adjacent issue 13: Ornament

Ornament exists where purpose becomes uncertain. It is decoration, embellishment, excess: the supposedly superfluous made essential.

Issue 13 starts from the curiosity of this inner conflict within “ornament”, a tightly-wound paradox of objects we simultaneously hold and dismiss. Ornaments are relational, their meaning comes alive through context, but more specifically, culture. This issue foregrounds the ornament, and introduces the world around them through literary, artistic, poetic, and technological perspectives.

For this issue, the Q&A posts were designed to highlight each contributor's project, creative process, and ideas.

To reflect the theme of ornament, each post incorporates bold colors, textured typography, and layered backgrounds, emphasizing the individuality of each contributor's work. The layouts were designed in Figma and exported as images for publication on Instagram.

ADJACENT is a journal of emerging media published by New York University’s Interactive Telecommunications Program (ITP) and its undergraduate counterpart, Interactive Media Arts (IMA).

Our mission is to share research, analysis, and opinions from and for the diverse creators exploring the contemporary moment.