" class="sizing-normal" alt="" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!k1hz!,w_424,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F084aeb23-d7a7-4768-a188-011d727cec5c_3840x2560.jpeg 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!k1hz!,w_848,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F084aeb23-d7a7-4768-a188-011d727cec5c_3840x2560.jpeg 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!k1hz!,w_1272,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F084aeb23-d7a7-4768-a188-011d727cec5c_3840x2560.jpeg 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!k1hz!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F084aeb23-d7a7-4768-a188-011d727cec5c_3840x2560.jpeg 1456w" sizes="100vw" fetchpriority="high"></picture><div class="image-link-expand"><div class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container restack-image"><svg role="img" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 20 20" fill="none" stroke-width="1.5" stroke="var(--color-fg-primary)" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"><g><title></title><path d="M2.53001 7.81595C3.49179 4.73911 6.43281 2.5 9.91173 2.5C13.1684 2.5 15.9537 4.46214 17.0852 7.23684L17.6179 8.67647M17.6179 8.67647L18.5002 4.26471M17.6179 8.67647L13.6473 6.91176M17.4995 12.1841C16.5378 15.2609 13.5967 17.5 10.1178 17.5C6.86118 17.5 4.07589 15.5379 2.94432 12.7632L2.41165 11.3235M2.41165 11.3235L1.5293 15.7353M2.41165 11.3235L6.38224 13.0882"></path></g></svg></button><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container view-image"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div><p></p><p>In these latitudes, we live in visual scarcity. We lack the historical presence of neoclassicism. What we have instead is the fax roll, the bad photocopy, the first low-resolution digital cameras. This aesthetic produces a kind of satisfaction that must be entirely foreign to the West. In her essay on poor images, Hito Steyerl argues that an imperfect copy paradoxically increases the intimacy of an object. Zuzana&#8217;s visual instinct carries exactly that &#8212; and so does what she makes.</p><p>Her visual language is not minimalism. It is yohaku no bi &#20313;&#30333;&#12398;&#32654; &#8212; the Japanese concept for the beauty of what is left unsaid. Emptiness as potential. She doesn&#8217;t create visual disruption by what she adds, but by what she omits.</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!_2fx!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fbd688c4e-33d1-4289-8667-def791618a37_3840x2560.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!_2fx!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fbd688c4e-33d1-4289-8667-def791618a37_3840x2560.jpeg 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!_2fx!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fbd688c4e-33d1-4289-8667-def791618a37_3840x2560.jpeg 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!_2fx!,w_1272,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fbd688c4e-33d1-4289-8667-def791618a37_3840x2560.jpeg 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!_2fx!,w_1456,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fbd688c4e-33d1-4289-8667-def791618a37_3840x2560.jpeg 1456w" sizes="100vw"><img src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!_2fx!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fbd688c4e-33d1-4289-8667-def791618a37_3840x2560.jpeg" width="1456" height="971" data-attrs="{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/bd688c4e-33d1-4289-8667-def791618a37_3840x2560.jpeg&quot;,&quot;srcNoWatermark&quot;:null,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:null,&quot;imageSize&quot;:null,&quot;height&quot;:971,&quot;width&quot;:1456,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:null,&quot;bytes&quot;:1189249,&quot;alt&quot;:null,&quot;title&quot;:null,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image/jpeg&quot;,&quot;href&quot;:null,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:false,&quot;topImage&quot;:false,&quot;internalRedirect&quot;:&quot;https://mikinadimunova.substack.com/i/198148214?img=https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fbd688c4e-33d1-4289-8667-def791618a37_3840x2560.jpeg&quot;,&quot;isProcessing&quot;:false,&quot;align&quot;:null,&quot;offset&quot;:false}" class="sizing-normal" alt="" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!_2fx!,w_424,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fbd688c4e-33d1-4289-8667-def791618a37_3840x2560.jpeg 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!_2fx!,w_848,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fbd688c4e-33d1-4289-8667-def791618a37_3840x2560.jpeg 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!_2fx!,w_1272,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fbd688c4e-33d1-4289-8667-def791618a37_3840x2560.jpeg 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!_2fx!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fbd688c4e-33d1-4289-8667-def791618a37_3840x2560.jpeg 1456w" sizes="100vw"></picture><div class="image-link-expand"><div class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container restack-image"><svg role="img" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 20 20" fill="none" stroke-width="1.5" stroke="var(--color-fg-primary)" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"><g><title></title><path d="M2.53001 7.81595C3.49179 4.73911 6.43281 2.5 9.91173 2.5C13.1684 2.5 15.9537 4.46214 17.0852 7.23684L17.6179 8.67647M17.6179 8.67647L18.5002 4.26471M17.6179 8.67647L13.6473 6.91176M17.4995 12.1841C16.5378 15.2609 13.5967 17.5 10.1178 17.5C6.86118 17.5 4.07589 15.5379 2.94432 12.7632L2.41165 11.3235M2.41165 11.3235L1.5293 15.7353M2.41165 11.3235L6.38224 13.0882"></path></g></svg></button><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container view-image"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div><p></p><p>She began with centering. Then, one day, she started to decompose. It recalls the trajectory of the greatest contemporary masters: those who, having fully commanded the craft, want to return to the moment before it. To find the unlearned within their own handwriting. Zuzana achieved this in fast-forward. Her primary visual language is the photograph. A photograph in which we must supply everything ourselves.</p><p></p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!bMr9!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F4936d106-ee1f-46f2-aa22-80e57e9a47af_3840x2560.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!bMr9!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F4936d106-ee1f-46f2-aa22-80e57e9a47af_3840x2560.jpeg 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!bMr9!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F4936d106-ee1f-46f2-aa22-80e57e9a47af_3840x2560.jpeg 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!bMr9!,w_1272,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F4936d106-ee1f-46f2-aa22-80e57e9a47af_3840x2560.jpeg 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!bMr9!,w_1456,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F4936d106-ee1f-46f2-aa22-80e57e9a47af_3840x2560.jpeg 1456w" sizes="100vw"><img src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!bMr9!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F4936d106-ee1f-46f2-aa22-80e57e9a47af_3840x2560.jpeg" width="1456" height="971" data-attrs="{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/4936d106-ee1f-46f2-aa22-80e57e9a47af_3840x2560.jpeg&quot;,&quot;srcNoWatermark&quot;:null,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:null,&quot;imageSize&quot;:null,&quot;height&quot;:971,&quot;width&quot;:1456,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:null,&quot;bytes&quot;:2359143,&quot;alt&quot;:null,&quot;title&quot;:null,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image/jpeg&quot;,&quot;href&quot;:null,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:true,&quot;topImage&quot;:false,&quot;internalRedirect&quot;:&quot;https://mikinadimunova.substack.com/i/198148214?img=https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F4936d106-ee1f-46f2-aa22-80e57e9a47af_3840x2560.jpeg&quot;,&quot;isProcessing&quot;:false,&quot;align&quot;:null,&quot;offset&quot;:false}" class="sizing-normal" alt="" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!bMr9!,w_424,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F4936d106-ee1f-46f2-aa22-80e57e9a47af_3840x2560.jpeg 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!bMr9!,w_848,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F4936d106-ee1f-46f2-aa22-80e57e9a47af_3840x2560.jpeg 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!bMr9!,w_1272,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F4936d106-ee1f-46f2-aa22-80e57e9a47af_3840x2560.jpeg 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!bMr9!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F4936d106-ee1f-46f2-aa22-80e57e9a47af_3840x2560.jpeg 1456w" sizes="100vw" loading="lazy"></picture><div class="image-link-expand"><div class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container restack-image"><svg role="img" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 20 20" fill="none" stroke-width="1.5" stroke="var(--color-fg-primary)" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"><g><title></title><path d="M2.53001 7.81595C3.49179 4.73911 6.43281 2.5 9.91173 2.5C13.1684 2.5 15.9537 4.46214 17.0852 7.23684L17.6179 8.67647M17.6179 8.67647L18.5002 4.26471M17.6179 8.67647L13.6473 6.91176M17.4995 12.1841C16.5378 15.2609 13.5967 17.5 10.1178 17.5C6.86118 17.5 4.07589 15.5379 2.94432 12.7632L2.41165 11.3235M2.41165 11.3235L1.5293 15.7353M2.41165 11.3235L6.38224 13.0882"></path></g></svg></button><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container view-image"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div><p></p><p>She had the courage to rebrand her identity and compress it to a minimum. She redefines visibility through the lens she uses to see the world. A magnifying glass. And she holds our full attention.</p><p>Zuzana is the first and the last person who ever told me to make a logo smaller. At every single output. And today she inhabits layouts she can claim entirely as her own without changing a single typeface. She controls the white space.</p><p>Here, the brand is not in the name. It is in the quality of the white space around it.</p><p></p><p>Mikina Dimunova</p><p>Author of the SPUSTOVA and TF_Magazine identities.</p><div><hr></div><p>This text is an observation of the relationship between two identities I have authored, which together now define something third. It is also part of the series Theses on Identity by Mikina Dimunova.</p><p></p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!W8M_!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9c23e4df-3560-4844-a2a7-79b119ce0f78_2381x1684.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!W8M_!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9c23e4df-3560-4844-a2a7-79b119ce0f78_2381x1684.jpeg 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!W8M_!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9c23e4df-3560-4844-a2a7-79b119ce0f78_2381x1684.jpeg 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!W8M_!,w_1272,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9c23e4df-3560-4844-a2a7-79b119ce0f78_2381x1684.jpeg 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!W8M_!,w_1456,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9c23e4df-3560-4844-a2a7-79b119ce0f78_2381x1684.jpeg 1456w" sizes="100vw"><img src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!W8M_!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9c23e4df-3560-4844-a2a7-79b119ce0f78_2381x1684.jpeg" width="1456" height="1030" data-attrs="{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/9c23e4df-3560-4844-a2a7-79b119ce0f78_2381x1684.jpeg&quot;,&quot;srcNoWatermark&quot;:null,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:null,&quot;imageSize&quot;:null,&quot;height&quot;:1030,&quot;width&quot;:1456,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:null,&quot;bytes&quot;:1112337,&quot;alt&quot;:null,&quot;title&quot;:null,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image/jpeg&quot;,&quot;href&quot;:null,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:true,&quot;topImage&quot;:false,&quot;internalRedirect&quot;:&quot;https://mikinadimunova.substack.com/i/198148214?img=https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9c23e4df-3560-4844-a2a7-79b119ce0f78_2381x1684.jpeg&quot;,&quot;isProcessing&quot;:false,&quot;align&quot;:null,&quot;offset&quot;:false}" class="sizing-normal" alt="" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!W8M_!,w_424,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9c23e4df-3560-4844-a2a7-79b119ce0f78_2381x1684.jpeg 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!W8M_!,w_848,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9c23e4df-3560-4844-a2a7-79b119ce0f78_2381x1684.jpeg 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!W8M_!,w_1272,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9c23e4df-3560-4844-a2a7-79b119ce0f78_2381x1684.jpeg 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!W8M_!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9c23e4df-3560-4844-a2a7-79b119ce0f78_2381x1684.jpeg 1456w" sizes="100vw" loading="lazy"></picture><div class="image-link-expand"><div class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container restack-image"><svg role="img" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 20 20" fill="none" stroke-width="1.5" stroke="var(--color-fg-primary)" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"><g><title></title><path d="M2.53001 7.81595C3.49179 4.73911 6.43281 2.5 9.91173 2.5C13.1684 2.5 15.9537 4.46214 17.0852 7.23684L17.6179 8.67647M17.6179 8.67647L18.5002 4.26471M17.6179 8.67647L13.6473 6.91176M17.4995 12.1841C16.5378 15.2609 13.5967 17.5 10.1178 17.5C6.86118 17.5 4.07589 15.5379 2.94432 12.7632L2.41165 11.3235M2.41165 11.3235L1.5293 15.7353M2.41165 11.3235L6.38224 13.0882"></path></g></svg></button><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container view-image"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div><p></p><h5>/SK/</h5><h5>Thesis #10</h5><h3>Kvalita bieleho priestoru. SPUSTOVA.</h3><p></p><p>Zuzana chcela Didot. Dovolila som to. A potom zmen&#353;ila logo na tri milimetre na v&#253;&#353;ku.</p><p>Vysok&#233; kontrasty tenk&#253;ch a hrub&#253;ch l&#237;ni&#237; Didotu sa vo v&#253;tla&#269;ku rozpadli do faxovej fotok&#243;pie. P&#237;smo, ktor&#233; Firmin Didot v roku 1784 stvoril ako v&#253;raz osvieteneck&#233;ho rozumu. Matematicky presn&#233;, zbaven&#233; rokokov&#233;ho ornamentu, prv&#233; modern&#233; p&#237;smo v dejin&#225;ch typografie sa v tejto miniaturiz&#225;cii stalo v&#253;chodoeur&#243;pskym kult&#250;rnym k&#243;dom. Vo&#318;ba Didotu nebola estetick&#225;. Bola charakterov&#225;.</p><p>Toto radik&#225;lne odmietnutie pravidiel ma extr&#233;mne vyru&#353;ilo.</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!4NTe!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F30d000e8-3aed-44eb-8b09-4b0ad014e6d1_3840x2560.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!4NTe!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F30d000e8-3aed-44eb-8b09-4b0ad014e6d1_3840x2560.jpeg 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!4NTe!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F30d000e8-3aed-44eb-8b09-4b0ad014e6d1_3840x2560.jpeg 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!4NTe!,w_1272,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F30d000e8-3aed-44eb-8b09-4b0ad014e6d1_3840x2560.jpeg 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!4NTe!,w_1456,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F30d000e8-3aed-44eb-8b09-4b0ad014e6d1_3840x2560.jpeg 1456w" sizes="100vw"><img src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!4NTe!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F30d000e8-3aed-44eb-8b09-4b0ad014e6d1_3840x2560.jpeg" width="1456" height="971" data-attrs="{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/30d000e8-3aed-44eb-8b09-4b0ad014e6d1_3840x2560.jpeg&quot;,&quot;srcNoWatermark&quot;:null,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:null,&quot;imageSize&quot;:null,&quot;height&quot;:971,&quot;width&quot;:1456,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:null,&quot;bytes&quot;:2376110,&quot;alt&quot;:null,&quot;title&quot;:null,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image/jpeg&quot;,&quot;href&quot;:null,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:true,&quot;topImage&quot;:false,&quot;internalRedirect&quot;:&quot;https://mikinadimunova.substack.com/i/198148214?img=https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F30d000e8-3aed-44eb-8b09-4b0ad014e6d1_3840x2560.jpeg&quot;,&quot;isProcessing&quot;:false,&quot;align&quot;:null,&quot;offset&quot;:false}" class="sizing-normal" alt="" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!4NTe!,w_424,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F30d000e8-3aed-44eb-8b09-4b0ad014e6d1_3840x2560.jpeg 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!4NTe!,w_848,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F30d000e8-3aed-44eb-8b09-4b0ad014e6d1_3840x2560.jpeg 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!4NTe!,w_1272,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F30d000e8-3aed-44eb-8b09-4b0ad014e6d1_3840x2560.jpeg 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!4NTe!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F30d000e8-3aed-44eb-8b09-4b0ad014e6d1_3840x2560.jpeg 1456w" sizes="100vw" loading="lazy"></picture><div class="image-link-expand"><div class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container restack-image"><svg role="img" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 20 20" fill="none" stroke-width="1.5" stroke="var(--color-fg-primary)" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"><g><title></title><path d="M2.53001 7.81595C3.49179 4.73911 6.43281 2.5 9.91173 2.5C13.1684 2.5 15.9537 4.46214 17.0852 7.23684L17.6179 8.67647M17.6179 8.67647L18.5002 4.26471M17.6179 8.67647L13.6473 6.91176M17.4995 12.1841C16.5378 15.2609 13.5967 17.5 10.1178 17.5C6.86118 17.5 4.07589 15.5379 2.94432 12.7632L2.41165 11.3235M2.41165 11.3235L1.5293 15.7353M2.41165 11.3235L6.38224 13.0882"></path></g></svg></button><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container view-image"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div><p></p><p>V na&#353;ich zemepisn&#253;ch &#353;&#237;rkach &#382;ijeme vo vizu&#225;lnom nedostatku. Ch&#253;ba n&#225;m aj historick&#225; pr&#237;tomnos&#357; neoklasicizmu. Ale za to sme vyr&#225;stli vo faxov&#253;ch roliach, zl&#253;ch fotok&#243;pi&#225;ch, prv&#253;ch digit&#225;lnych fotoapar&#225;toch s n&#237;zkym rozl&#237;&#353;en&#237;m. T&#225;to estetika v n&#225;s vyvol&#225;va typ satisfakcie, ktor&#253; mus&#237; z&#225;pad celkom iritova&#357;. Hito Steyerl vo svojej eseji o n&#237;zkych rozl&#237;&#353;eniach p&#237;&#353;e, &#382;e nedokonal&#225; k&#243;pia paradoxne zvy&#353;uje int&#237;mnos&#357; objektu. Zuzanina vizu&#225;lna estetika a jej produkt rozhodne maj&#250; tento in&#353;tinkt.</p><p>Jej vizu&#225;lny jazyk nie je minimalizmus. Je to yohaku no bi &#20313;&#30333;&#12398;&#32654; &#8212; japonsk&#253; pojem pre kr&#225;su toho, &#269;o zostalo nepovedan&#233;. Pr&#225;zdnota ako potenci&#225;l. Z najbe&#382;nej&#353;&#237;ch ka&#382;dodenn&#253;ch momentov nerob&#237; vizu&#225;lne rozru&#353;enie t&#253;m, &#269;o prid&#225;, ale t&#253;m, &#269;o vynech&#225;.</p><p>Za&#269;&#237;nala centrovan&#237;m. A&#382; jedn&#233;ho d&#328;a za&#269;ala dekomponova&#357;. Pripom&#237;na to cestu najv&#228;&#269;&#353;&#237;ch contemporary majstrov. Ke&#271; dokonale ovl&#225;dnu remeslo, chc&#250; sa vr&#225;ti&#357; pred ten moment. N&#225;js&#357; v rukopise nevycvi&#269;enos&#357;. Zuzana to zvl&#225;dla v zr&#253;chlenom konan&#237;. Jej prim&#225;rny vizu&#225;lny jazyk je fotka. Fotka, v ktorej si mus&#237;me domyslie&#357; v&#353;etko.</p><p>Mala odvahu rebrandova&#357; svoju zna&#269;ku a potla&#269;i&#357; jej identitu na minimum. Vidite&#318;nos&#357; challenguje cez filter, cez ktor&#253; sa pozer&#225; na svet. Lupou. A m&#225; v&#353;etku na&#353;u pozornos&#357;.</p><p>Zuzana je prv&#225; a aj posledn&#225;, ktor&#225; mi hovorila, &#382;e to logo treba zmen&#353;i&#357;. Pri ka&#382;dom jednom v&#253;stupe. A dnes dost&#225;va priestor v layoute, ktor&#253; si dok&#225;&#382;e dokonale privlastni&#357; bez toho, aby zmenila fonty. Ovl&#225;dne jeho biely priestor.</p><p>Tu zna&#269;ka nie je v mene. Je v kvalite bielej plochy okolo mena.</p><p></p><p>Mikina Dimunova</p><p>Autorka ident&#237;t SPUSTOVA a TF__Magazine</p><div><hr></div><p>Tento text je o pozorovan&#237; vz&#357;ahu medzi dvoma zna&#269;kami, ktor&#233; som autorsky definovala, a ktor&#233; dnes spolo&#269;ne definuj&#250; nie&#269;o tretie. Je tie&#382; s&#250;&#269;as&#357;ou s&#233;rie Theses on Identity by Mikina Dimunova.</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!XieX!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F2adca4dc-daf9-4e66-9db8-46ef65e69e6f_3840x2560.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!XieX!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F2adca4dc-daf9-4e66-9db8-46ef65e69e6f_3840x2560.jpeg 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!XieX!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F2adca4dc-daf9-4e66-9db8-46ef65e69e6f_3840x2560.jpeg 848w, 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url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!ak9E!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F12f0fd36-7123-4dbe-8f06-046e474503eb_3840x2160.jpeg" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!ak9E!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F12f0fd36-7123-4dbe-8f06-046e474503eb_3840x2160.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!ak9E!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F12f0fd36-7123-4dbe-8f06-046e474503eb_3840x2160.jpeg 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!ak9E!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F12f0fd36-7123-4dbe-8f06-046e474503eb_3840x2160.jpeg 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!ak9E!,w_1272,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F12f0fd36-7123-4dbe-8f06-046e474503eb_3840x2160.jpeg 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!ak9E!,w_1456,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F12f0fd36-7123-4dbe-8f06-046e474503eb_3840x2160.jpeg 1456w" sizes="100vw"><img src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!ak9E!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F12f0fd36-7123-4dbe-8f06-046e474503eb_3840x2160.jpeg" width="1456" height="819" 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I remember two distinct states: Church and Apron. When she dressed for church, I felt like she was leaving me forever. She was a stranger, a well-dressed woman with an elegant handbag. But when she returned and changed into her house apron, a total sense of security flooded over me. She was mine again. The apron was her armor, in which she tended her roses and waited for the trash collectors. To me, the metal container was as much an aesthetic object as the flowers.</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Mdbf!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9166160f-6e85-417e-8c72-c1522212d19c_3840x2160.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Mdbf!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9166160f-6e85-417e-8c72-c1522212d19c_3840x2160.jpeg 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Mdbf!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9166160f-6e85-417e-8c72-c1522212d19c_3840x2160.jpeg 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Mdbf!,w_1272,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9166160f-6e85-417e-8c72-c1522212d19c_3840x2160.jpeg 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Mdbf!,w_1456,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9166160f-6e85-417e-8c72-c1522212d19c_3840x2160.jpeg 1456w" sizes="100vw"><img src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Mdbf!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9166160f-6e85-417e-8c72-c1522212d19c_3840x2160.jpeg" width="1456" height="819" data-attrs="{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/9166160f-6e85-417e-8c72-c1522212d19c_3840x2160.jpeg&quot;,&quot;srcNoWatermark&quot;:null,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:null,&quot;imageSize&quot;:null,&quot;height&quot;:819,&quot;width&quot;:1456,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:null,&quot;bytes&quot;:6068751,&quot;alt&quot;:null,&quot;title&quot;:null,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image/jpeg&quot;,&quot;href&quot;:null,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:false,&quot;topImage&quot;:false,&quot;internalRedirect&quot;:&quot;https://mikinadimunova.substack.com/i/197104493?img=https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9166160f-6e85-417e-8c72-c1522212d19c_3840x2160.jpeg&quot;,&quot;isProcessing&quot;:false,&quot;align&quot;:null,&quot;offset&quot;:false}" class="sizing-normal" alt="" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Mdbf!,w_424,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9166160f-6e85-417e-8c72-c1522212d19c_3840x2160.jpeg 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Mdbf!,w_848,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9166160f-6e85-417e-8c72-c1522212d19c_3840x2160.jpeg 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Mdbf!,w_1272,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9166160f-6e85-417e-8c72-c1522212d19c_3840x2160.jpeg 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Mdbf!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9166160f-6e85-417e-8c72-c1522212d19c_3840x2160.jpeg 1456w" sizes="100vw"></picture><div class="image-link-expand"><div class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container restack-image"><svg role="img" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 20 20" fill="none" stroke-width="1.5" stroke="var(--color-fg-primary)" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"><g><title></title><path d="M2.53001 7.81595C3.49179 4.73911 6.43281 2.5 9.91173 2.5C13.1684 2.5 15.9537 4.46214 17.0852 7.23684L17.6179 8.67647M17.6179 8.67647L18.5002 4.26471M17.6179 8.67647L13.6473 6.91176M17.4995 12.1841C16.5378 15.2609 13.5967 17.5 10.1178 17.5C6.86118 17.5 4.07589 15.5379 2.94432 12.7632L2.41165 11.3235M2.41165 11.3235L1.5293 15.7353M2.41165 11.3235L6.38224 13.0882"></path></g></svg></button><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container view-image"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div><p>In that kitchen, I drank cocoa from a cup I still own today. It has a bold pattern that clashes with everything in my current display case. It is a detail I have carried within me my entire life, and I am glad it disrupts the shelf.</p><p>My street photography series Beauty &amp; The Beast grew out of this very emotion. The central, recurring motif is a rose by a dumpster. I recognized something from those summers in Humenn&#233;. The same code. The same contrast that stirs something deeper than aesthetic interest.</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!03WF!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F3ebb079a-860f-4dbd-8793-20b4645ab7bf_3840x2160.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!03WF!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F3ebb079a-860f-4dbd-8793-20b4645ab7bf_3840x2160.jpeg 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!03WF!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F3ebb079a-860f-4dbd-8793-20b4645ab7bf_3840x2160.jpeg 848w, 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They are tapping into our collective DNA. They are selling us an intimate memory of safety that we never forgot, but never imagined could be for sale. This is precisely what turns a commodity into a cultural object: when you recognize yourself in it.</p><p></p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!9gua!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Ff9942445-3ebd-426a-a82e-81ac6fc3ea44_3840x2160.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!9gua!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Ff9942445-3ebd-426a-a82e-81ac6fc3ea44_3840x2160.jpeg 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!9gua!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Ff9942445-3ebd-426a-a82e-81ac6fc3ea44_3840x2160.jpeg 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!9gua!,w_1272,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Ff9942445-3ebd-426a-a82e-81ac6fc3ea44_3840x2160.jpeg 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!9gua!,w_1456,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Ff9942445-3ebd-426a-a82e-81ac6fc3ea44_3840x2160.jpeg 1456w" sizes="100vw"><img src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!9gua!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Ff9942445-3ebd-426a-a82e-81ac6fc3ea44_3840x2160.jpeg" width="1456" height="819" data-attrs="{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/f9942445-3ebd-426a-a82e-81ac6fc3ea44_3840x2160.jpeg&quot;,&quot;srcNoWatermark&quot;:null,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:null,&quot;imageSize&quot;:null,&quot;height&quot;:819,&quot;width&quot;:1456,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:null,&quot;bytes&quot;:4858767,&quot;alt&quot;:null,&quot;title&quot;:null,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image/jpeg&quot;,&quot;href&quot;:null,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:true,&quot;topImage&quot;:false,&quot;internalRedirect&quot;:&quot;https://mikinadimunova.substack.com/i/197104493?img=https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Ff9942445-3ebd-426a-a82e-81ac6fc3ea44_3840x2160.jpeg&quot;,&quot;isProcessing&quot;:false,&quot;align&quot;:null,&quot;offset&quot;:false}" class="sizing-normal" alt="" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!9gua!,w_424,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Ff9942445-3ebd-426a-a82e-81ac6fc3ea44_3840x2160.jpeg 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!9gua!,w_848,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Ff9942445-3ebd-426a-a82e-81ac6fc3ea44_3840x2160.jpeg 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!9gua!,w_1272,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Ff9942445-3ebd-426a-a82e-81ac6fc3ea44_3840x2160.jpeg 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!9gua!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Ff9942445-3ebd-426a-a82e-81ac6fc3ea44_3840x2160.jpeg 1456w" sizes="100vw" loading="lazy"></picture><div class="image-link-expand"><div class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container restack-image"><svg role="img" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 20 20" fill="none" stroke-width="1.5" stroke="var(--color-fg-primary)" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"><g><title></title><path d="M2.53001 7.81595C3.49179 4.73911 6.43281 2.5 9.91173 2.5C13.1684 2.5 15.9537 4.46214 17.0852 7.23684L17.6179 8.67647M17.6179 8.67647L18.5002 4.26471M17.6179 8.67647L13.6473 6.91176M17.4995 12.1841C16.5378 15.2609 13.5967 17.5 10.1178 17.5C6.86118 17.5 4.07589 15.5379 2.94432 12.7632L2.41165 11.3235M2.41165 11.3235L1.5293 15.7353M2.41165 11.3235L6.38224 13.0882"></path></g></svg></button><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container view-image"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div><p></p><p>Beauty needs its beast to become tangible.</p><p>A rose in a sterile studio is a beautiful bore. A rose next to a dumpster is a stance.</p><p>This is a sacred return. What you are buying is a relationship to a situation you have already lived. People seek out childhood objects in second-hand shops, preserve artifacts with a story, inherit fragments of their past through objects. New things do not create this bond. They have no biography yet. Miu Miu sells an apron with a preloaded cultural biography. It arrives carrying a collective memory you don&#8217;t have to build yourself. That is why it works.</p><p>Luxury is the cocoa in that cup you keep as your only intimate memento. It holds the code of who you truly are, and you want this one object to disrupt the aesthetics of your shelf.</p><p>A brand that understands this doesn&#8217;t need a superlative register. Because one right beast is enough.</p><p></p><div><hr></div><p><em>Theses on Identity by Mikina Dimunova.</em></p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Dvf5!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fb10d5d33-1811-48c8-ab1e-f265bcdeac96_3840x2160.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Dvf5!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fb10d5d33-1811-48c8-ab1e-f265bcdeac96_3840x2160.jpeg 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Dvf5!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fb10d5d33-1811-48c8-ab1e-f265bcdeac96_3840x2160.jpeg 848w, 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Pam&#228;t&#225;m si na dva stavy: Kostol a Z&#225;stera. Ke&#271; sa obliekla do kostola, mala som pocit, &#382;e ma nav&#382;dy op&#250;&#353;&#357;a. Bola to cudzia, dobre oble&#269;en&#225; &#382;ena s elegantnou kabelkou. Ale ke&#271; sa vr&#225;tila a prezliekla sa do &#353;atovej z&#225;stery, zaplavil ma absol&#250;tny pocit bezpe&#269;ia. Bola zas pre m&#328;a. Z&#225;stera bola jej brnen&#237;m, v ktorom pestovala ru&#382;e a &#269;akala na smetiarov. Kontajner bol pre m&#328;a rovnak&#253;m estetick&#253;m objektom ako tie kvety.</p><p>V tej kuchyni som pila kakao z jednej &#353;&#225;lky, ktor&#250; m&#225;m dodnes, s v&#253;razn&#253;m patternom, ktor&#253; sa nehod&#237; do mojej aktu&#225;lnej vitr&#237;ny. Je to detail, ktor&#253; nos&#237;m v sebe cel&#253; &#382;ivot a som rada, &#382;e vitr&#237;nu nar&#250;&#353;a.</p><p>Moja pouli&#269;n&#225; foto s&#233;ria Beauty &amp; The Beast vznikla pokra&#269;uj&#250;c z tejto em&#243;cie. &#218;stredn&#253;m opakuj&#250;cim sa mot&#237;vom je ru&#382;a pri kontajneri. Spoznala som v tom nie&#269;o z leta v Humennom. Ten ist&#253; k&#243;d. Ten ist&#253; kontrast, ktor&#253; vo mne vyvol&#225;va nie&#269;o ove&#318;a silnej&#353;ie ne&#382; estetick&#253; z&#225;ujem.</p><p>Dnes zna&#269;ka Miu Miu (Prada Group) pred&#225;va pracovn&#250; z&#225;steru s cenovkou 2 500,- a ja kri&#269;&#237;m: </p><h5>Take all my money!</h5><p></p><p>Nie, nerobia si z n&#225;s srandu. Zat&#237;naj&#250; do n&#225;&#353;ho genofondu. Pred&#225;vaj&#250; n&#225;m int&#237;mnu spomienku na bezpe&#269;ie, ktor&#250; sme nikdy nezabudli, len sme si nemysleli, &#382;e niekedy bude na predaj. To je presne to, &#269;o rob&#237; z tovaru kult&#250;rny objekt: ke&#271; sa v &#328;om spozn&#225;te.</p><p>Kr&#225;sa potrebuje svoju &#353;elmu, aby sa stala hmatate&#318;nou.</p><p>Ru&#382;a v sterilnom ateli&#233;ri je kr&#225;sna nuda. Ru&#382;a ved&#318;a kontajnera je postoj.</p><p>Toto je sakr&#225;lny n&#225;vrat. Kupujete vz&#357;ah k situ&#225;cii, ktor&#250; ste u&#382; za&#382;ili. &#317;udia skupuj&#250; v baz&#225;roch veci z detstva, uchov&#225;vaj&#250; artefakty s pr&#237;behom, dedia cez objekty nie&#269;o zo svojej minulosti. Nov&#233; veci tento vz&#357;ah nevytv&#225;raj&#250;. E&#353;te nemaj&#250; biografiu. Miu Miu pred&#225;va z&#225;steru s preloaded kult&#250;rnou biografiou. Prich&#225;dza s kolekt&#237;vnou pam&#228;&#357;ou, ktor&#250; nemus&#237;te budova&#357;. Pr&#225;ve preto funguje.</p><p>Luxus je to kakao v &#353;&#225;lke, ktor&#250; si vezmete ako jedin&#250; int&#237;mnu spomienku, preto&#382;e v nej je ulo&#382;en&#253; k&#243;d toho, k&#253;m v skuto&#269;nosti ste, a chcete, aby v&#225;m t&#225;to jedna vec naru&#353;ila estetiku va&#353;ej poli&#269;ky.</p><p>Zna&#269;ka, ktor&#225; toto pochop&#237;, nepotrebuje superlat&#237;vny register. Lebo si vysta&#269;&#237; s jednou spr&#225;vnou &#353;elmou.</p><p></p><div><hr></div><p><em>Theses on Identity by Mikina Dimunova.</em></p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Politics of Taste ]]></title><description><![CDATA[Thesis #8]]></description><link>https://mikinadimunova.substack.com/p/the-politics-of-taste</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://mikinadimunova.substack.com/p/the-politics-of-taste</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Mikina Dimunova]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 03 May 2026 16:04:42 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!G2PE!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fcff5a02d-6586-4428-8f4c-f49b8caa3f35_3840x2160.jpeg" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<h5>Taste is not what you like. It is what your discernment refuses to accept.</h5><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!G2PE!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fcff5a02d-6586-4428-8f4c-f49b8caa3f35_3840x2160.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!G2PE!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fcff5a02d-6586-4428-8f4c-f49b8caa3f35_3840x2160.jpeg 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!G2PE!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fcff5a02d-6586-4428-8f4c-f49b8caa3f35_3840x2160.jpeg 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!G2PE!,w_1272,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fcff5a02d-6586-4428-8f4c-f49b8caa3f35_3840x2160.jpeg 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!G2PE!,w_1456,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fcff5a02d-6586-4428-8f4c-f49b8caa3f35_3840x2160.jpeg 1456w" sizes="100vw"><img src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!G2PE!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fcff5a02d-6586-4428-8f4c-f49b8caa3f35_3840x2160.jpeg" width="1456" height="819" data-attrs="{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/cff5a02d-6586-4428-8f4c-f49b8caa3f35_3840x2160.jpeg&quot;,&quot;srcNoWatermark&quot;:null,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:null,&quot;imageSize&quot;:null,&quot;height&quot;:819,&quot;width&quot;:1456,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:null,&quot;bytes&quot;:2690148,&quot;alt&quot;:null,&quot;title&quot;:null,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image/jpeg&quot;,&quot;href&quot;:null,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:false,&quot;topImage&quot;:true,&quot;internalRedirect&quot;:&quot;https://mikinadimunova.substack.com/i/196320066?img=https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fcff5a02d-6586-4428-8f4c-f49b8caa3f35_3840x2160.jpeg&quot;,&quot;isProcessing&quot;:false,&quot;align&quot;:null,&quot;offset&quot;:false}" class="sizing-normal" alt="" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!G2PE!,w_424,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fcff5a02d-6586-4428-8f4c-f49b8caa3f35_3840x2160.jpeg 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!G2PE!,w_848,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fcff5a02d-6586-4428-8f4c-f49b8caa3f35_3840x2160.jpeg 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!G2PE!,w_1272,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fcff5a02d-6586-4428-8f4c-f49b8caa3f35_3840x2160.jpeg 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!G2PE!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fcff5a02d-6586-4428-8f4c-f49b8caa3f35_3840x2160.jpeg 1456w" sizes="100vw" fetchpriority="high"></picture><div class="image-link-expand"><div class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container restack-image"><svg role="img" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 20 20" fill="none" stroke-width="1.5" stroke="var(--color-fg-primary)" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"><g><title></title><path d="M2.53001 7.81595C3.49179 4.73911 6.43281 2.5 9.91173 2.5C13.1684 2.5 15.9537 4.46214 17.0852 7.23684L17.6179 8.67647M17.6179 8.67647L18.5002 4.26471M17.6179 8.67647L13.6473 6.91176M17.4995 12.1841C16.5378 15.2609 13.5967 17.5 10.1178 17.5C6.86118 17.5 4.07589 15.5379 2.94432 12.7632L2.41165 11.3235M2.41165 11.3235L1.5293 15.7353M2.41165 11.3235L6.38224 13.0882"></path></g></svg></button><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container view-image"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div><p></p><p>Last week I received an email from a bot. It wanted a precise account of the thought process behind the cover design for Peter B&#225;rdy&#8217;s new book about Iveta Radi&#269;ov&#225;. Every decision. Every rejection.</p><div class="subscription-widget-wrap-editor" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://mikinadimunova.substack.com/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Subscribe&quot;,&quot;language&quot;:&quot;en&quot;}" data-component-name="SubscribeWidgetToDOM"><div class="subscription-widget show-subscribe"><div class="preamble"><p class="cta-caption">Thanks for reading! Subscribe for free to receive new posts and support my work.</p></div><form class="subscription-widget-subscribe"><input type="email" class="email-input" name="email" placeholder="Type your email&#8230;" tabindex="-1"><input type="submit" class="button primary" value="Subscribe"><div class="fake-input-wrapper"><div class="fake-input"></div><div class="fake-button"></div></div></form></div></div><p>A colleague in South Africa had warned me the week before, in his dystopian Facebook status. The bot arrived before I finished writing the previous thesis.</p><h5>Machines know how. Now they want to know why not.</h5><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!o6nL!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F5fb968c1-61aa-49fc-b0b8-369d7bb4e724_3840x2160.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!o6nL!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F5fb968c1-61aa-49fc-b0b8-369d7bb4e724_3840x2160.jpeg 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!o6nL!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F5fb968c1-61aa-49fc-b0b8-369d7bb4e724_3840x2160.jpeg 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!o6nL!,w_1272,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F5fb968c1-61aa-49fc-b0b8-369d7bb4e724_3840x2160.jpeg 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!o6nL!,w_1456,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F5fb968c1-61aa-49fc-b0b8-369d7bb4e724_3840x2160.jpeg 1456w" sizes="100vw"><img src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!o6nL!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F5fb968c1-61aa-49fc-b0b8-369d7bb4e724_3840x2160.jpeg" width="1456" height="819" data-attrs="{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/5fb968c1-61aa-49fc-b0b8-369d7bb4e724_3840x2160.jpeg&quot;,&quot;srcNoWatermark&quot;:null,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:null,&quot;imageSize&quot;:null,&quot;height&quot;:819,&quot;width&quot;:1456,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:null,&quot;bytes&quot;:1337531,&quot;alt&quot;:null,&quot;title&quot;:null,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image/jpeg&quot;,&quot;href&quot;:null,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:false,&quot;topImage&quot;:false,&quot;internalRedirect&quot;:&quot;https://mikinadimunova.substack.com/i/196320066?img=https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F5fb968c1-61aa-49fc-b0b8-369d7bb4e724_3840x2160.jpeg&quot;,&quot;isProcessing&quot;:false,&quot;align&quot;:null,&quot;offset&quot;:false}" class="sizing-normal" alt="" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!o6nL!,w_424,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F5fb968c1-61aa-49fc-b0b8-369d7bb4e724_3840x2160.jpeg 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!o6nL!,w_848,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F5fb968c1-61aa-49fc-b0b8-369d7bb4e724_3840x2160.jpeg 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!o6nL!,w_1272,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F5fb968c1-61aa-49fc-b0b8-369d7bb4e724_3840x2160.jpeg 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!o6nL!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F5fb968c1-61aa-49fc-b0b8-369d7bb4e724_3840x2160.jpeg 1456w" sizes="100vw"></picture><div class="image-link-expand"><div class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container restack-image"><svg role="img" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 20 20" fill="none" stroke-width="1.5" stroke="var(--color-fg-primary)" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"><g><title></title><path d="M2.53001 7.81595C3.49179 4.73911 6.43281 2.5 9.91173 2.5C13.1684 2.5 15.9537 4.46214 17.0852 7.23684L17.6179 8.67647M17.6179 8.67647L18.5002 4.26471M17.6179 8.67647L13.6473 6.91176M17.4995 12.1841C16.5378 15.2609 13.5967 17.5 10.1178 17.5C6.86118 17.5 4.07589 15.5379 2.94432 12.7632L2.41165 11.3235M2.41165 11.3235L1.5293 15.7353M2.41165 11.3235L6.38224 13.0882"></path></g></svg></button><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container view-image"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div><p>When you tell a bot why you rejected the first ten sketches, you are teaching it to have contempt for your bad decisions. That is worth more than letting it study your good ones. It learns good decisions from everyone. Your no is the one raw material it cannot produce on its own.</p><p>I own fifty terabytes of unpublished work from twenty years of practice. I do not consider it waste. It is an architecture of refusal. The value of the final design does not lie in the hours spent on it. It lies in the number of versions I discarded because they offended my standard. AI generates a hundred variations and treats all of them as equally valid. Contempt is the one thing AI cannot train without your data and your judgment of it.</p><p>For the Radi&#269;ov&#225; cover, my central no was the visual clich&#233; of the statesperson. In an industry obsessed with the candidate&#8217;s face, I refused to let the portrait dominate. I pushed it under a typographic raster and forced the surnames forward. B&#225;rdy. Radi&#269;ov&#225;. The contemporary register arrived in the moment I decided the most obvious element would not have the final word.</p><p>Even a trained immune system fails sometimes. I have let good enough pixels through under extreme time pressure, when the speed of delivery compressed the space for refusal. What emerges then is not work. It is a compromise. Years of practice taught me to say no before I say yes.</p><p>In his book Distinction, Pierre Bourdieu called taste a form of cultural capital. Not an aesthetic preference, but a system of what you have absorbed through life. Through education, environment, exposure. Habitus. It is not given. It is accumulated. Which is precisely why it is so difficult to prompt with any accuracy.</p><p>In Paris I interviewed at fashion and beauty houses. They did not check skills. They looked at what I read. Where I went. What I held in contempt. Taste was the entry condition for a junior position. Skill was assumed.</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!gULS!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F0097373b-c347-45ea-9144-c80c595d2176_2200x440.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!gULS!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F0097373b-c347-45ea-9144-c80c595d2176_2200x440.png 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!gULS!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F0097373b-c347-45ea-9144-c80c595d2176_2200x440.png 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!gULS!,w_1272,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F0097373b-c347-45ea-9144-c80c595d2176_2200x440.png 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!gULS!,w_1456,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F0097373b-c347-45ea-9144-c80c595d2176_2200x440.png 1456w" sizes="100vw"><img src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!gULS!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F0097373b-c347-45ea-9144-c80c595d2176_2200x440.png" width="1456" height="291" data-attrs="{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/0097373b-c347-45ea-9144-c80c595d2176_2200x440.png&quot;,&quot;srcNoWatermark&quot;:null,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:null,&quot;imageSize&quot;:null,&quot;height&quot;:291,&quot;width&quot;:1456,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:null,&quot;bytes&quot;:604966,&quot;alt&quot;:null,&quot;title&quot;:null,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image/png&quot;,&quot;href&quot;:null,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:true,&quot;topImage&quot;:false,&quot;internalRedirect&quot;:&quot;https://mikinadimunova.substack.com/i/196320066?img=https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F0097373b-c347-45ea-9144-c80c595d2176_2200x440.png&quot;,&quot;isProcessing&quot;:false,&quot;align&quot;:null,&quot;offset&quot;:false}" class="sizing-normal" alt="" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!gULS!,w_424,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F0097373b-c347-45ea-9144-c80c595d2176_2200x440.png 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!gULS!,w_848,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F0097373b-c347-45ea-9144-c80c595d2176_2200x440.png 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!gULS!,w_1272,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F0097373b-c347-45ea-9144-c80c595d2176_2200x440.png 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!gULS!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F0097373b-c347-45ea-9144-c80c595d2176_2200x440.png 1456w" sizes="100vw" loading="lazy"></picture><div></div></div></a></figure></div><h5>There is no room for compassion in taste.</h5><p>Recently I came across an AI-generated spec campaign for <strong>Guerlain</strong> by a genuinely enthusiastic creative. He did not hesitate to share it. Not a single pixel would have passed the real creative director of <strong>Guerlain.</strong> This time I did not want to ruin his joy. Misplaced compassion.</p><p></p><h5>Taste functions as a brand&#8217;s immune system.</h5><p>I call this new creative direction <strong>AI DECO</strong>. It is smog and a remix of illogical analogies. The greatest act of craft in this era will not be making an image. The ultimate act is the veto. The responsibility not to publish.</p><p>The politics of taste is not a question of aesthetics. It is a question of power. <br>And power belongs to those who know how to say no and know why.</p><p></p><p>Theses on Identity by Mikina Dimunova.</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!hgHn!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Faccb414c-61f0-4d03-a384-27b19e35b3ef_2200x440.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!hgHn!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Faccb414c-61f0-4d03-a384-27b19e35b3ef_2200x440.png 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!hgHn!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Faccb414c-61f0-4d03-a384-27b19e35b3ef_2200x440.png 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!hgHn!,w_1272,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Faccb414c-61f0-4d03-a384-27b19e35b3ef_2200x440.png 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!hgHn!,w_1456,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Faccb414c-61f0-4d03-a384-27b19e35b3ef_2200x440.png 1456w" sizes="100vw"><img src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!hgHn!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Faccb414c-61f0-4d03-a384-27b19e35b3ef_2200x440.png" width="1456" height="291" data-attrs="{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/accb414c-61f0-4d03-a384-27b19e35b3ef_2200x440.png&quot;,&quot;srcNoWatermark&quot;:null,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:null,&quot;imageSize&quot;:null,&quot;height&quot;:291,&quot;width&quot;:1456,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:null,&quot;bytes&quot;:1020898,&quot;alt&quot;:null,&quot;title&quot;:null,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image/png&quot;,&quot;href&quot;:null,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:true,&quot;topImage&quot;:false,&quot;internalRedirect&quot;:&quot;https://mikinadimunova.substack.com/i/196320066?img=https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Faccb414c-61f0-4d03-a384-27b19e35b3ef_2200x440.png&quot;,&quot;isProcessing&quot;:false,&quot;align&quot;:null,&quot;offset&quot;:false}" class="sizing-normal" alt="" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!hgHn!,w_424,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Faccb414c-61f0-4d03-a384-27b19e35b3ef_2200x440.png 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!hgHn!,w_848,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Faccb414c-61f0-4d03-a384-27b19e35b3ef_2200x440.png 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!hgHn!,w_1272,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Faccb414c-61f0-4d03-a384-27b19e35b3ef_2200x440.png 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!hgHn!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Faccb414c-61f0-4d03-a384-27b19e35b3ef_2200x440.png 1456w" sizes="100vw" loading="lazy"></picture><div></div></div></a></figure></div><p></p><div><hr></div><h6>/ SK<strong> /</strong></h6><h2><strong>Politika vkusu</strong></h2><h5>Vkus nie je to, &#269;o sa v&#225;m p&#225;&#269;i. Je to schopnos&#357; odmietnu&#357;.</h5><p></p><p>Minul&#253; t&#253;&#382;de&#328; mi pri&#353;iel email od bota. &#381;iadal presn&#253; popis my&#353;lienkov&#253;ch pochodov, ktor&#233; predch&#225;dzali dizajnu ob&#225;lky novej knihy Petra B&#225;rdyho o Ivete Radi&#269;ovej. Chcel pozna&#357; ka&#382;d&#233; rozhodnutie. Ka&#382;d&#233; zamietnutie.</p><p>Kolega z ju&#382;nej Afriky ma varoval t&#253;&#382;de&#328; predt&#253;m vo svojom distopickom statuse na Facebooku. Bot pri&#353;iel sk&#244;r, ako som dop&#237;sala predch&#225;dzaj&#250;cu t&#233;zu.</p><p>Stroje vedia ako. Teraz chc&#250; vedie&#357; pre&#269;o nie.</p><p>Ke&#271; botu povie&#353; pre&#269;o si zavrhla prv&#253;ch desa&#357; sk&#237;c, u&#269;&#237;&#353; ho opovrhova&#357; svojimi zl&#253;mi rozhodnutiami. To je cennej&#353;ie ako ke&#271; sk&#250;ma tie spr&#225;vne. Spr&#225;vne rozhodnutia sa u&#269;&#237; od v&#353;etk&#253;ch. Tvoje nie je jedin&#225; surovina, ktor&#250; si nevie vyrobi&#357;.</p><p>M&#225;m za dvadsa&#357; rokov praxe p&#228;&#357;desiat terabajtov nepublikovan&#253;ch d&#225;t. Nepova&#382;ujem ich za odpad. Je to architekt&#250;ra odmietnutia. Hodnota v&#253;sledku nie je v po&#269;te hod&#237;n str&#225;ven&#253;ch nad pr&#225;cou, ale v po&#269;te verzi&#237;, ktor&#233; som zavrhla, preto&#382;e ur&#225;&#382;ali m&#244;j &#353;tandard. AI vygeneruje sto vari&#225;ci&#237; a v&#353;etky pova&#382;uje za rovnocenn&#233; splnenie zadania. Opovrhnutie je jedin&#225; vec, ktor&#250; AI nevie tr&#233;nova&#357; bez tvojich d&#225;t a vyhodnotenia.</p><p>Pri ob&#225;lke Radi&#269;ovej bolo moj&#237;m hlavn&#253;m nie vizu&#225;lne kli&#353;&#233; &#353;t&#225;tnikov. V odvetv&#237; posadnutom tv&#225;rou kandid&#225;ta som odmietla necha&#357; portr&#233;t dominova&#357;. Potla&#269;ila som ho pod raster typografie a prin&#250;tila priezvisk&#225; &#8212; B&#225;rdy, Radi&#269;ov&#225; &#8212; ovl&#225;dnu&#357; popredie. S&#250;&#269;asn&#253; vibe vznikol v momente, ke&#271; som sa rozhodla, &#382;e ten najviac o&#269;ividn&#253; prvok nebude ma&#357; hlavn&#233; slovo.</p><p>Aj sk&#250;sen&#253; imunitn&#253; syst&#233;m ob&#269;as zlyh&#225;. Pustila som dos&#357; dobr&#233; pixely vo chv&#237;&#318;ach extr&#233;mneho &#269;asov&#233;ho tlaku, ke&#271; r&#253;chlos&#357; dodania zmen&#353;ila priestor na odmietnutie. Vtedy nevznik&#225; dielo, ale kompromis. Roky praxe ma nau&#269;ili poveda&#357; nie sk&#244;r, ne&#382; poviem &#225;no.</p><p>Pierre Bourdieu vo svojej knihe Distinction nazval vkus formou kult&#250;rneho kapit&#225;lu. Nie estetickou preferenciou, ale syst&#233;mom toho, &#269;o ste absorbovali &#382;ivotom. Vzdelan&#237;m, prostred&#237;m, expoz&#237;ciou. Habitom. Nie je dan&#253;. Je akumulovan&#253;. A pr&#225;ve preto je celkom n&#225;ro&#269;n&#233; ho presne promptova&#357;.</p><p>V Par&#237;&#382;i som chodila na pohovory do m&#243;dnych a beauty domov. Nekontrolovali skill. Kontrolovali to, &#269;o som &#269;&#237;tala. Kam som chodila. &#268;&#237;m som opovrhovala. Vkus bol vstupenkou k pr&#225;ci juniora. Skill bol samozrejmos&#357;.</p><p>Vo vkuse niet miesta pre s&#250;cit.</p><p>Ned&#225;vno som videla spec kampa&#328; pre Guerlain, ktor&#250; s pomocou AI vytvoril &#250;primne nad&#353;en&#253; kreat&#237;vec. A nev&#225;hal sa o to podeli&#357;. Cez skuto&#269;n&#233;ho creative directora Guerlain by z toho neprej&#353;iel ani pixel, ale tentokr&#225;t som mu nechcela kazi&#357; rados&#357;. Zbyto&#269;n&#253; s&#250;cit.</p><p>Vkus funguje ako imunitn&#253; syst&#233;m zna&#269;ky.</p><p>Tento nov&#253; umeleck&#253; smer vol&#225;m AI DECO. Je to smog a remix nelogick&#253;ch anal&#243;gi&#237;. Najv&#228;&#269;&#353;&#237;m umen&#237;m v tejto &#233;re nebude obraz vytvori&#357;. Vrcholom remesla je veto. Zodpovednos&#357; nepublikova&#357;.</p><p>Politika vkusu nie je ot&#225;zka estetiky. Je to ot&#225;zka moci. A moc patr&#237; tomu, kto vie poveda&#357; nie a vie pre&#269;o.</p><p></p><p>Theses on Identity by Mikina Dimunova</p><p></p><div class="subscription-widget-wrap-editor" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://mikinadimunova.substack.com/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Subscribe&quot;,&quot;language&quot;:&quot;en&quot;}" data-component-name="SubscribeWidgetToDOM"><div class="subscription-widget show-subscribe"><div class="preamble"><p class="cta-caption">&#270;akujem, &#382;e &#269;&#237;tate! Prihl&#225;ste sa na odber.</p></div><form class="subscription-widget-subscribe"><input type="email" class="email-input" name="email" placeholder="Type your email&#8230;" tabindex="-1"><input type="submit" class="button primary" value="Subscribe"><div class="fake-input-wrapper"><div class="fake-input"></div><div class="fake-button"></div></div></form></div></div>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Capital of Recognition.]]></title><description><![CDATA[Thesis #7]]></description><link>https://mikinadimunova.substack.com/p/the-capital-of-recognition</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://mikinadimunova.substack.com/p/the-capital-of-recognition</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Mikina Dimunova]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 02 May 2026 18:21:57 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!8dGD!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F10da12f3-63ba-402b-a3cf-adae271b3de8_3840x2160.jpeg" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<h5>Choosing a designer in the era of commoditization.</h5><p>LinkedIn is filling up with videos carrying the same verdict: <strong>Designers are cooked.</strong> The point being that Claude generates brand identities in seconds. Animated, coherent, aesthetic.</p><p><strong>And what?</strong></p><p>The creative space has split into two camps. The first writes manifestos about why AI will never replace them, listing hours of research and the depth of their process. The second says nothing, uses the tools, and wallpapers the internet with the results. Both camps are answering a question that didn&#8217;t need to be asked.</p><p><strong>The question is not: can AI design a logo?</strong></p><p><strong>The question is: what does a client actually buy when they choose a designer?</strong></p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!8dGD!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F10da12f3-63ba-402b-a3cf-adae271b3de8_3840x2160.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!8dGD!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F10da12f3-63ba-402b-a3cf-adae271b3de8_3840x2160.jpeg 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!8dGD!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F10da12f3-63ba-402b-a3cf-adae271b3de8_3840x2160.jpeg 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!8dGD!,w_1272,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F10da12f3-63ba-402b-a3cf-adae271b3de8_3840x2160.jpeg 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!8dGD!,w_1456,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F10da12f3-63ba-402b-a3cf-adae271b3de8_3840x2160.jpeg 1456w" sizes="100vw"><img src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!8dGD!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F10da12f3-63ba-402b-a3cf-adae271b3de8_3840x2160.jpeg" width="1456" height="819" 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class="image-link-expand"><div class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container restack-image"><svg role="img" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 20 20" fill="none" stroke-width="1.5" stroke="var(--color-fg-primary)" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"><g><title></title><path d="M2.53001 7.81595C3.49179 4.73911 6.43281 2.5 9.91173 2.5C13.1684 2.5 15.9537 4.46214 17.0852 7.23684L17.6179 8.67647M17.6179 8.67647L18.5002 4.26471M17.6179 8.67647L13.6473 6.91176M17.4995 12.1841C16.5378 15.2609 13.5967 17.5 10.1178 17.5C6.86118 17.5 4.07589 15.5379 2.94432 12.7632L2.41165 11.3235M2.41165 11.3235L1.5293 15.7353M2.41165 11.3235L6.38224 13.0882"></path></g></svg></button><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container view-image"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div><p>When I launch a new identity, it doesn&#8217;t go into the world alone. It carries years of contacts that give it immediate attention. It carries a network of people who believe in it before they&#8217;ve seen it, because they know the history of the identities that came before it, the ones this new one now lives alongside. That is called capital.</p><p>A client who chooses a designer with authority is not buying execution. They are buying what their brand will inherit. A designer&#8217;s signature is a value that exceeds the visual itself.</p><p>This capital doesn&#8217;t start building after ten years of practice. Pricing power begins the moment a client arrives on a recommendation, not through a tender. That is the first time you stop competing on price and start competing on name. And it can happen much sooner than most designers think. Not after twenty years. After the first project someone shares.</p><p>The day a CEO buys an identity from AI, they receive the same file their competitor will generate tomorrow. The output is a commodity. A designer&#8217;s signature is a financial asset, not an aesthetic decision. That is true from day one, the moment a designer understands what they are actually selling.</p><p>The proof is not theoretical.</p><p>Studio Najbrt released a poster for KVIFF 2026 (Karlovy Vary International Film Festival). A red square. Reposts across lifestyle and mainstream media, an Instagram that exploded. AI did not generate that reaction. Decades of client relationship and an entire body of work behind it did.</p><p>Twenty years ago in Paris, I met Blaize, a renowned perfumer. He told me he was going to have his website built by Pierre, an elite graphic designer. The price? 60,000 euros. I immediately offered to do it for a tenth of that.</p><p>Blaize answered with a sentence that permanently changed who I wanted to be in my profession:</p><h2>But you are not Pierre.</h2><p></p><p>In that moment I understood everything. Pierre was not selling pretty pictures. He was selling influence. His orbit. His validation.</p><p>Pierre is not a benchmark. He is a direction.</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!COv_!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F1d880f9a-4c10-49e6-89cf-0d36a4c9cc94_2200x440.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!COv_!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F1d880f9a-4c10-49e6-89cf-0d36a4c9cc94_2200x440.png 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!COv_!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F1d880f9a-4c10-49e6-89cf-0d36a4c9cc94_2200x440.png 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!COv_!,w_1272,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F1d880f9a-4c10-49e6-89cf-0d36a4c9cc94_2200x440.png 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!COv_!,w_1456,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F1d880f9a-4c10-49e6-89cf-0d36a4c9cc94_2200x440.png 1456w" sizes="100vw"><img src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!COv_!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F1d880f9a-4c10-49e6-89cf-0d36a4c9cc94_2200x440.png" width="1456" height="291" data-attrs="{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/1d880f9a-4c10-49e6-89cf-0d36a4c9cc94_2200x440.png&quot;,&quot;srcNoWatermark&quot;:null,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:null,&quot;imageSize&quot;:null,&quot;height&quot;:291,&quot;width&quot;:1456,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:null,&quot;bytes&quot;:17052,&quot;alt&quot;:null,&quot;title&quot;:null,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image/png&quot;,&quot;href&quot;:null,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:true,&quot;topImage&quot;:false,&quot;internalRedirect&quot;:&quot;https://mikinadimunova.substack.com/i/196244743?img=https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F1d880f9a-4c10-49e6-89cf-0d36a4c9cc94_2200x440.png&quot;,&quot;isProcessing&quot;:false,&quot;align&quot;:null,&quot;offset&quot;:false}" class="sizing-normal" alt="" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!COv_!,w_424,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F1d880f9a-4c10-49e6-89cf-0d36a4c9cc94_2200x440.png 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!COv_!,w_848,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F1d880f9a-4c10-49e6-89cf-0d36a4c9cc94_2200x440.png 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!COv_!,w_1272,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F1d880f9a-4c10-49e6-89cf-0d36a4c9cc94_2200x440.png 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!COv_!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F1d880f9a-4c10-49e6-89cf-0d36a4c9cc94_2200x440.png 1456w" sizes="100vw" loading="lazy"></picture><div></div></div></a></figure></div><p></p><h5>What are we actually selling?</h5><p>We are selling recognition capital. Experience, combinatorics and the sediment of years that accumulates not in software, but in life. We are selling our own relationship to the brand we are building.</p><p>AI is a tool. We have adapted to new tools our entire careers and we are doing it again now.</p><h5>In the era where Claude generates our identities, be Pierre. <br></h5><h5>Because the logo was never the point. <br></h5><h5>You are the point.</h5><p></p><p>Theses on Identity by Mikina Dimunova</p><div><hr></div><p><em>This text is an invitation into the debate the creative industry is having with itself. And the one it should be having instead.</em></p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!LdAA!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F95e4c30c-274d-42ea-8090-2f2e4c34bd23_2200x440.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!LdAA!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F95e4c30c-274d-42ea-8090-2f2e4c34bd23_2200x440.png 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!LdAA!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F95e4c30c-274d-42ea-8090-2f2e4c34bd23_2200x440.png 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!LdAA!,w_1272,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F95e4c30c-274d-42ea-8090-2f2e4c34bd23_2200x440.png 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!LdAA!,w_1456,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F95e4c30c-274d-42ea-8090-2f2e4c34bd23_2200x440.png 1456w" sizes="100vw"><img src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!LdAA!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F95e4c30c-274d-42ea-8090-2f2e4c34bd23_2200x440.png" width="1456" height="291" data-attrs="{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/95e4c30c-274d-42ea-8090-2f2e4c34bd23_2200x440.png&quot;,&quot;srcNoWatermark&quot;:null,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:null,&quot;imageSize&quot;:null,&quot;height&quot;:291,&quot;width&quot;:1456,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:null,&quot;bytes&quot;:518121,&quot;alt&quot;:null,&quot;title&quot;:null,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image/png&quot;,&quot;href&quot;:null,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:true,&quot;topImage&quot;:false,&quot;internalRedirect&quot;:&quot;https://mikinadimunova.substack.com/i/196244743?img=https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F95e4c30c-274d-42ea-8090-2f2e4c34bd23_2200x440.png&quot;,&quot;isProcessing&quot;:false,&quot;align&quot;:null,&quot;offset&quot;:false}" class="sizing-normal" alt="" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!LdAA!,w_424,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F95e4c30c-274d-42ea-8090-2f2e4c34bd23_2200x440.png 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!LdAA!,w_848,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F95e4c30c-274d-42ea-8090-2f2e4c34bd23_2200x440.png 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!LdAA!,w_1272,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F95e4c30c-274d-42ea-8090-2f2e4c34bd23_2200x440.png 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!LdAA!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F95e4c30c-274d-42ea-8090-2f2e4c34bd23_2200x440.png 1456w" sizes="100vw" loading="lazy"></picture><div></div></div></a></figure></div><p></p><h5>/SK/</h5><h3><strong>Kapit&#225;l uznania.</strong> </h3><h5><em>V&#253;ber dizajn&#233;ra v &#233;re komoditiz&#225;cie.</em></h5><p></p><p>LinkedIn sa pln&#237; videami, ktor&#233; nes&#250; rovnak&#253; verdikt: S dizajn&#233;rmi je amen. Argument: Claude generuje brand identity za sekundy. Animovan&#233;, koherentn&#233;, estetick&#233;.</p><p><strong>A &#269;o ?</strong></p><p>Kreat&#237;vny priestor sa rozdelil na dva t&#225;bory. Prv&#253; p&#237;&#353;e manifesty o tom, pre&#269;o ich AI nikdy nenahrad&#237;, a vymen&#250;va hodiny v&#253;skumu a h&#314;bku procesu. Druh&#253; ml&#269;&#237;, pou&#382;&#237;va n&#225;stroje a tapetuje internet v&#253;sledkami. Oba t&#225;bory odpovedaj&#250; na ot&#225;zku, ktor&#250; by sme si nemuseli kl&#225;s&#357;.</p><p><strong>Ot&#225;zka nie je: dok&#225;&#382;e AI navrhn&#250;&#357; logo?</strong></p><p><strong>Ot&#225;zka je: &#269;o si klient skuto&#269;ne kupuje, ke&#271; si vyber&#225; dizajn&#233;ra?</strong></p><p>Ke&#271; vyp&#250;&#353;&#357;am nov&#250; identitu do sveta, nejde tam sama. Nesie roky kontaktov, ktor&#233; jej daj&#250; okam&#382;it&#250; pozornos&#357;. Nesie sie&#357; &#318;ud&#237;, ktor&#237; v &#328;u veria sk&#244;r, ne&#382; ju videli, preto&#382;e poznaj&#250; hist&#243;riu ident&#237;t, ktor&#233; pri&#353;li pred &#328;ou &#8212; t&#253;ch, ved&#318;a ktor&#253;ch t&#225;to nov&#225; teraz &#382;ije. To sa vol&#225; kapit&#225;l.</p><p>Klient, ktor&#253; si vyber&#225; dizajn&#233;ra s autoritou, nekupuje realiz&#225;ciu. Kupuje to, &#269;o jeho zna&#269;ka zded&#237;. Podpis dizajn&#233;ra je hodnota, ktor&#225; presahuje vizu&#225;l samotn&#253;.</p><p>Tento kapit&#225;l sa neza&#269;&#237;na budova&#357; po desiatich rokoch praxe. Cenov&#225; sila za&#269;&#237;na v momente, ke&#271; klient pr&#237;de na odpor&#250;&#269;anie, nie cez tender. To je prv&#253;kr&#225;t, ke&#271; prestanete s&#250;&#357;a&#382;i&#357; cenou a za&#269;nete s&#250;&#357;a&#382;i&#357; menom. A m&#244;&#382;e sa to sta&#357; ove&#318;a sk&#244;r, ako si v&#228;&#269;&#353;ina dizajn&#233;rov mysl&#237;. Nie po dvadsiatich rokoch. Po prvom projekte, ktor&#253; niekto zdie&#318;a.</p><p>V de&#328;, ke&#271; si CEO k&#250;pi identitu od AI, dostane rovnak&#253; s&#250;bor, ak&#253; jeho konkurent vygeneruje zajtra. V&#253;stup je komodita. Podpis dizajn&#233;ra je finan&#269;n&#233; akt&#237;vum, nie estetick&#233; rozhodnutie. To plat&#237; od prv&#233;ho d&#328;a &#8212; v momente, ke&#271; dizajn&#233;r pochop&#237;, &#269;o skuto&#269;ne pred&#225;va.</p><p>D&#244;kaz nie je teoretick&#253;.</p><p>&#352;t&#250;dio Najbrt vydalo plag&#225;t pre KVIFF 2026 (Karlovy Vary International Film Festival). &#268;erven&#253; &#353;tvorec. Reposts naprie&#269; lifestyle a mainstreamov&#253;mi m&#233;diami, Instagram, ktor&#253; vybuchol. T&#250;to reakciu nevygenerovala AI. Vygenerovali ju desa&#357;ro&#269;ia klientsk&#253;ch vz&#357;ahov a cel&#233; dielo za n&#237;m.</p><p>Pred dvadsiatimi rokmi som v Par&#237;&#382;i stretla Blaiza, renomovan&#233;ho parfum&#233;ra. Povedal mi, &#382;e si nech&#225;va urobi&#357; web od Pierra, elitn&#233;ho grafick&#233;ho dizajn&#233;ra. Cena? 60 000 eur. Okam&#382;ite som pon&#250;kla, &#382;e to urob&#237;m za desatinu.</p><p>Blaize odpovedal vetou, ktor&#225; natrvalo zmenila, k&#253;m som chcela by&#357; vo svojej profesii:</p><p></p><h3>Ale ty nie si Pierre.</h3><p></p><p>V tom momente som pochopila v&#353;etko. Pierre nepred&#225;val pekn&#233; obr&#225;zky. Pred&#225;val vplyv. Svoj orbit. Svoju valid&#225;ciu.</p><p>Pierre nie je benchmark. Je to smer.</p><p><strong>&#268;o vlastne pred&#225;vame?</strong></p><p>Pred&#225;vame kapit&#225;l uznania. Sk&#250;senos&#357;, kombinatoriku a sediment rokov, ktor&#253; sa nehromad&#237; v softv&#233;ri, ale v &#382;ivote. Pred&#225;vame vlastn&#253; vz&#357;ah k zna&#269;ke, ktor&#250; budujeme.</p><p>AI je n&#225;stroj. Cel&#250; kari&#233;ru sa prisp&#244;sobujeme nov&#253;m n&#225;strojom a rob&#237;me to znova.</p><p></p><h5>V &#233;re, ke&#271; Claude generuje na&#353;e identity, bu&#271;te Pierre.</h5><h5>Preto&#382;e logo nikdy nebolo podstatou.</h5><h5>Podstatou ste vy.</h5><p></p><p>Theses on Identity by Mikina Dimunova</p><div><hr></div><p><em>Tento text je pozv&#225;nkou do debaty, ktor&#250; si kreat&#237;vny priemysel vedie s&#225;m so sebou. A do tej, ktor&#250; by mal vies&#357; namiesto toho.</em></p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Courage to be Invisible. Anatomy of Intent.]]></title><description><![CDATA[Thesis #6]]></description><link>https://mikinadimunova.substack.com/p/the-courage-to-be-invisible-anatomy</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://mikinadimunova.substack.com/p/the-courage-to-be-invisible-anatomy</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Mikina Dimunova]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 02 May 2026 18:04:55 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!d_ER!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F874364b3-dcb4-4416-9e17-ad01b77e5c9e_3840x2160.jpeg" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<h5><strong>I used to want to clean up every brand. Minimal, respectful, precise. I believed aesthetics were the highest form of respect. What I know now is harder to admit: design that serves only its own appearance can erase the very thing it was meant to represent.</strong></h5><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!d_ER!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F874364b3-dcb4-4416-9e17-ad01b77e5c9e_3840x2160.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!d_ER!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F874364b3-dcb4-4416-9e17-ad01b77e5c9e_3840x2160.jpeg 424w, 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The curtains were drawn, the entrance unmarked. The space declared nothing but promised everything. That anonymity gave me the freedom to focus on what was actually there: taste, light, service.</p><p>When I returned years later, the name was the same, but a new visual language had arrived. Large, confident, aspirational. It had nothing to do with the truth I remembered.</p><p></p><h5>Memory holds a higher standard than taste.</h5><p></p><p>An identity that doesn&#8217;t correspond to truth forgets those who knew it deeply. A redesign honest about a brand&#8217;s evolution is not a betrayal. It is proof that something real was worth continuing.</p><p>Clients arrive with anxiety about emptiness. A logo is their proof of existence. But behind those drawn curtains, there was no emptiness. There was a place that didn&#8217;t yet know what it was. Those who enter before a space is named feel like discoverers, not customers. If we skip that time, we lose the first witnesses. Continuity is not weakness. It is memory in action.</p><p>I can cause damage too. If I read the surface instead of the substance, I propose something technically correct but foreign to the actual experience. Diagnosis is the ability to name what a project feels like before it knows how to describe itself.</p><p>Launch is only the beginning. My responsibility is to choose a visual language with enough reserve to remain honest as edges wear down and context shifts. Identity must carry the future without becoming a stranger to its own substance.</p><p>I stood at the door because the visual language told me that what I had fallen in love with was no longer there. The strongest identity is the one with the courage to stay silent until it has something to say.</p><p></p><p>Theses on Identity by Mikina Dimunova</p><div><hr></div><p><em>This text is an invitation into the dialogue I have with a client before every brief. We confront who they are and who they want to become. Together, we excavate the hidden core.</em></p><div><hr></div><p>Attached: tvaroh &#8212; Slovak fresh curd cheese &#8212; in a plain plastic bag with a black and white label. This product needs no branding. Its value is present at the core. I will admit: it is the product I am most jealous of. I wish I had designed it myself. There can only be one tvaroh like this on the market. It is proof that sometimes the highest form of design is the courage not to intervene.</p><p></p><div><hr></div><h5>/SK/</h5><h3>Odvaha by&#357; nevidite&#318;n&#253;. Anat&#243;mia z&#225;meru.</h3><h5>Kedysi som chcela uprata&#357; ka&#382;d&#250; zna&#269;ku. Minim&#225;lna, re&#353;pektuj&#250;ca, presn&#225;. Verila som, &#382;e estetika je najvy&#353;&#353;ia forma re&#353;pektu. To, &#269;o viem teraz, sa &#357;a&#382;&#353;ie prizn&#225;va: dizajn, ktor&#253; sl&#250;&#382;i len vlastn&#233;mu vzh&#318;adu, m&#244;&#382;e vymaza&#357; pr&#225;ve to, &#269;o mal reprezentova&#357;.</h5><p></p><p>Pred rokmi som v Amsterdame vst&#250;pila do re&#353;taur&#225;cie bez vizu&#225;lnej identity. Z&#225;clony stiahnut&#233;, vchod bez ozna&#269;enia. Priestor ni&#269; nedeklaroval, ale v&#353;etko s&#318;uboval. T&#225; anonymita mi dala slobodu s&#250;stredi&#357; sa na to, &#269;o tam skuto&#269;ne bolo: chu&#357;, svetlo, obsluha.<br><br>Ke&#271; som sa vr&#225;tila o roky nesk&#244;r, n&#225;zov bol rovnak&#253;, ale pri&#353;iel nov&#253; vizu&#225;lny jazyk. Ve&#318;k&#253;, sebavedom&#253;, a&#353;pirat&#237;vny. Nemal ni&#269; spolo&#269;n&#233; s pravdou, ktor&#250; som si pam&#228;tala.</p><p>Pam&#228;&#357; m&#225; vy&#353;&#353;&#237; &#353;tandard ako vkus.</p><p>Identita, ktor&#225; nezodpoved&#225; pravde, zabudne na t&#253;ch, ktor&#237; ju poznali do h&#314;bky. Redesign, ktor&#253; je &#250;primn&#253; vo&#269;i v&#253;voju zna&#269;ky, nie je zrada. Je d&#244;kazom, &#382;e nie&#269;o skuto&#269;n&#233; st&#225;lo za pokra&#269;ovanie.</p><p>Klienti prich&#225;dzaj&#250; s &#250;zkos&#357;ou z pr&#225;zdnoty. Logo je ich d&#244;kaz existencie. Ale za t&#253;mi stiahnut&#253;mi z&#225;clonami nebola pr&#225;zdnota. Bol tam priestor, ktor&#253; e&#353;te nevedel, &#269;&#237;m je. T&#237;, ktor&#237; vst&#250;pia sk&#244;r, ne&#382; dostane priestor meno, sa c&#237;tia ako objavovatelia, nie z&#225;kazn&#237;ci. Ak t&#250; dobu presko&#269;&#237;me, strat&#237;me prv&#253;ch svedkov. Kontinuita nie je slabos&#357;. Je to pam&#228;&#357; v akcii.</p><p>Aj ja m&#244;&#382;em sp&#244;sobi&#357; &#353;kodu. Ak &#269;&#237;tam povrch namiesto podstaty, navrhujem nie&#269;o technicky spr&#225;vne, ale cudzie skuto&#269;n&#233;mu z&#225;&#382;itku. Diagn&#243;za je schopnos&#357; pomenova&#357;, &#269;&#237;m projekt je, sk&#244;r ne&#382; s&#225;m vie, ako sa op&#237;sa&#357;.</p><p>Spustenie je len za&#269;iatok. Mojou zodpovednos&#357;ou je zvoli&#357; vizu&#225;lny jazyk s dostato&#269;nou rezervou, aby zostal &#250;primn&#253;, ke&#271; sa hrany obrusuj&#250; a kontext pos&#250;va. Identita mus&#237; nies&#357; bud&#250;cnos&#357; bez toho, aby sa odcudzila vlastnej podstate.</p><p>St&#225;la som pri dver&#225;ch, preto&#382;e vizu&#225;lny jazyk mi povedal, &#382;e to, do &#269;oho som sa za&#318;&#250;bila, tam u&#382; nie je. Najsilnej&#353;ia identita je t&#225;, ktor&#225; m&#225; odvahu ml&#269;a&#357;, k&#253;m nem&#225; &#269;o poveda&#357;.</p><p></p><p>Theses on Identity by Mikina Dimunova</p><div><hr></div><p><em>Tento text je pozv&#225;nkou do dial&#243;gu, ktor&#253; vediem s klientom pred ka&#382;d&#253;m briefom. Konfrontujeme, k&#253;m s&#250; a k&#253;m sa chc&#250; sta&#357;. Spolo&#269;ne vykop&#225;vame skryt&#233; jadro.</em></p><div><hr></div><p>Pr&#237;loha: tvaroh v jednoduchom plastickom vrec&#250;&#353;ku s &#269;iernobielou n&#225;lepkou. Tento produkt nepotrebuje branding. Jeho hodnota je pr&#237;tomn&#225; v jadre. Prizn&#225;m sa: je to produkt, ktor&#233;mu z&#225;vid&#237;m najviac. Chcela by som ho navrhn&#250;&#357; sama. Na trhu m&#244;&#382;e by&#357; len jeden tak&#253;to tvaroh. Je to d&#244;kaz, &#382;e niekedy najvy&#353;&#353;ia forma dizajnu je odvaha nezasahova&#357;.</p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Granularity of Origin: Berlin Notes]]></title><description><![CDATA[Thesis #5]]></description><link>https://mikinadimunova.substack.com/p/the-granularity-of-origin-berlin</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://mikinadimunova.substack.com/p/the-granularity-of-origin-berlin</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Mikina Dimunova]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 02 May 2026 17:49:56 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!z5KT!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fa76a83e2-2252-40a8-9039-7f2becd78409_3840x2160.jpeg" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<h5>There is a particular relief that comes with finding your niche. Not the market segment kind. The kind where the granularity of your thinking stops registering as excessive and becomes, simply, the floor.</h5><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!z5KT!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fa76a83e2-2252-40a8-9039-7f2becd78409_3840x2160.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!z5KT!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fa76a83e2-2252-40a8-9039-7f2becd78409_3840x2160.jpeg 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!z5KT!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fa76a83e2-2252-40a8-9039-7f2becd78409_3840x2160.jpeg 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!z5KT!,w_1272,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fa76a83e2-2252-40a8-9039-7f2becd78409_3840x2160.jpeg 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!z5KT!,w_1456,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fa76a83e2-2252-40a8-9039-7f2becd78409_3840x2160.jpeg 1456w" sizes="100vw"><img src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!z5KT!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fa76a83e2-2252-40a8-9039-7f2becd78409_3840x2160.jpeg" width="1456" height="819" data-attrs="{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/a76a83e2-2252-40a8-9039-7f2becd78409_3840x2160.jpeg&quot;,&quot;srcNoWatermark&quot;:null,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:null,&quot;imageSize&quot;:null,&quot;height&quot;:819,&quot;width&quot;:1456,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:null,&quot;bytes&quot;:3059146,&quot;alt&quot;:null,&quot;title&quot;:null,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image/jpeg&quot;,&quot;href&quot;:null,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:false,&quot;topImage&quot;:true,&quot;internalRedirect&quot;:&quot;https://mikinadimunova.substack.com/i/196239752?img=https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fa76a83e2-2252-40a8-9039-7f2becd78409_3840x2160.jpeg&quot;,&quot;isProcessing&quot;:false,&quot;align&quot;:null,&quot;offset&quot;:false}" class="sizing-normal" alt="" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!z5KT!,w_424,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fa76a83e2-2252-40a8-9039-7f2becd78409_3840x2160.jpeg 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!z5KT!,w_848,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fa76a83e2-2252-40a8-9039-7f2becd78409_3840x2160.jpeg 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!z5KT!,w_1272,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fa76a83e2-2252-40a8-9039-7f2becd78409_3840x2160.jpeg 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!z5KT!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fa76a83e2-2252-40a8-9039-7f2becd78409_3840x2160.jpeg 1456w" sizes="100vw" fetchpriority="high"></picture><div class="image-link-expand"><div class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container restack-image"><svg role="img" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 20 20" fill="none" stroke-width="1.5" stroke="var(--color-fg-primary)" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"><g><title></title><path d="M2.53001 7.81595C3.49179 4.73911 6.43281 2.5 9.91173 2.5C13.1684 2.5 15.9537 4.46214 17.0852 7.23684L17.6179 8.67647M17.6179 8.67647L18.5002 4.26471M17.6179 8.67647L13.6473 6.91176M17.4995 12.1841C16.5378 15.2609 13.5967 17.5 10.1178 17.5C6.86118 17.5 4.07589 15.5379 2.94432 12.7632L2.41165 11.3235M2.41165 11.3235L1.5293 15.7353M2.41165 11.3235L6.38224 13.0882"></path></g></svg></button><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container view-image"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div><p>My return to Berlin after years away began before I cleared the airport. The Fontstand International Typography Conference had not even started, and I was already reading the city through its letterforms. Martin Wenzel of Supertype confirmed what I felt in transit. He placed a set of sans-serifs in front of the room and asked which one was German. The answer was instantaneous, pointing to a certain idiosyncratic engineering, a formal logic that is unmistakably German. Typography is the DNA of place. It encodes origin: the one you were born into and the one you chose. Swiss methodology and French aesthetic intelligence trained my eye. German typographic pragmatism reads, to me, like a familiar accent in a different language.</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!lEI6!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F88a6a20b-8e0f-4a6c-9d04-7a63191c6a27_3840x1672.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!lEI6!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F88a6a20b-8e0f-4a6c-9d04-7a63191c6a27_3840x1672.jpeg 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!lEI6!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F88a6a20b-8e0f-4a6c-9d04-7a63191c6a27_3840x1672.jpeg 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!lEI6!,w_1272,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F88a6a20b-8e0f-4a6c-9d04-7a63191c6a27_3840x1672.jpeg 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!lEI6!,w_1456,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F88a6a20b-8e0f-4a6c-9d04-7a63191c6a27_3840x1672.jpeg 1456w" sizes="100vw"><img src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!lEI6!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F88a6a20b-8e0f-4a6c-9d04-7a63191c6a27_3840x1672.jpeg" width="1456" height="634" data-attrs="{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/88a6a20b-8e0f-4a6c-9d04-7a63191c6a27_3840x1672.jpeg&quot;,&quot;srcNoWatermark&quot;:null,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:null,&quot;imageSize&quot;:null,&quot;height&quot;:634,&quot;width&quot;:1456,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:null,&quot;bytes&quot;:3625499,&quot;alt&quot;:null,&quot;title&quot;:null,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image/jpeg&quot;,&quot;href&quot;:null,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:false,&quot;topImage&quot;:false,&quot;internalRedirect&quot;:&quot;https://mikinadimunova.substack.com/i/196239752?img=https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F88a6a20b-8e0f-4a6c-9d04-7a63191c6a27_3840x1672.jpeg&quot;,&quot;isProcessing&quot;:false,&quot;align&quot;:null,&quot;offset&quot;:false}" class="sizing-normal" alt="" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!lEI6!,w_424,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F88a6a20b-8e0f-4a6c-9d04-7a63191c6a27_3840x1672.jpeg 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!lEI6!,w_848,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F88a6a20b-8e0f-4a6c-9d04-7a63191c6a27_3840x1672.jpeg 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!lEI6!,w_1272,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F88a6a20b-8e0f-4a6c-9d04-7a63191c6a27_3840x1672.jpeg 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!lEI6!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F88a6a20b-8e0f-4a6c-9d04-7a63191c6a27_3840x1672.jpeg 1456w" sizes="100vw"></picture><div class="image-link-expand"><div class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container restack-image"><svg role="img" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 20 20" fill="none" stroke-width="1.5" stroke="var(--color-fg-primary)" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"><g><title></title><path d="M2.53001 7.81595C3.49179 4.73911 6.43281 2.5 9.91173 2.5C13.1684 2.5 15.9537 4.46214 17.0852 7.23684L17.6179 8.67647M17.6179 8.67647L18.5002 4.26471M17.6179 8.67647L13.6473 6.91176M17.4995 12.1841C16.5378 15.2609 13.5967 17.5 10.1178 17.5C6.86118 17.5 4.07589 15.5379 2.94432 12.7632L2.41165 11.3235M2.41165 11.3235L1.5293 15.7353M2.41165 11.3235L6.38224 13.0882"></path></g></svg></button><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container view-image"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div><p></p><p>Ferdinand Ulrich brought the deepest archival research of the conference. His work on the dematerialization of type, tracing the path from ELF through METAFONT to Ikarus, is a reminder that the digital letterform is not a default. It is the residue of precise academic and industrial synthesis accumulated over decades. That rational depth is what gives emotion in design somewhere solid to stand.</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!faDp!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F57617f7f-bb8a-4c9e-ad0b-68d3da4986af_3840x2160.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!faDp!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F57617f7f-bb8a-4c9e-ad0b-68d3da4986af_3840x2160.jpeg 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!faDp!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F57617f7f-bb8a-4c9e-ad0b-68d3da4986af_3840x2160.jpeg 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!faDp!,w_1272,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F57617f7f-bb8a-4c9e-ad0b-68d3da4986af_3840x2160.jpeg 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!faDp!,w_1456,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F57617f7f-bb8a-4c9e-ad0b-68d3da4986af_3840x2160.jpeg 1456w" sizes="100vw"><img src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!faDp!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F57617f7f-bb8a-4c9e-ad0b-68d3da4986af_3840x2160.jpeg" width="1456" height="819" data-attrs="{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/57617f7f-bb8a-4c9e-ad0b-68d3da4986af_3840x2160.jpeg&quot;,&quot;srcNoWatermark&quot;:null,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:null,&quot;imageSize&quot;:null,&quot;height&quot;:819,&quot;width&quot;:1456,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:null,&quot;bytes&quot;:2743707,&quot;alt&quot;:null,&quot;title&quot;:null,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image/jpeg&quot;,&quot;href&quot;:null,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:false,&quot;topImage&quot;:false,&quot;internalRedirect&quot;:&quot;https://mikinadimunova.substack.com/i/196239752?img=https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F57617f7f-bb8a-4c9e-ad0b-68d3da4986af_3840x2160.jpeg&quot;,&quot;isProcessing&quot;:false,&quot;align&quot;:null,&quot;offset&quot;:false}" class="sizing-normal" alt="" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!faDp!,w_424,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F57617f7f-bb8a-4c9e-ad0b-68d3da4986af_3840x2160.jpeg 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!faDp!,w_848,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F57617f7f-bb8a-4c9e-ad0b-68d3da4986af_3840x2160.jpeg 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!faDp!,w_1272,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F57617f7f-bb8a-4c9e-ad0b-68d3da4986af_3840x2160.jpeg 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!faDp!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F57617f7f-bb8a-4c9e-ad0b-68d3da4986af_3840x2160.jpeg 1456w" sizes="100vw"></picture><div class="image-link-expand"><div class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container restack-image"><svg role="img" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 20 20" fill="none" stroke-width="1.5" stroke="var(--color-fg-primary)" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"><g><title></title><path d="M2.53001 7.81595C3.49179 4.73911 6.43281 2.5 9.91173 2.5C13.1684 2.5 15.9537 4.46214 17.0852 7.23684L17.6179 8.67647M17.6179 8.67647L18.5002 4.26471M17.6179 8.67647L13.6473 6.91176M17.4995 12.1841C16.5378 15.2609 13.5967 17.5 10.1178 17.5C6.86118 17.5 4.07589 15.5379 2.94432 12.7632L2.41165 11.3235M2.41165 11.3235L1.5293 15.7353M2.41165 11.3235L6.38224 13.0882"></path></g></svg></button><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container view-image"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div><p></p><p>Marko Hrastovec went somewhere more personal. His typeface Exat drew from the visual ideology of the former Yugoslavia, a context he argued was, functionally, the Swiss school of the Balkans. The International Style arrived there through a different political door and produced a distinct modernist dialect. Watching that inheritance become the basis of a contemporary revival was one of the more precise arguments of the conference: identity is not invented, it is excavated.</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!o3j2!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F2319d7ee-8fdf-4500-a836-39ab60af652a_3840x1674.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!o3j2!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F2319d7ee-8fdf-4500-a836-39ab60af652a_3840x1674.jpeg 424w, 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She traced the path from strict geometry to the fluid curves of Kana and showed how the technique of Z&#333;h&#333;, the art of hiding the brush tip to achieve a full, rounded stroke, continues to define the emotional register of Japanese type. When she admitted that the Japanese preference for softness in everything is more a pervasive cultural code than exact science, my visual association went straight to fluffy cheesecake.</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!pxYF!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fa69f2547-f4d0-42d6-acf2-f5da7fbdabd2_3840x2160.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!pxYF!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fa69f2547-f4d0-42d6-acf2-f5da7fbdabd2_3840x2160.jpeg 424w, 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His argument is not nostalgic. Francesco is not a sentimentalist mourning the smell of paper. As a master of data visualization and infographics, he understands technology. His position is systemic: he defends the print layout as a form that offers an intellectual experience and narrative coherence that infinite scrolling cannot yet replace. Narrative requires a container with rules. Ariane Spanier arrives from the opposite angle at the same conclusion. Where Franchi holds context in strict, visible structure, Spanier builds it through a fluid formula of resonance and instinct. That tension between the two positions, the rigid container versus the atmospheric resonance, ran as a quiet current through the whole program.</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!kPTo!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F3c043f2c-ba48-4b3f-ac55-57500143f589_3840x1677.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!kPTo!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F3c043f2c-ba48-4b3f-ac55-57500143f589_3840x1677.jpeg 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!kPTo!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F3c043f2c-ba48-4b3f-ac55-57500143f589_3840x1677.jpeg 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!kPTo!,w_1272,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F3c043f2c-ba48-4b3f-ac55-57500143f589_3840x1677.jpeg 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!kPTo!,w_1456,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F3c043f2c-ba48-4b3f-ac55-57500143f589_3840x1677.jpeg 1456w" sizes="100vw"><img src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!kPTo!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F3c043f2c-ba48-4b3f-ac55-57500143f589_3840x1677.jpeg" width="1456" height="636" data-attrs="{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/3c043f2c-ba48-4b3f-ac55-57500143f589_3840x1677.jpeg&quot;,&quot;srcNoWatermark&quot;:null,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:null,&quot;imageSize&quot;:null,&quot;height&quot;:636,&quot;width&quot;:1456,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:null,&quot;bytes&quot;:2508349,&quot;alt&quot;:null,&quot;title&quot;:null,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image/jpeg&quot;,&quot;href&quot;:null,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:true,&quot;topImage&quot;:false,&quot;internalRedirect&quot;:&quot;https://mikinadimunova.substack.com/i/196239752?img=https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F3c043f2c-ba48-4b3f-ac55-57500143f589_3840x1677.jpeg&quot;,&quot;isProcessing&quot;:false,&quot;align&quot;:null,&quot;offset&quot;:false}" class="sizing-normal" alt="" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!kPTo!,w_424,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F3c043f2c-ba48-4b3f-ac55-57500143f589_3840x1677.jpeg 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!kPTo!,w_848,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F3c043f2c-ba48-4b3f-ac55-57500143f589_3840x1677.jpeg 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!kPTo!,w_1272,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F3c043f2c-ba48-4b3f-ac55-57500143f589_3840x1677.jpeg 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!kPTo!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F3c043f2c-ba48-4b3f-ac55-57500143f589_3840x1677.jpeg 1456w" sizes="100vw" loading="lazy"></picture><div class="image-link-expand"><div class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container restack-image"><svg role="img" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 20 20" fill="none" stroke-width="1.5" stroke="var(--color-fg-primary)" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"><g><title></title><path d="M2.53001 7.81595C3.49179 4.73911 6.43281 2.5 9.91173 2.5C13.1684 2.5 15.9537 4.46214 17.0852 7.23684L17.6179 8.67647M17.6179 8.67647L18.5002 4.26471M17.6179 8.67647L13.6473 6.91176M17.4995 12.1841C16.5378 15.2609 13.5967 17.5 10.1178 17.5C6.86118 17.5 4.07589 15.5379 2.94432 12.7632L2.41165 11.3235M2.41165 11.3235L1.5293 15.7353M2.41165 11.3235L6.38224 13.0882"></path></g></svg></button><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container view-image"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div><p></p><p>Marta Cerd&#224; Alimbau and Evie Brook, daughter of Tony Brook, representing SPIN, both operate at the boundary where type crosses into image. David Pearson makes that crossing explicit. His Penguin covers have long been the standard example of what type can do when it is treated as illustration rather than caption. Heike Nehl and Sibylle Schlaich of Moniteurs brought it to a precise conclusion with their navigation systems: typographic decisions at the scale of cities, where precision is not aesthetic preference but civic responsibility.</p><p></p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!CSBx!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Ffdb48590-6b77-4ca6-bd8a-76b9c4fbab7e_3840x1674.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!CSBx!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Ffdb48590-6b77-4ca6-bd8a-76b9c4fbab7e_3840x1674.jpeg 424w, 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Christopher Slye, alongside Peter Bi&#318;ak, has been instrumental in refining Fontstand&#8217;s model, balancing basic and advanced licensing to ensure that professional type remains accessible without becoming predatory. This is where the conversation with the client becomes most direct. Paying for type is not an administrative hurdle. It is a direct investment in the professional value design contributes to society. It is the price of integrity.</p><p>Those of us who apply type in the field work at a different depth than those who create it. The client context compresses the frame, the brief compresses it further. But the responsibility for translation is real. We can take the work of the typographic community and find it an unexpected context, a meaning it could not have anticipated. We can also bury it in an application that is not worthy of it. There is no neutral outcome.</p><p>The Fontstand ecosystem creates a rare space for translation with integrity. Coming back from Berlin, I am not interested in resolving the conflict between the depth of detail and its commercial application. My goal is to cultivate that tension. Precision is not an aesthetic whim or a professional diagnosis. It is the prerequisite for any identity that has the ambition to last.</p><p></p><p>&#8212; Mikina Dimunov&#225;, Thesis on Identity</p><div><hr></div><p><em>This text is an invitation into subjective observation. I bring my own experience and associations into it, because it is always worth noticing what you choose to see within your own identity. And what you choose to ignore.</em></p><p><strong>Thesis #05 is about what your typography reveals about your origin.<br><br></strong></p><div><hr></div><h5>/SK/</h5><h3>Granularita p&#244;vodu: Berl&#237;nske pozn&#225;mky</h3><h5>Je zvl&#225;&#353;tna &#250;&#318;ava v tom, ke&#271; n&#225;jdete svoj niche. Nie v zmysle trhov&#233;ho segmentu. Ten druh, kde granularita v&#225;&#353;ho myslenia prestane p&#244;sobi&#357; ako prebytok a stane sa jednoducho &#353;tandardom.<br></h5><p><br>M&#244;j n&#225;vrat do Berl&#237;na po rokoch sa za&#269;al sk&#244;r, ne&#382; som pre&#353;la pasovou kontrolou. Fontstand International Typography Conference sa e&#353;te ani neza&#269;ala a ja som u&#382; &#269;&#237;tala mesto cez jeho p&#237;smo. Martin Wenzel zo Supertype potvrdil to, &#269;o som c&#237;tila cestou. Pred s&#225;lu polo&#382;il s&#233;riu bezp&#228;tkov&#253;ch fontov a sp&#253;tal sa, ktor&#253; je nemeck&#253;. Odpove&#271; bola okam&#382;it&#225; &#8212; ist&#225; svojr&#225;zna in&#382;inierska logika, form&#225;lny jazyk, ktor&#253; je nezamenite&#318;ne nemeck&#253;. Typografia je DNA miesta. K&#243;duje p&#244;vod: ten, do ktor&#233;ho ste sa narodili, aj ten, ktor&#253; ste si zvolili. &#352;vaj&#269;iarska metodol&#243;gia a franc&#250;zska estetick&#225; inteligencia vycvi&#269;ili m&#244;j zrak. Nemeck&#253; typografick&#253; pragmatizmus &#269;&#237;tam ako d&#244;verne zn&#225;my pr&#237;zvuk v inom jazyku.</p><p>Ferdinand Ulrich priniesol najhlb&#353;&#237; arch&#237;vny v&#253;skum konferencie. Jeho pr&#225;ca o dematerializ&#225;cii p&#237;sma, sleduj&#250;ca cestu od ELF cez METAFONT po Ikarus, pripom&#237;na, &#382;e digit&#225;lne p&#237;smeno nie je samozrejmos&#357;. Je to sediment presnej akademickej a priemyselnej synt&#233;zy, hromadenej desa&#357;ro&#269;iami. Pr&#225;ve t&#225;to racion&#225;lna h&#314;bka d&#225;va em&#243;cii v dizajne pevn&#233; miesto, na ktorom m&#244;&#382;e st&#225;&#357;.</p><p>Marko Hrastovec za&#353;iel hlb&#353;ie do osobn&#233;ho. Jeho p&#237;smo Exat &#269;erpalo z vizu&#225;lnej ideol&#243;gie b&#253;valej Juhosl&#225;vie &#8212; kontextu, ktor&#253; pod&#318;a neho bol funk&#269;ne &#353;vaj&#269;iarskou &#353;kolou Balk&#225;nu. Internacion&#225;lny &#353;t&#253;l tam pri&#353;iel in&#253;m politick&#253;m vchodom a vytvoril osobit&#253; modernistick&#253; dialekt. Sledova&#357;, ako sa toto dedi&#269;stvo st&#225;va z&#225;kladom s&#250;&#269;asn&#233;ho o&#382;ivenia, bolo jedn&#253;m z najpresnej&#353;&#237;ch argumentov konferencie: identita sa nevym&#253;&#353;&#318;a. Vykop&#225;va sa.</p><p>Shoko Mugikura sa pohybovala medzi kult&#250;rnou te&#243;riou a typografickou anal&#253;zou bez toho, aby stratila niektor&#250; z nich. Sledovala cestu od pr&#237;snej geometrie k plynul&#253;m krivk&#225;m Kana a uk&#225;zala, ako technika Z&#333;h&#333; &#8212; umenie skrytia hrotu &#353;tetca s cie&#318;om dosiahnu&#357; pln&#253;, zaokr&#250;hlen&#253; &#357;ah &#8212; na&#271;alej definuje emocion&#225;lny register japonsk&#233;ho p&#237;sma. Ke&#271; priznala, &#382;e japonsk&#225; preferencia m&#228;kkosti vo v&#353;etkom je sk&#244;r v&#353;adepr&#237;tomn&#253; kult&#250;rny k&#243;d ako exaktn&#225; veda, moja vizu&#225;lna asoci&#225;cia zamierila priamo k nad&#253;chan&#233;mu japonsk&#233;mu cheesecaku.<br><br>Konferenciu otvoril Francesco Franchi, ktor&#253; roky br&#225;ni printov&#250; identitu La Repubblica pred &#353;truktur&#225;lnou logikou algoritmick&#233;ho publishingu. Jeho argument nie je nostalgick&#253;. Francesco nie je sentimentalista sm&#250;tiaci za v&#244;&#328;ou papiera. Ako majster d&#225;tovej vizualiz&#225;cie a infografiky technol&#243;giu ch&#225;pe. Jeho postoj je syst&#233;mov&#253;: obhajuje printov&#253; layout ako formu, ktor&#225; pon&#250;ka intelektu&#225;lny z&#225;&#382;itok a narat&#237;vnu koherenciu, ktor&#250; nekone&#269;n&#233; scrollovanie zatia&#318; nedok&#225;&#382;e nahradi&#357;. Narat&#237;v potrebuje kontajner s pravidlami. Ariane Spanier prich&#225;dza k tomu ist&#233;mu z&#225;veru z opa&#269;n&#233;ho smeru. Tam, kde Franchi dr&#382;&#237; kontext v pr&#237;snej, vidite&#318;nej &#353;trukt&#250;re, Spanier ho buduje cez plynul&#250; formulu rezonancie a in&#353;tinktu. Toto nap&#228;tie medzi dvoma polohami &#8212; rigidn&#253; kontajner verzus atmosferick&#225; rezonancia &#8212; pr&#250;dilo cel&#253;m programom ako tich&#253; pr&#250;d.</p><p>Marta Cerd&#224; Alimbau a Evie Brook, dc&#233;ra Tonyho Brooka zastupuj&#250;ca SPIN, obe operuj&#250; na hranici, kde p&#237;smo prech&#225;dza do obrazu. David Pearson toto prekro&#269;enie rob&#237; explicitn&#253;m. Jeho ob&#225;lky Penguin s&#250; dlhodobo &#353;tandardn&#253;m pr&#237;kladom toho, &#269;o dok&#225;&#382;e p&#237;smo, ke&#271; sa s n&#237;m zaobch&#225;dza ako s ilustr&#225;ciou, nie popisom. Heike Nehl a Sibylle Schlaich z Moniteurs priviedli t&#250;to my&#353;lienku k presn&#233;mu z&#225;veru svojimi naviga&#269;n&#253;mi syst&#233;mami: typografick&#233; rozhodnutia v mierke miest, kde presnos&#357; nie je estetick&#225; preferencia, ale ob&#269;ianska zodpovednos&#357;.</p><p>Za touto &#353;truktur&#225;lnou eleganciou le&#382;&#237; kritick&#225; vrstva licencovania. Christopher Slye spolu s Petrom Bi&#318;akom z&#225;sadne prispeli k zdokona&#318;ovaniu modelu Fontstand, balansuj&#250;c z&#225;kladn&#233; a pokro&#269;il&#233; licencovanie tak, aby profesion&#225;lne p&#237;smo zostalo dostupn&#233; bez toho, aby sa stalo drav&#253;m. Tu sa rozhovor s klientom st&#225;va najpriamej&#353;&#237;m. Plati&#357; za p&#237;smo nie je administrat&#237;vna prek&#225;&#382;ka. Je to priama invest&#237;cia do profesion&#225;lnej hodnoty, ktorou dizajn prispieva spolo&#269;nosti. Je to cena integrity.</p><p>T&#237; z n&#225;s, ktor&#237; p&#237;smo aplikuj&#250; v praxi, pracuj&#250; v inej h&#314;bke ako t&#237;, ktor&#237; ho tvoria. Klientsk&#253; kontext r&#225;mec stl&#225;&#269;a, brief ho stl&#225;&#269;a e&#353;te viac. Zodpovednos&#357; za preklad je v&#353;ak re&#225;lna. M&#244;&#382;eme vzia&#357; pr&#225;cu typografickej komunity a n&#225;js&#357; jej ne&#269;akan&#253; kontext, zmysel, ktor&#253; nemohla predv&#237;da&#357;. M&#244;&#382;eme ju v&#353;ak aj pochova&#357; v aplik&#225;cii, ktor&#225; jej nie je hodn&#225;. Neexistuje neutr&#225;lny v&#253;sledok.</p><p>Ekosyst&#233;m Fontstand vytv&#225;ra vz&#225;cny priestor pre preklad s integritou. Ke&#271; sa vraciam z Berl&#237;na, nezauj&#237;ma ma rie&#353;i&#357; konflikt medzi h&#314;bkou detailu a jeho komer&#269;nou aplik&#225;ciou. Moj&#237;m cie&#318;om je toto nap&#228;tie pestova&#357;. Presnos&#357; nie je estetick&#253; rozmar ani profesion&#225;lna diagn&#243;za. Je to predpoklad ka&#382;dej identity, ktor&#225; m&#225; amb&#237;ciu pretrva&#357;.</p><p></p><p>&#8212; Mikina Dimunov&#225;, Thesis on Identity</p><div><hr></div><p><em>Tento text je pozv&#225;nkou do subjekt&#237;vneho pozorovania. Vn&#225;&#353;am do&#328; vlastn&#250; sk&#250;senos&#357; a vlastn&#233; asoci&#225;cie, preto&#382;e v&#382;dy stoj&#237; za to v&#353;imn&#250;&#357; si, &#269;o sa rozhodnete vidie&#357; vo vlastnej identite. A &#269;o sa rozhodnete prehliadnu&#357;.</em></p><h5>Thesis #05 je o tom, &#269;o va&#353;a typografia prezr&#225;dza o va&#353;om p&#244;vode.</h5>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Semantic Restoration]]></title><description><![CDATA[Thesis #4]]></description><link>https://mikinadimunova.substack.com/p/semantic-restoration</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://mikinadimunova.substack.com/p/semantic-restoration</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Mikina Dimunova]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 02 May 2026 17:28:54 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!hq0o!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F6b22b49f-60d4-4787-8165-7859885fe061_2160x2880.jpeg" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><em>Inscribing a developer&#8217;s identity through the grid of industrialism.</em></p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 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Between exposed panels and steel structures, the quiet, almost anachronistic discipline of a small development studio was visible. Where demolition was expected, a meticulous architectural restoration arrived instead. That observation became the foundation of an authorial naming and concept: Bratislava Werkst&#228;tte.</p><p>WERKS did not emerge from a brief. It emerged from the way the studio thought from the beginning.</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Z1dL!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fe5394388-977d-4d47-b3cc-c24de48ed6a0_2200x440.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Z1dL!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fe5394388-977d-4d47-b3cc-c24de48ed6a0_2200x440.png 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Z1dL!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fe5394388-977d-4d47-b3cc-c24de48ed6a0_2200x440.png 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Z1dL!,w_1272,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fe5394388-977d-4d47-b3cc-c24de48ed6a0_2200x440.png 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Z1dL!,w_1456,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fe5394388-977d-4d47-b3cc-c24de48ed6a0_2200x440.png 1456w" sizes="100vw"><img src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Z1dL!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fe5394388-977d-4d47-b3cc-c24de48ed6a0_2200x440.png" width="1456" height="291" data-attrs="{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/e5394388-977d-4d47-b3cc-c24de48ed6a0_2200x440.png&quot;,&quot;srcNoWatermark&quot;:null,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:null,&quot;imageSize&quot;:null,&quot;height&quot;:291,&quot;width&quot;:1456,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:null,&quot;bytes&quot;:694118,&quot;alt&quot;:null,&quot;title&quot;:null,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image/png&quot;,&quot;href&quot;:null,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:false,&quot;topImage&quot;:false,&quot;internalRedirect&quot;:&quot;https://mikinadimunova.substack.com/i/196240553?img=https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fe5394388-977d-4d47-b3cc-c24de48ed6a0_2200x440.png&quot;,&quot;isProcessing&quot;:false,&quot;align&quot;:null,&quot;offset&quot;:false}" class="sizing-normal" alt="" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Z1dL!,w_424,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fe5394388-977d-4d47-b3cc-c24de48ed6a0_2200x440.png 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Z1dL!,w_848,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fe5394388-977d-4d47-b3cc-c24de48ed6a0_2200x440.png 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Z1dL!,w_1272,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fe5394388-977d-4d47-b3cc-c24de48ed6a0_2200x440.png 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Z1dL!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fe5394388-977d-4d47-b3cc-c24de48ed6a0_2200x440.png 1456w" sizes="100vw"></picture><div></div></div></a><figcaption class="image-caption"><strong>WERKS: Naming as the Articulation of Mentality</strong></figcaption></figure></div><p>Bratislava is a natural part of the Central European triangle with Vienna and Budapest. The concept returned to a time when this connection was not merely a geographical fact but a living cultural space. German was not a foreign element here. It was the lingua franca of craft and civic life. Werkstatt, the workshop, is a place where material is approached with respect for its original matrix.</p><p>The name gave the developer more than a visual face. It provided a strategic foundation on which you can build.</p><p></p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!5kzr!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F22888cce-7c84-4364-b18f-878f7c578cf1_2200x440.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!5kzr!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F22888cce-7c84-4364-b18f-878f7c578cf1_2200x440.png 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!5kzr!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F22888cce-7c84-4364-b18f-878f7c578cf1_2200x440.png 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!5kzr!,w_1272,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F22888cce-7c84-4364-b18f-878f7c578cf1_2200x440.png 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!5kzr!,w_1456,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F22888cce-7c84-4364-b18f-878f7c578cf1_2200x440.png 1456w" sizes="100vw"><img src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!5kzr!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F22888cce-7c84-4364-b18f-878f7c578cf1_2200x440.png" width="1456" height="291" data-attrs="{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/22888cce-7c84-4364-b18f-878f7c578cf1_2200x440.png&quot;,&quot;srcNoWatermark&quot;:null,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:null,&quot;imageSize&quot;:null,&quot;height&quot;:291,&quot;width&quot;:1456,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:null,&quot;bytes&quot;:52562,&quot;alt&quot;:null,&quot;title&quot;:null,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image/png&quot;,&quot;href&quot;:null,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:false,&quot;topImage&quot;:false,&quot;internalRedirect&quot;:&quot;https://mikinadimunova.substack.com/i/196240553?img=https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F22888cce-7c84-4364-b18f-878f7c578cf1_2200x440.png&quot;,&quot;isProcessing&quot;:false,&quot;align&quot;:null,&quot;offset&quot;:false}" class="sizing-normal" alt="" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!5kzr!,w_424,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F22888cce-7c84-4364-b18f-878f7c578cf1_2200x440.png 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!5kzr!,w_848,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F22888cce-7c84-4364-b18f-878f7c578cf1_2200x440.png 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!5kzr!,w_1272,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F22888cce-7c84-4364-b18f-878f7c578cf1_2200x440.png 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!5kzr!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F22888cce-7c84-4364-b18f-878f7c578cf1_2200x440.png 1456w" sizes="100vw"></picture><div></div></div></a></figure></div><p></p><p><strong>Lofty Komin&#225;rska: A Typographic System in Space</strong></p><p>The site where Svornos&#357; once stood was no temple of bibliophilia. The printing house produced utilitarian postwar literature, politically tinted and visually without ambition. As Du&#353;an Junek noted: &#8220;Under socialism, brands and logos counted for little. A hammer, sickle and star were enough.&#8221; No visual trace remained. The absence was the material.</p><p>As a homage to the craft of print, the Alphabet of Living was conceived. Instead of anonymous unit numbers, each apartment received the character of an iconic typeface: Avenir, Baskerville, Caslon, Didot, Eckmann, Frutiger, Garamond, Helvetica. The resident does not choose only square footage. They choose an archetypal character. A space that reeks of typography.</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!DY_P!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc551a8b3-3ac3-4c5f-8551-cc69f52b9ca2_2200x440.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!DY_P!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc551a8b3-3ac3-4c5f-8551-cc69f52b9ca2_2200x440.png 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!DY_P!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc551a8b3-3ac3-4c5f-8551-cc69f52b9ca2_2200x440.png 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!DY_P!,w_1272,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc551a8b3-3ac3-4c5f-8551-cc69f52b9ca2_2200x440.png 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!DY_P!,w_1456,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc551a8b3-3ac3-4c5f-8551-cc69f52b9ca2_2200x440.png 1456w" sizes="100vw"><img src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!DY_P!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc551a8b3-3ac3-4c5f-8551-cc69f52b9ca2_2200x440.png" width="1456" height="291" data-attrs="{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/c551a8b3-3ac3-4c5f-8551-cc69f52b9ca2_2200x440.png&quot;,&quot;srcNoWatermark&quot;:null,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:null,&quot;imageSize&quot;:null,&quot;height&quot;:291,&quot;width&quot;:1456,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:null,&quot;bytes&quot;:1425677,&quot;alt&quot;:null,&quot;title&quot;:null,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image/png&quot;,&quot;href&quot;:null,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:true,&quot;topImage&quot;:false,&quot;internalRedirect&quot;:&quot;https://mikinadimunova.substack.com/i/196240553?img=https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc551a8b3-3ac3-4c5f-8551-cc69f52b9ca2_2200x440.png&quot;,&quot;isProcessing&quot;:false,&quot;align&quot;:null,&quot;offset&quot;:false}" class="sizing-normal" alt="" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!DY_P!,w_424,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc551a8b3-3ac3-4c5f-8551-cc69f52b9ca2_2200x440.png 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!DY_P!,w_848,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc551a8b3-3ac3-4c5f-8551-cc69f52b9ca2_2200x440.png 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!DY_P!,w_1272,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc551a8b3-3ac3-4c5f-8551-cc69f52b9ca2_2200x440.png 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!DY_P!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc551a8b3-3ac3-4c5f-8551-cc69f52b9ca2_2200x440.png 1456w" sizes="100vw" loading="lazy"></picture><div></div></div></a></figure></div><p></p><p>Visually, the project identity was locked into a square frame. A direct citation of Quadratstil, the principle of strict geometry through which the Wiener Werkst&#228;tte erased the boundary between fine art and applied craft. This static framework was confronted with the font Styling (Mendoza Vergara / Los Andes), inspired by the aerodynamics of old cars and aircraft. Solid brick and kinetic energy.</p><p>A designer&#8217;s role is not to create the soul of a place. It is to read it and give it a name.</p><p>The identity of WERKS is not a look back. It is a reading of what the place always was, though it never said it aloud.</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!aJ3H!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F42144e0a-a113-45a8-ab8f-145a0b40131b_2200x440.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!aJ3H!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F42144e0a-a113-45a8-ab8f-145a0b40131b_2200x440.png 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!aJ3H!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F42144e0a-a113-45a8-ab8f-145a0b40131b_2200x440.png 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!aJ3H!,w_1272,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F42144e0a-a113-45a8-ab8f-145a0b40131b_2200x440.png 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!aJ3H!,w_1456,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F42144e0a-a113-45a8-ab8f-145a0b40131b_2200x440.png 1456w" sizes="100vw"><img src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!aJ3H!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F42144e0a-a113-45a8-ab8f-145a0b40131b_2200x440.png" width="1456" height="291" data-attrs="{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/42144e0a-a113-45a8-ab8f-145a0b40131b_2200x440.png&quot;,&quot;srcNoWatermark&quot;:null,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:null,&quot;imageSize&quot;:null,&quot;height&quot;:291,&quot;width&quot;:1456,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:null,&quot;bytes&quot;:1214845,&quot;alt&quot;:null,&quot;title&quot;:null,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image/png&quot;,&quot;href&quot;:null,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:true,&quot;topImage&quot;:false,&quot;internalRedirect&quot;:&quot;https://mikinadimunova.substack.com/i/196240553?img=https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F42144e0a-a113-45a8-ab8f-145a0b40131b_2200x440.png&quot;,&quot;isProcessing&quot;:false,&quot;align&quot;:null,&quot;offset&quot;:false}" class="sizing-normal" alt="" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!aJ3H!,w_424,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F42144e0a-a113-45a8-ab8f-145a0b40131b_2200x440.png 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!aJ3H!,w_848,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F42144e0a-a113-45a8-ab8f-145a0b40131b_2200x440.png 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!aJ3H!,w_1272,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F42144e0a-a113-45a8-ab8f-145a0b40131b_2200x440.png 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!aJ3H!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F42144e0a-a113-45a8-ab8f-145a0b40131b_2200x440.png 1456w" sizes="100vw" loading="lazy"></picture><div></div></div></a></figure></div><p></p><p><strong>Identity as a Primary Building Element</strong></p><p>In 2026, the identity of WERKS holds. The transformation from a site of cheap print to a space of European aesthetic ambition is complete. When design originates from truthful observation of the makers&#8217; mentality, it does not need cyclical rebranding.</p><p>It grows with the city.</p><p><em>Mikina Dimunova is the author of the naming, concept, and visual identity system of Lofty Komin&#225;rska by WERKS.</em></p><p></p><p>Theses on Identity by Mikina Dimunova.</p><div><hr></div><p><em>This text is an invitation into the observation that precedes the project. The questions asked before any brief, the ones that set the direction. Direction is always a result of what you choose to see. And what you choose to ignore.</em></p><p></p><div><hr></div><p></p><h5>/SK/</h5><h3>S&#233;mantick&#233; re&#353;taur&#225;torstvo</h3><h5>Identita developera vrasten&#225; do industri&#225;lnej mrie&#382;ky.</h5><p></p><p>V roku 2018 st&#225;la bratislavsk&#225; tla&#269;iare&#328; Svornos&#357; v ruin&#225;ch. Medzi obna&#382;en&#253;mi panelmi a oce&#318;ov&#253;mi kon&#353;trukciami som sledovala tich&#250;, takmer anachronick&#250; discipl&#237;nu mal&#233;ho developersk&#233;ho ateli&#233;ru. Namiesto vtedaj&#353;ej strat&#233;gie b&#250;rania pri&#353;la architektonicky n&#225;ro&#269;n&#225; san&#225;cia. Z tohto pozorovania vznikol autorsk&#253; naming a koncept: Bratislava Werkst&#228;tte.</p><p>WERKS nevznikol ako naming z briefu. Vznikol z re&#225;lneho sp&#244;sobu, ak&#253;m ateli&#233;r od za&#269;iatku uva&#382;oval.</p><p>Bratislava je prirodzenou s&#250;&#269;as&#357;ou stredoeur&#243;pskeho trojuholn&#237;ka s Vied&#328;ou a Budape&#353;&#357;ou. Koncept sa vr&#225;til k dobe, kedy toto spojenie bolo &#382;iv&#253;m kult&#250;rnym priestorom, nielen geografick&#253;m faktom. Nem&#269;ina tu bola lingua franca remesla a me&#353;tianstva. Werkstatt &#8212; diel&#328;a &#8212; je miesto, kde sa k materi&#225;lu pristupuje s &#250;ctou k jeho p&#244;vodnej matrici.</p><p>T&#253;mto n&#225;zvom developer nez&#237;skal len vizu&#225;lnu tv&#225;r. Z&#237;skal strategick&#253; fundament, na ktorom sa dnes d&#225; stava&#357;. Doslova.</p><p>Miesto, kde st&#225;la Svornos&#357;, nebolo chr&#225;mom bibliof&#237;lie. Tla&#269;iare&#328; produkovala utilit&#225;rnu literat&#250;ru a socialistick&#250; beletriu. Ako mi nap&#237;sal Du&#353;an Junek: &#8222;Za socializmu zna&#269;ky a log&#225; ve&#318;a neznamenali, sta&#269;ili kos&#225;k, kladivo a hviezda.&#8221; Po Svornosti nezostala &#382;iadna vizu&#225;lna stopa. (resp. st&#225;le ju h&#318;ad&#225;m)</p><p>Pr&#225;ve t&#225;to pr&#225;zdnota sa stala materi&#225;lom, ktor&#253; som potrebovala.</p><p>Ako pocta samotn&#233;mu remeslu tla&#269;e vznikla Abeceda b&#253;vania. Namiesto anonymn&#253;ch &#269;&#237;sel bytov dostali priestory charakter ikonick&#253;ch rezov p&#237;sma: Avenir, Baskerville, Caslon, Didot, Eckmann, Frutiger, Garamond, Helvetica. Obyvate&#318; si nevyber&#225; len metr&#225;&#382;. Vyber&#225; si archetyp&#225;lny charakter priestoru, ktor&#253; smrd&#237; typografiou.</p><p>Vizu&#225;lne sa projektov&#225; identita uzamkla do &#353;tvorcov&#233;ho framingu. Priama cit&#225;cia Quadratstilu &#8212; princ&#237;pu pr&#237;snej geometrie, ktor&#253;m hnutie Wiener Werkst&#228;tte vymazalo hranicu medzi v&#253;tvarn&#253;m a &#250;&#382;itkov&#253;m umen&#237;m. Tento statick&#253; r&#225;mec som konfrontovala s fontom Styling (Mendoza Vergara / Los Andes), in&#353;pirovan&#253;m aerodynamikou star&#253;ch &#225;ut a lietadiel. Pevn&#225; tehla a kinetick&#225; energia.</p><p>Dizajn&#233;r nem&#225; du&#353;u miesta vytv&#225;ra&#357;. M&#225; ju dok&#225;za&#357; pre&#269;&#237;ta&#357; a da&#357; jej meno.</p><p>Identita WERKS nie je poh&#318;ad sp&#228;&#357;. Je to &#269;&#237;tanie toho, &#269;&#237;m miesto v&#382;dy bolo &#8212; hoci to nikdy nepovedalo nahlas.</p><p><strong>Identita ako nosn&#225; kon&#353;trukcia</strong></p><p>V roku 2026 identita WERKS obstoj&#237;. Premena miesta lacnej tla&#269;e na priestor eur&#243;pskej estetickej amb&#237;cie je &#250;pln&#225;. Ke&#271; dizajn vych&#225;dza z pravdiv&#233;ho pozorovania mentality tvorcov, nepotrebuje cyklick&#253; rebranding.</p><p>Rastie s mestom.</p><p><em>Mikina Dimunova je autorkou namingu, konceptu a syst&#233;mu vizu&#225;lnej identity Lofty Komin&#225;rska by WERKS.</em></p><p></p><p>Theses on Identity by Mikina Dimunova.</p><div><hr></div><p><em>Tento text je pozv&#225;nkou do pozorovania, ktor&#233; predch&#225;dza projektu &#8212; do ot&#225;zok pred briefom, ktor&#233; rozhoduj&#250; o smere. Smer je v&#382;dy v&#253;sledkom toho, &#269;o sa rozhodnete vidie&#357;. A &#269;o sa rozhodnete ignorova&#357;.</em></p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[You Guard the Facade. I Guard the Table.]]></title><description><![CDATA[Thesis #3]]></description><link>https://mikinadimunova.substack.com/p/you-guard-the-facade-i-guard-the</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://mikinadimunova.substack.com/p/you-guard-the-facade-i-guard-the</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Mikina Dimunova]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 02 May 2026 17:21:16 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!dZX8!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9515c8c1-cfdc-413f-863f-15a893591e02_5368x2160.jpeg" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong>Neighborhood is destiny. <br>Context is the identity system no one audits. <br>Until it&#8217;s too late.</strong></p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!dZX8!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9515c8c1-cfdc-413f-863f-15a893591e02_5368x2160.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!dZX8!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9515c8c1-cfdc-413f-863f-15a893591e02_5368x2160.jpeg 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!dZX8!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9515c8c1-cfdc-413f-863f-15a893591e02_5368x2160.jpeg 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!dZX8!,w_1272,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9515c8c1-cfdc-413f-863f-15a893591e02_5368x2160.jpeg 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This is where aesthetics end and the anatomy of influence begins.</p><p>I watch authorities who, in the pursuit of reach, voluntarily enter spaces where their integrity dissolves into someone else&#8217;s narrative. The context of your neighborhood tells more about you than any brand manual ever will.</p><p>Marble is porous. Identity is not a monument. It is a living material. Spill poison on marble and it doesn&#8217;t run off the surface. It becomes part of the stone. While manuals focus on how a brand looks, what determines its survival is what it absorbs from within.</p><p>Jeffrey Epstein had no product. He sold context. He sat at the table with the elite and his identity absorbed their weight. Everyone in his orbit absorbed his power, until they absorbed his ruin. Epstein was the most precise example of systemic failure in the design of relationships. Choosing your neighborhood based solely on numbers is gambling with your immunity. Context won&#8217;t break your marble. It will poison it from within.</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!r6hG!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fddffbbfa-9581-40ab-98b1-8bac670dd861_2200x440.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!r6hG!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fddffbbfa-9581-40ab-98b1-8bac670dd861_2200x440.png 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!r6hG!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fddffbbfa-9581-40ab-98b1-8bac670dd861_2200x440.png 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!r6hG!,w_1272,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fddffbbfa-9581-40ab-98b1-8bac670dd861_2200x440.png 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!r6hG!,w_1456,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fddffbbfa-9581-40ab-98b1-8bac670dd861_2200x440.png 1456w" sizes="100vw"><img src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!r6hG!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fddffbbfa-9581-40ab-98b1-8bac670dd861_2200x440.png" width="1456" height="291" data-attrs="{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/ddffbbfa-9581-40ab-98b1-8bac670dd861_2200x440.png&quot;,&quot;srcNoWatermark&quot;:null,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:null,&quot;imageSize&quot;:null,&quot;height&quot;:291,&quot;width&quot;:1456,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:null,&quot;bytes&quot;:1146097,&quot;alt&quot;:null,&quot;title&quot;:null,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image/png&quot;,&quot;href&quot;:null,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:false,&quot;topImage&quot;:false,&quot;internalRedirect&quot;:&quot;https://mikinadimunova.substack.com/i/196238708?img=https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fddffbbfa-9581-40ab-98b1-8bac670dd861_2200x440.png&quot;,&quot;isProcessing&quot;:false,&quot;align&quot;:null,&quot;offset&quot;:false}" class="sizing-normal" alt="" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!r6hG!,w_424,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fddffbbfa-9581-40ab-98b1-8bac670dd861_2200x440.png 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!r6hG!,w_848,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fddffbbfa-9581-40ab-98b1-8bac670dd861_2200x440.png 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!r6hG!,w_1272,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fddffbbfa-9581-40ab-98b1-8bac670dd861_2200x440.png 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!r6hG!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fddffbbfa-9581-40ab-98b1-8bac670dd861_2200x440.png 1456w" sizes="100vw"></picture><div></div></div></a></figure></div><p></p><p>In my practice, I distinguish types of bonds and ask clients: who is your Friend Brand?</p><p>Naming that neighborhood reveals the truth about the essence of a brand, which I internally divide into two degrees.</p><p>BFF is value endogamy &#8212; a relationship sharing DNA and ethics of decision-making. A long-term marriage, without which isolation follows.</p><p>BF is, in my understanding, transactional erosion. A short-term partnership for numbers. Or just sex. Legitimate, until you mistake it for part of your identity. If your entire orbit is a series of relationships with no shared morning, you don&#8217;t have a brand. You have a turnover.</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!lzgF!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc94c4362-2d3a-4cb6-8f2f-6f7c885267f0_2200x440.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!lzgF!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc94c4362-2d3a-4cb6-8f2f-6f7c885267f0_2200x440.png 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!lzgF!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc94c4362-2d3a-4cb6-8f2f-6f7c885267f0_2200x440.png 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!lzgF!,w_1272,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc94c4362-2d3a-4cb6-8f2f-6f7c885267f0_2200x440.png 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!lzgF!,w_1456,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc94c4362-2d3a-4cb6-8f2f-6f7c885267f0_2200x440.png 1456w" sizes="100vw"><img src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!lzgF!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc94c4362-2d3a-4cb6-8f2f-6f7c885267f0_2200x440.png" width="1456" height="291" data-attrs="{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/c94c4362-2d3a-4cb6-8f2f-6f7c885267f0_2200x440.png&quot;,&quot;srcNoWatermark&quot;:null,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:null,&quot;imageSize&quot;:null,&quot;height&quot;:291,&quot;width&quot;:1456,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:null,&quot;bytes&quot;:1144799,&quot;alt&quot;:null,&quot;title&quot;:null,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image/png&quot;,&quot;href&quot;:null,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:true,&quot;topImage&quot;:false,&quot;internalRedirect&quot;:&quot;https://mikinadimunova.substack.com/i/196238708?img=https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc94c4362-2d3a-4cb6-8f2f-6f7c885267f0_2200x440.png&quot;,&quot;isProcessing&quot;:false,&quot;align&quot;:null,&quot;offset&quot;:false}" class="sizing-normal" alt="" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!lzgF!,w_424,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc94c4362-2d3a-4cb6-8f2f-6f7c885267f0_2200x440.png 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!lzgF!,w_848,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc94c4362-2d3a-4cb6-8f2f-6f7c885267f0_2200x440.png 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!lzgF!,w_1272,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc94c4362-2d3a-4cb6-8f2f-6f7c885267f0_2200x440.png 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!lzgF!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc94c4362-2d3a-4cb6-8f2f-6f7c885267f0_2200x440.png 1456w" sizes="100vw" loading="lazy"></picture><div></div></div></a></figure></div><p></p><p>No identity is born in a laboratory. I too sit sometimes at tables arranged by continuity, not choice. Sometimes we stay, because the work has its own weight. But knowing the precise price you pay for that neighborhood matters.</p><p>The question is not whether your visual system is flawless. A perfect facade is often just an attempt to sterilize a reality that isn&#8217;t functioning beneath it. Identity is not what we project. It is what remains of us in that room after we leave.</p><p>Neighborhood is destiny.</p><p></p><p>Theses on Identity by Mikina Dimunova</p><div><hr></div><p><em>This text is an invitation into subjective observation. I bring my own experience and associations into it, because it is always worth noticing what you choose to see. And what you choose to ignore.</em></p><p></p><p></p><div><hr></div><p></p><p></p><h5>/SK/</h5><h3>Ty str&#225;&#382;i&#353; fas&#225;du. Ja str&#225;&#382;im st&#244;l.</h3><h5>Susedstvo je v&#225;&#353; osud. Kontext je identitn&#253; syst&#233;m, ktor&#253; nikto neaudituje. K&#253;m nie je neskoro.</h5><p></p><p>Vizu&#225;lna identita je vz&#357;ah, nie slu&#382;ba. Tu sa estetika kon&#269;&#237; a za&#269;&#237;na anat&#243;mia vplyvu.</p><p>Sledujem autority, ako v honbe za dosahom dobrovo&#318;ne vstupuj&#250; do priestorov, kde sa ich integrita rozp&#250;&#353;&#357;a v cudzom narat&#237;ve. Kontext susedstva o v&#225;s povie viac ne&#382; ak&#253;ko&#318;vek brand manu&#225;l.</p><p>Mramor je por&#233;zny. Identita nie je monument, ale &#382;iv&#253; materi&#225;l. Ak na&#328; vylejete jed, neste&#269;ie po povrchu. Stane sa jeho s&#250;&#269;as&#357;ou. K&#253;m manu&#225;ly sleduj&#250;, ako zna&#269;ka vyzer&#225;, to, &#269;o ur&#269;uje jej pre&#382;itie, je to, &#269;o absorbuje zvn&#250;tra.</p><p>Jeffrey Epstein nemal produkt. Pred&#225;val kontext. Sedel pri stole s elitou a jeho identita nasala ich v&#225;hu. Ka&#382;d&#253; v jeho orbite nas&#225;val jeho moc, a&#382; k&#253;m nenasal aj jeho trosky. Epstein bol najpresnej&#353;&#237;m pr&#237;kladom syst&#233;mov&#233;ho zlyhania v dizajne vz&#357;ahov. V&#253;ber susedstva len pod&#318;a &#269;&#237;sel je hazard s imunitou. Kontext mramor nerozlom&#237;. Otr&#225;vi ho zvn&#250;tra.</p><div><hr></div><p>Vo svojej praxi rozli&#353;ujem typy v&#228;zieb a klientov sa p&#253;tam: Kto je v&#225;&#353; Friend Brand?</p><p>Pomenovanie toho susedstva odha&#318;uje pravdu o podstate zna&#269;ky, ktor&#250; si vn&#250;torne del&#237;m na dva stupne.</p><p>BFF je hodnotov&#225; endogamia &#8212; vz&#357;ah zdie&#318;aj&#250;ci DNA a etiku rozhodovania. Dlhodob&#233; man&#382;elstvo, bez ktor&#233;ho nasleduje izol&#225;cia.</p><p>BF je, v mojom ch&#225;pan&#237;, transak&#269;n&#225; er&#243;zia. Kr&#225;tkodob&#253; flirt pre &#269;&#237;sla. Alebo len sex. Legit&#237;mne, k&#253;m t&#250;to transakciu neza&#269;nete pova&#382;ova&#357; za s&#250;&#269;as&#357; svojej podstaty. Ak je v&#225;&#353; cel&#253; orbit s&#233;riou vz&#357;ahov bez spolo&#269;n&#233;ho r&#225;na, nem&#225;te brand. M&#225;te obrat.</p><div><hr></div><p>&#381;iadna identita nevznik&#225; v laborat&#243;riu. Aj ja sed&#237;m niekedy pri stoloch, ktor&#233; mi zariadila kontinuita, nie vo&#318;ba. Niekedy ost&#225;vame, lebo pr&#225;ca m&#225; svoju vlastn&#250; v&#225;hu. Podstatn&#233; je pozna&#357; presn&#250; cenu, ktor&#250; za to susedstvo plat&#237;me.</p><p>Ot&#225;zka nie je, &#269;i je v&#225;&#353; vizu&#225;lny syst&#233;m bezchybn&#253;. Dokonal&#225; fas&#225;da je v&#228;&#269;&#353;inou len pokus sterilizova&#357; realitu, ktor&#225; pod &#328;ou nefunguje. Identita nie je to, &#269;o projektujeme. Je to to, &#269;o z n&#225;s v tej miestnosti ostane, ke&#271; od&#237;deme.</p><p>Susedstvo je v&#225;&#353; osud.</p><p></p><p>Theses on Identity by Mikina Dimunova</p><div><hr></div><p>Tento text je pozv&#225;nka do subjekt&#237;vneho pozorovania. Vn&#225;&#353;am do&#328; vlastn&#250; sk&#250;senos&#357; a vlastn&#233; asoci&#225;cie, preto&#382;e v&#382;dy stoj&#237; za to v&#353;imn&#250;&#357; si, &#269;o sa rozhodnete vidie&#357;. A &#269;o sa rozhodnete prehliadnu&#357;.</p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Metamorphosis: When a Century of Hate Becomes a Checkout Point.]]></title><description><![CDATA[Thesis #2]]></description><link>https://mikinadimunova.substack.com/p/metamorphosis-when-a-century-of-hate</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://mikinadimunova.substack.com/p/metamorphosis-when-a-century-of-hate</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Mikina Dimunova]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 02 May 2026 16:56:19 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!17FR!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F72edebbe-729a-45bd-9aa9-a02a778ba4c8_3840x2160.jpeg" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong>How Emerald Fennell turned a literary classic into one of the most precisely engineered identities of the season.</strong></p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!17FR!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F72edebbe-729a-45bd-9aa9-a02a778ba4c8_3840x2160.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!17FR!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F72edebbe-729a-45bd-9aa9-a02a778ba4c8_3840x2160.jpeg 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!17FR!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F72edebbe-729a-45bd-9aa9-a02a778ba4c8_3840x2160.jpeg 848w, 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srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!17FR!,w_424,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F72edebbe-729a-45bd-9aa9-a02a778ba4c8_3840x2160.jpeg 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!17FR!,w_848,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F72edebbe-729a-45bd-9aa9-a02a778ba4c8_3840x2160.jpeg 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!17FR!,w_1272,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F72edebbe-729a-45bd-9aa9-a02a778ba4c8_3840x2160.jpeg 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!17FR!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F72edebbe-729a-45bd-9aa9-a02a778ba4c8_3840x2160.jpeg 1456w" sizes="100vw" fetchpriority="high"></picture><div 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The metamorphosis of the core, one of the most demanding disciplines in branding. It requires the ability to excavate a dead myth and inject it with blood that pulses in the current algorithm.</p><p>The ultimate example of this genre today is not a brand. It&#8217;s a film that could easily be one.</p><p>I suspect the new Wuthering Heights by Emerald Fennell is not cinema. It is a product designed to sell everything and everyone.</p><p></p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Jk12!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fdf63ae93-511d-4e94-87ed-44ee46270f7b_2200x440.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Jk12!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fdf63ae93-511d-4e94-87ed-44ee46270f7b_2200x440.png 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Jk12!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fdf63ae93-511d-4e94-87ed-44ee46270f7b_2200x440.png 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Jk12!,w_1272,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fdf63ae93-511d-4e94-87ed-44ee46270f7b_2200x440.png 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Jk12!,w_1456,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fdf63ae93-511d-4e94-87ed-44ee46270f7b_2200x440.png 1456w" sizes="100vw"><img src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Jk12!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fdf63ae93-511d-4e94-87ed-44ee46270f7b_2200x440.png" width="1456" height="291" data-attrs="{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/df63ae93-511d-4e94-87ed-44ee46270f7b_2200x440.png&quot;,&quot;srcNoWatermark&quot;:null,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:null,&quot;imageSize&quot;:null,&quot;height&quot;:291,&quot;width&quot;:1456,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:null,&quot;bytes&quot;:667955,&quot;alt&quot;:null,&quot;title&quot;:null,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image/png&quot;,&quot;href&quot;:null,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:false,&quot;topImage&quot;:false,&quot;internalRedirect&quot;:&quot;https://mikinadimunova.substack.com/i/196237111?img=https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fdf63ae93-511d-4e94-87ed-44ee46270f7b_2200x440.png&quot;,&quot;isProcessing&quot;:false,&quot;align&quot;:null,&quot;offset&quot;:false}" class="sizing-normal" alt="" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Jk12!,w_424,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fdf63ae93-511d-4e94-87ed-44ee46270f7b_2200x440.png 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Jk12!,w_848,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fdf63ae93-511d-4e94-87ed-44ee46270f7b_2200x440.png 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Jk12!,w_1272,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fdf63ae93-511d-4e94-87ed-44ee46270f7b_2200x440.png 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Jk12!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fdf63ae93-511d-4e94-87ed-44ee46270f7b_2200x440.png 1456w" sizes="100vw"></picture><div></div></div></a></figure></div><p></p><h5><strong>The Architect of Desire</strong></h5><p></p><p>I suspected Emerald Fennell came from advertising. She didn&#8217;t. She came from something more effective. Daughter of a celebrated London jeweller. Oxford. British aristocracy. A director who, before Wuthering Heights, made Promising Young Woman and Saltburn, both films that didn&#8217;t just cause a stir, they changed buying behavior. She speaks Old Money as a first language, which is exactly why she knows how to weaponize it.</p><p>Fennell doesn&#8217;t sell stories. She designs shoppable ecosystems. And Wuthering Heights is her most ambitious product to date.</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!-hCD!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Febcf456f-60d9-4c0f-bee6-4afb62c7b316_2200x440.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!-hCD!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Febcf456f-60d9-4c0f-bee6-4afb62c7b316_2200x440.png 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!-hCD!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Febcf456f-60d9-4c0f-bee6-4afb62c7b316_2200x440.png 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!-hCD!,w_1272,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Febcf456f-60d9-4c0f-bee6-4afb62c7b316_2200x440.png 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!-hCD!,w_1456,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Febcf456f-60d9-4c0f-bee6-4afb62c7b316_2200x440.png 1456w" sizes="100vw"><img src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!-hCD!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Febcf456f-60d9-4c0f-bee6-4afb62c7b316_2200x440.png" width="1456" height="291" data-attrs="{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/ebcf456f-60d9-4c0f-bee6-4afb62c7b316_2200x440.png&quot;,&quot;srcNoWatermark&quot;:null,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:null,&quot;imageSize&quot;:null,&quot;height&quot;:291,&quot;width&quot;:1456,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:null,&quot;bytes&quot;:947279,&quot;alt&quot;:null,&quot;title&quot;:null,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image/png&quot;,&quot;href&quot;:null,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:true,&quot;topImage&quot;:false,&quot;internalRedirect&quot;:&quot;https://mikinadimunova.substack.com/i/196237111?img=https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Febcf456f-60d9-4c0f-bee6-4afb62c7b316_2200x440.png&quot;,&quot;isProcessing&quot;:false,&quot;align&quot;:null,&quot;offset&quot;:false}" class="sizing-normal" alt="" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!-hCD!,w_424,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Febcf456f-60d9-4c0f-bee6-4afb62c7b316_2200x440.png 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!-hCD!,w_848,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Febcf456f-60d9-4c0f-bee6-4afb62c7b316_2200x440.png 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!-hCD!,w_1272,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Febcf456f-60d9-4c0f-bee6-4afb62c7b316_2200x440.png 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!-hCD!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Febcf456f-60d9-4c0f-bee6-4afb62c7b316_2200x440.png 1456w" sizes="100vw" loading="lazy"></picture><div></div></div></a></figure></div><p></p><h5><strong>Heritage Signaling: A Century-Old Code</strong></h5><p></p><p>Heritage signaling, for me, is like a wedding ritual. Something old, something new, something borrowed, something blue. Brides replicate it with love, not quite knowing why. And that&#8217;s exactly why it works. Reborn needs precisely this.</p><p>Fennell borrowed the logotype from the 1920 adaptation, from an era when the story was described as a tremendous story of hate. A century-old visual code, wrapped in the bulletproof armor of the present. charli xcx on the soundtrack. Margot Robbie and Jacob Elordi are the marble ideal of beauty made flesh. So visually flawless they read as symbols rather than people. Since you can&#8217;t buy their DNA, Fennell offers Patti Dubroff&#8217;s makeup as a tactical consolation prize.</p><p>Heritage provides depth. Pop culture provides toxicity. Together they create something that doesn&#8217;t need marketing. It is marketing.</p><p>But every edit leaves a trace. And Fennell&#8217;s most consequential edit was not visual.</p><p></p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!g_Oz!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F8b881721-0347-4ce3-9e37-2c20ea7c6fe5_2200x440.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!g_Oz!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F8b881721-0347-4ce3-9e37-2c20ea7c6fe5_2200x440.png 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!g_Oz!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F8b881721-0347-4ce3-9e37-2c20ea7c6fe5_2200x440.png 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!g_Oz!,w_1272,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F8b881721-0347-4ce3-9e37-2c20ea7c6fe5_2200x440.png 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!g_Oz!,w_1456,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F8b881721-0347-4ce3-9e37-2c20ea7c6fe5_2200x440.png 1456w" sizes="100vw"><img src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!g_Oz!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F8b881721-0347-4ce3-9e37-2c20ea7c6fe5_2200x440.png" width="1456" height="291" data-attrs="{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/8b881721-0347-4ce3-9e37-2c20ea7c6fe5_2200x440.png&quot;,&quot;srcNoWatermark&quot;:null,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:null,&quot;imageSize&quot;:null,&quot;height&quot;:291,&quot;width&quot;:1456,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:null,&quot;bytes&quot;:491026,&quot;alt&quot;:null,&quot;title&quot;:null,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image/png&quot;,&quot;href&quot;:null,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:true,&quot;topImage&quot;:false,&quot;internalRedirect&quot;:&quot;https://mikinadimunova.substack.com/i/196237111?img=https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F8b881721-0347-4ce3-9e37-2c20ea7c6fe5_2200x440.png&quot;,&quot;isProcessing&quot;:false,&quot;align&quot;:null,&quot;offset&quot;:false}" class="sizing-normal" alt="" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!g_Oz!,w_424,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F8b881721-0347-4ce3-9e37-2c20ea7c6fe5_2200x440.png 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!g_Oz!,w_848,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F8b881721-0347-4ce3-9e37-2c20ea7c6fe5_2200x440.png 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!g_Oz!,w_1272,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F8b881721-0347-4ce3-9e37-2c20ea7c6fe5_2200x440.png 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!g_Oz!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F8b881721-0347-4ce3-9e37-2c20ea7c6fe5_2200x440.png 1456w" sizes="100vw" loading="lazy"></picture><div></div></div></a></figure></div><p></p><h5><strong>The Erasure as a Strategy</strong></h5><p></p><p>Shilpa Saul named it precisely: Bront&#235; wasn&#8217;t writing vibes. She was writing social violence, class exclusion, racial hierarchy. Fennell knows this. And she made a conscious choice to remove it.</p><p>From a branding perspective, this is a deliberate decision, not an error. Every successful brand does the same thing: it selects what to amplify and what to quietly retire. Systemic injustice doesn&#8217;t make the cut because it cannot be sold.</p><p>Reborn doesn&#8217;t work with the whole myth. It works with what survives the edit.</p><p></p><h5><strong>The Unconfessed Fantasy at the Core</strong></h5><p></p><p>Fennell reduced the narrative layer to a female fantasy that few will publicly admit to.</p><p>A safe harbor. Beautiful clothes. And around the corner, Heathcliff, the one who will destroy us. And we want him. When destruction has the right face and the right soundtrack, trauma is rebranded as a vibe.</p><p>And that&#8217;s what still sells.</p><p>This tension, safety and danger, drawing room and wilderness, sits at the core of the product rather than the story. You don&#8217;t get a film. You get a perfectly cleaned myth, beautiful enough to desire and empty enough to project onto.</p><p></p><p>Theses on Identity by Mikina Dimunova</p><div><hr></div><p><em>This text is an invitation into subjective observation. I bring my own experience and associations into it, because it is always worth noticing what you choose to see. And what you choose to ignore.</em></p><p></p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!xmE5!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fb8850f84-20e1-4a23-876e-89c3ee0445f6_2200x440.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!xmE5!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fb8850f84-20e1-4a23-876e-89c3ee0445f6_2200x440.png 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!xmE5!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fb8850f84-20e1-4a23-876e-89c3ee0445f6_2200x440.png 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!xmE5!,w_1272,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fb8850f84-20e1-4a23-876e-89c3ee0445f6_2200x440.png 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!xmE5!,w_1456,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fb8850f84-20e1-4a23-876e-89c3ee0445f6_2200x440.png 1456w" sizes="100vw"><img src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!xmE5!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fb8850f84-20e1-4a23-876e-89c3ee0445f6_2200x440.png" width="1456" height="291" data-attrs="{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/b8850f84-20e1-4a23-876e-89c3ee0445f6_2200x440.png&quot;,&quot;srcNoWatermark&quot;:null,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:null,&quot;imageSize&quot;:null,&quot;height&quot;:291,&quot;width&quot;:1456,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:null,&quot;bytes&quot;:206780,&quot;alt&quot;:null,&quot;title&quot;:null,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image/png&quot;,&quot;href&quot;:null,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:true,&quot;topImage&quot;:false,&quot;internalRedirect&quot;:&quot;https://mikinadimunova.substack.com/i/196237111?img=https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fb8850f84-20e1-4a23-876e-89c3ee0445f6_2200x440.png&quot;,&quot;isProcessing&quot;:false,&quot;align&quot;:null,&quot;offset&quot;:false}" class="sizing-normal" alt="" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!xmE5!,w_424,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fb8850f84-20e1-4a23-876e-89c3ee0445f6_2200x440.png 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!xmE5!,w_848,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fb8850f84-20e1-4a23-876e-89c3ee0445f6_2200x440.png 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!xmE5!,w_1272,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fb8850f84-20e1-4a23-876e-89c3ee0445f6_2200x440.png 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!xmE5!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fb8850f84-20e1-4a23-876e-89c3ee0445f6_2200x440.png 1456w" sizes="100vw" loading="lazy"></picture><div></div></div></a></figure></div><p></p><h3>Metamorf&#243;za: Ke&#271; sa storo&#269;ie nen&#225;visti stane checkout pointom.</h3><h6>T&#233;za #2<br></h6><h5><br>Ako Emerald Fennell zmenila liter&#225;rnu klasiku na jednu z najprec&#237;znej&#353;ie navrhnut&#253;ch ident&#237;t sez&#243;ny.</h5><p></p><p>M&#244;j ob&#318;&#250;ben&#253; &#382;&#225;ner identity je Reborn. Metamorf&#243;za jadra &#8212; jedna z najn&#225;ro&#269;nej&#353;&#237;ch discipl&#237;n v brandingu. Vy&#382;aduje schopnos&#357; vykopa&#357; m&#341;tvy m&#253;tus a vlia&#357; do&#328; krv, ktor&#225; pulzuje v s&#250;&#269;asnom algoritme.</p><p>Najlep&#353;&#237; pr&#237;klad tohto &#382;&#225;nru dnes nie je zna&#269;ka. Je to film, ktor&#253; by &#328;ou pokojne mohol by&#357;.</p><p>Podozrievam, &#382;e nov&#233; Wuthering Heights Emerald Fennell nie je kino. Je to produkt navrhnut&#253; na predaj v&#353;etk&#233;ho a v&#353;etk&#253;ch.</p><p></p><h5>Architektka t&#250;&#382;by</h5><p>Upodozrievala som Emerald Fennell, &#382;e vy&#353;la z reklamy. Nevy&#353;la. Pri&#353;la z nie&#269;oho &#250;&#269;innej&#353;ieho. Dc&#233;ra sl&#225;vneho lond&#253;nskeho &#353;perk&#225;ra. Oxford. Britsk&#225; aristokracia. Re&#382;is&#233;rka, ktor&#225; pred Wuthering Heights nakr&#250;tila Promising Young Woman a Saltburn &#8212; oba filmy, ktor&#233; nezmenili len to, o &#269;om sa hovor&#237;, ale aj to, &#269;o si &#318;udia kupuj&#250;. Old Money je jej rodn&#253; jazyk. A pr&#225;ve preto ho vie tak dokonale rozklada&#357;.</p><p>Fennell nepred&#225;va pr&#237;behy. Navrhuje shoppable ekosyst&#233;my. A Wuthering Heights je jej najambici&#243;znej&#353;&#237; produkt doteraz.</p><p></p><h5>Heritage Signaling: Storo&#269;n&#253; k&#243;d</h5><p>Heritage signaling je pre m&#328;a ako svadobn&#253; ritu&#225;l. Nie&#269;o star&#233;, nie&#269;o nov&#233;, nie&#269;o po&#382;i&#269;an&#233;, nie&#269;o modr&#233;. Nevesty ho replikuj&#250; s l&#225;skou, ani nevedia pre&#269;o. A pr&#225;ve preto funguje. Reborn potrebuje presne toto.</p><p>Fennell si prepo&#382;i&#269;ala logotyp z adapt&#225;cie z roku 1920 &#8212; z &#233;ry, ke&#271; bol pr&#237;beh opisovan&#253; ako obrovsk&#253; pr&#237;beh nen&#225;visti. Storo&#269;n&#253; vizu&#225;lny k&#243;d, obalen&#253; do nepriestreln&#233;ho brnenia s&#250;&#269;asnosti. charli xcx na soundtracku. Margot Robbie a Jacob Elordi s&#250; mramorov&#253; ide&#225;l kr&#225;sy pretaven&#253; do fyzi&#269;na. Tak vizu&#225;lne dokonal&#237;, &#382;e p&#244;sobia sk&#244;r ako symboly ne&#382; ako &#318;udia. Ke&#271;&#382;e ich DNA si nek&#250;pite, Fennell v&#225;m pon&#250;ka makeup od Patti Dubroff ako taktick&#250; n&#225;hradu.</p><p>Heritage dod&#225;va h&#314;bku. Popkult&#250;ra dod&#225;va toxicitu. Dokopy vytv&#225;raj&#250; nie&#269;o, &#269;o nepotrebuje marketing. Sam&#233; je to marketing.</p><p>Ka&#382;d&#253; strih zanech&#225;va stopu. A t&#225; najd&#244;slednej&#353;&#237; &#269;as&#357; strihu nie je vizu&#225;lna.</p><p></p><h5>Vymazanie ako strat&#233;gia</h5><p></p><p>Shilpa Saul to pomenovala presne: Bront&#235; nep&#237;sala vibes. P&#237;sala soci&#225;lne n&#225;silie, triedne vyl&#250;&#269;enie, rasov&#250; hierarchiu. <br><br>Fennell to vie. A vedome sa rozhodla to odstr&#225;ni&#357;.</p><p>Z poh&#318;adu brandingu je to z&#225;mern&#233; rozhodnutie, nie chyba. Ka&#382;d&#225; &#250;spe&#353;n&#225; zna&#269;ka rob&#237; to ist&#233;: vyber&#225;, &#269;o zosilni&#357;, a &#269;o ticho vyradi&#357;. Syst&#233;mov&#225; nespravodlivos&#357; sa do v&#253;beru nedostane, preto&#382;e sa ned&#225; preda&#357;.</p><p>Reborn nepracuje s cel&#253;m m&#253;tom. Pracuje s t&#253;m, &#269;o pre&#382;ije strih.</p><p></p><h5>Nepriznan&#225; fant&#225;zia v jadre</h5><p></p><p>Fennell zredukovala pr&#237;behov&#250; vrstvu na &#382;ensk&#250; fant&#225;ziu, ku ktorej sa verejne prizn&#225; m&#225;loktor&#225; z n&#225;s.</p><p>Bezpe&#269;n&#253; pr&#237;stav. Kr&#225;sne &#353;aty. A za rohom Heathcliff, ktor&#253; n&#225;s zni&#269;&#237;. A my to chceme. Ke&#271; m&#225; de&#353;trukcia spr&#225;vnu tv&#225;r a spr&#225;vny soundtrack, trauma sa rebranduje na vibe.</p><p>A to sa st&#225;le pred&#225;va.</p><p>Toto nap&#228;tie &#8212; bezpe&#269;nos&#357; a nebezpe&#269;enstvo, sal&#243;n a divo&#269;ina &#8212; sed&#237; v jadre produktu, nie pr&#237;behu. Nedostanete film. Dostanete dokonale vy&#269;isten&#253; m&#253;tus, dos&#357; kr&#225;sny na t&#250;&#382;bu a dos&#357; pr&#225;zdny na to, aby ste do&#328; premietali seba.</p><p></p><p>Theses on Identity by Mikina Dimunova</p><div><hr></div><p><em>Tento text je pozv&#225;nka do subjekt&#237;vneho pozorovania. Vn&#225;&#353;am do&#328; vlastn&#250; sk&#250;senos&#357; a vlastn&#233; asoci&#225;cie &#8212; preto&#382;e v&#382;dy stoj&#237; za to v&#353;imn&#250;&#357; si, &#269;o sa rozhodnete vidie&#357;. A &#269;o sa rozhodnete prehliadnu&#357;.</em></p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Don't be consistent in color. Be consistent in truth.]]></title><description><![CDATA[Thesis #1]]></description><link>https://mikinadimunova.substack.com/p/dont-be-consistent-in-color-be-consistent</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://mikinadimunova.substack.com/p/dont-be-consistent-in-color-be-consistent</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Mikina Dimunova]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 02 May 2026 15:55:17 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!xnuF!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F69216031-e492-4299-bd64-ca81bd051de5_5046x2608.jpeg" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!xnuF!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F69216031-e492-4299-bd64-ca81bd051de5_5046x2608.jpeg" 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building a brand identity. And my answer unsettles people: Maybe never. And that&#8217;s perfectly fine.</p><p>Asking when a brand identity will be finished is like asking when your character will stop growing. A brand is not a PDF. It&#8217;s a living organism &#8212; and living organisms don&#8217;t have final versions.</p><p>I understand why the manual is tempting. Hundreds of pages of definitions, protocols, rules. The sense of security is real. But exactly where the courage to adapt ends, quiet stagnation begins. An identity carved in marble is beautiful. And dead.</p><p>The real strength of an identity is not in its resistance to change. It&#8217;s in how organically it can mutate and absorb new impulses. Identity is a metabolism, not a monument.</p><p>It&#8217;s easier to hand over a 200-page PDF and walk away than to teach a brand to breathe in real time. But the PDF is not the work. It&#8217;s the beginning of it.</p><p>The less internal truth a brand has, the more it retreats into policing protocols. A rigid manual often masks nothing more than the absence of a living voice. True recognisability doesn&#8217;t live in the millimetre-precise placement of a logo. It lives in the energy a brand radiates.</p><p>My own identity is readable precisely in its inconsistency. In its willingness to admit movement. In the fact that today it is a different version of itself than it was yesterday.</p><p>Let&#8217;s not preserve brands so perfectly that there&#8217;s no room left for growth. A manual should be the starting line for creativity, not its final boundary.</p><p>The brand manual is not the problem. The belief that it&#8217;s the destination is.</p><p>BRAND_MANUAL_FINAL_V2.PDF died hiding a void of substance behind a perfect corporate color.</p><p>Don&#8217;t be consistent in color. </p><p>Be consistent in truth. Stop building monuments. </p><p>Start feeding the metabolism.</p><p></p><p>Theses on Identity by Mikina Dimunova</p><p></p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!eLcK!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F8696a08a-22ec-47b9-8a16-cbcc55a99463_1982x2944.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!eLcK!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F8696a08a-22ec-47b9-8a16-cbcc55a99463_1982x2944.jpeg 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!eLcK!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F8696a08a-22ec-47b9-8a16-cbcc55a99463_1982x2944.jpeg 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!eLcK!,w_1272,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F8696a08a-22ec-47b9-8a16-cbcc55a99463_1982x2944.jpeg 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!eLcK!,w_1456,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F8696a08a-22ec-47b9-8a16-cbcc55a99463_1982x2944.jpeg 1456w" sizes="100vw"><img src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!eLcK!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F8696a08a-22ec-47b9-8a16-cbcc55a99463_1982x2944.jpeg" width="1456" height="2163" data-attrs="{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/8696a08a-22ec-47b9-8a16-cbcc55a99463_1982x2944.jpeg&quot;,&quot;srcNoWatermark&quot;:null,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:null,&quot;imageSize&quot;:null,&quot;height&quot;:2163,&quot;width&quot;:1456,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:null,&quot;bytes&quot;:2232992,&quot;alt&quot;:null,&quot;title&quot;:null,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image/jpeg&quot;,&quot;href&quot;:null,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:true,&quot;topImage&quot;:false,&quot;internalRedirect&quot;:&quot;https://mikinadimunova.substack.com/i/196226295?img=https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F8696a08a-22ec-47b9-8a16-cbcc55a99463_1982x2944.jpeg&quot;,&quot;isProcessing&quot;:false,&quot;align&quot;:null,&quot;offset&quot;:false}" class="sizing-normal" alt="" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!eLcK!,w_424,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F8696a08a-22ec-47b9-8a16-cbcc55a99463_1982x2944.jpeg 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!eLcK!,w_848,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F8696a08a-22ec-47b9-8a16-cbcc55a99463_1982x2944.jpeg 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!eLcK!,w_1272,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F8696a08a-22ec-47b9-8a16-cbcc55a99463_1982x2944.jpeg 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!eLcK!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F8696a08a-22ec-47b9-8a16-cbcc55a99463_1982x2944.jpeg 1456w" sizes="100vw" loading="lazy"></picture><div class="image-link-expand"><div class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container restack-image"><svg role="img" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 20 20" fill="none" stroke-width="1.5" stroke="var(--color-fg-primary)" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"><g><title></title><path d="M2.53001 7.81595C3.49179 4.73911 6.43281 2.5 9.91173 2.5C13.1684 2.5 15.9537 4.46214 17.0852 7.23684L17.6179 8.67647M17.6179 8.67647L18.5002 4.26471M17.6179 8.67647L13.6473 6.91176M17.4995 12.1841C16.5378 15.2609 13.5967 17.5 10.1178 17.5C6.86118 17.5 4.07589 15.5379 2.94432 12.7632L2.41165 11.3235M2.41165 11.3235L1.5293 15.7353M2.41165 11.3235L6.38224 13.0882"></path></g></svg></button><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container view-image"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div><h5>/SK/</h5><p></p><h3>Nebu&#271;te konzistentn&#237; vo farbe. Bu&#271;te konzistentn&#237; v pravde.</h3><p></p><p>&#8222;Kedy to bude kone&#269;ne hotov&#233;?&#8221; </p><p>To je ot&#225;zka, ktor&#250; po&#269;&#250;vam naj&#269;astej&#353;ie pri budovan&#237; identity zna&#269;ky. A moja odpove&#271; &#318;ud&#237; znepokojuje: Mo&#382;no nikdy. A to je v poriadku.</p><p>P&#253;ta&#357; sa, kedy bude identita zna&#269;ky hotov&#225;, je ako p&#253;ta&#357; sa, kedy prestane r&#225;s&#357; v&#225;&#353; charakter. Zna&#269;ka nie je PDF. Je to &#382;iv&#253; organizmus &#8212; a &#382;iv&#233; organizmy nemaj&#250; fin&#225;lne verzie.</p><p>Ch&#225;pem, pre&#269;o je manu&#225;l l&#225;kav&#253;. Stovky str&#225;n defin&#237;ci&#237;, protokolov, pravidiel. Pocit istoty je skuto&#269;n&#253;. Ale presne tam, kde kon&#269;&#237; odvaha adaptova&#357; sa, za&#269;&#237;na tich&#225; stagn&#225;cia. Identita vytesan&#225; do mramoru je kr&#225;sna. A m&#341;tva.</p><p>Skuto&#269;n&#225; sila identity nespo&#269;&#237;va v jej odolnosti vo&#269;i zmene. Spo&#269;&#237;va v tom, ako organicky dok&#225;&#382;e mutova&#357; a vstreb&#225;va&#357; nov&#233; impulzy. Identita je metabolizmus, nie monument.</p><p>Je &#318;ah&#353;ie odovzda&#357; 200-stranov&#233; PDF a od&#237;s&#357;, ako nau&#269;i&#357; zna&#269;ku d&#253;cha&#357; v re&#225;lnom &#269;ase. Ale PDF nie je pr&#225;ca. Je to jej za&#269;iatok.</p><p>&#268;&#237;m menej vn&#250;tornej pravdy zna&#269;ka m&#225;, t&#253;m viac sa utieka k str&#225;&#382;eniu protokolov. Rigidn&#253; manu&#225;l v&#228;&#269;&#353;inou nemaskuje ni&#269; in&#233; ako absenciu &#382;iv&#233;ho hlasu. Skuto&#269;n&#225; rozpoznate&#318;nos&#357; nes&#237;dli v milimetrovo presnom umiestnen&#237; loga. S&#237;dli v energii, ktor&#250; zna&#269;ka vy&#382;aruje.</p><p>Moja vlastn&#225; identita je &#269;itate&#318;n&#225; pr&#225;ve vo svojej nekonzistentnosti. V ochote prizna&#357; pohyb. V tom, &#382;e dnes je inou verziou seba, ako bola v&#269;era.</p><p>Nezachov&#225;vajme zna&#269;ky tak dokonale, &#382;e v nich nezostane miesto na rast. Manu&#225;l m&#225; by&#357; &#353;tartovacou &#269;iarou kreativity, nie jej kone&#269;nou hranicou.</p><p>Dizajn manu&#225;l nie je probl&#233;m. Presved&#269;enie, &#382;e je cie&#318;om, je.</p><p>BRAND_MANUAL_FINAL_V2.PDF zomrel ukr&#253;van&#237;m pr&#225;zdnoty za dokonalou firemnou farbou.</p><p>Nebu&#271;te konzistentn&#237; vo farbe. </p><p>Bu&#271;te konzistentn&#237; v pravde. Presta&#328;te budova&#357; monumenty. </p><p>Za&#269;nite &#382;ivi&#357; metabolizmus.</p><p></p><p>Theses on Identity by Mikina Dimunova</p>]]></content:encoded></item></channel></rss>