Hack Circus is a creative collective on the science/art/philosophy axis, dedicated to crafting delightful, ideas-led physical effects and experiences. Amongst other endeavours, they produce a quarterly magazine based on a different theme each time.
Issue one of the quarterly magazine (red-yellow gradient) was designed by The Beautiful Meme and published in December 2013. The cover features a litho printed optical illlusion within which the words 'Hack Circus' are hidden.
We were approached to redesign the magazine from the second issue. Keeping the cover design the same, we changed the colour gradient so that each subsequent issue continued the spectrum from red through to purple. The inside was completely redesigned, with a new grid system, typographic identity and visual hierarchy.
Published in March 2014.
Articles include:
- How to tell for sure whether you're a brain in a jar
- What scientists know about ghosts
- An interview with The Long Now Foundation
- Why some people think the universe is a hologram
- What scientists know about ghosts
- An interview with The Long Now Foundation
- Why some people think the universe is a hologram
Clock of the Long Now diagrams from longnow.org
Published in June 2014.
Articles include:
- How to reconstruct a WWII submarine using sound
- A new method for storing secret data in packs of playing cards
- The pros and cons of laser-deflecting plasma forcefields
- What it means to be a video game curator
- A new method for storing secret data in packs of playing cards
- The pros and cons of laser-deflecting plasma forcefields
- What it means to be a video game curator
Photography by Rebecca Keogh
