Blog — Claudia Novreica

Yesterday's Tomorrow: Why Are We and Will Always Be 'Obsessed' by the Past? On Hauntology

The major three design trends on 2019 revolve around one thing: history repeating itself through visual elements. Name Yesterday’s Tomorrow, signified by the revisitation of synth-wave (homage to the early tech of the late 80s and early 90s) and duotone. The other two feature the idea of the abandonment of digitalism. Why do these said circumstances keep on happening, where retro aesthetics are recycled abundantly and there seems to be this notion that we can’t escape our obsession with the old social forms?

journalClaudia SutrisnoJanuary 29, 2019journalComment

Honningsvåg in the Dawn of Winter

Perhaps if I could name one aspect which I really grateful for living literally across the equator is its consistency. It is indeed a terrific place to see the sun rises and sets at both when the clock hits 6. It is either sunny, cloudy, or rainy. Nothing else. Never in my life, I experience the temperature drops below 20 degrees (re Celsius). Despite living in the lap of comfort, for once in my life, I want to experience just one day living outside this steadiness. Whether it’s the duration of the daylight, the temperature, or just to be present in the midst of the unknown; far from the humid, mosquito-infested rainforest my skin comfortable with.

travel logClaudia SutrisnoJanuary 19, 2019norway, northern norway, finnmark, europeComment