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I worked as a journalist for ten years before joining Dinamo and have long been interested in how anonymously submitted data can make difficult conversations more transparent on the internet. A difficult topic orbiting our studio lately has been why it’s so hard to talk about money — and all the frustration, rage, joy, fear, jealousy, desire, and more bundled up in the topic.

In the arts, wages are low and anxiety can feel like its at an all-time high. So as part of Dinamo Editions — our new publishing and research arm — we’re investigating the creative world’s feelings towards money.

In close collaboration with our partners Vanessa and Rea at business consultancy for creatives Nea-Kosma, we put together a Money & Emotions survey that digs deep into current feelings and personal backgrounds, exploring how and where the two meet. We hope you’ll take five minutes to anonymously respond to our questions.

By talking about money and emotions together and publishing the results in a report, we hope to empower our readers to know they’re not alone in complex feelings towards finance ♡

The Team

Dinamo Hardware: Unlocked @ Waste Space, London

Please join us at the legendary Waste Store in London this September 20th where we’ll be launching our latest collection. It’s an entirely new line of products created by our Head of Hardware — master of sourcing, production, and slappy back-smiths Simon Merz — who has conspired with a range of artists and collaborators to bring you a candle? A pen? Soap? A zine? You’ll see! 🌋

C-O-N-N-E-C-T-O-R Launch @ HKW, Berlin

Visitors are invited to come say hello, browse hardware, join in with the building, or even build furniture of their own.

We’ll be using the event to launch our ABC C-O-N-N-E-C-T-O-R-S — easy-to-use metal brackets that join together different materials for quick, resilient furniture making. Each unit contains a grid, which can be used to arrange screws into lettershapes. Our screw-inspired typeface, ABC C-o-n-n-e-c-t, will also make an appearance. We hope to meet you there and are excited to see what we build together :)

Walter Caption Contest: Round #9

In each issue of The Dinamo Update, we provide a new Walter cartoon in need of a caption. You, the reader, can submit your caption by responding to this email or by commenting on our caption contest IG post. The best three responses win the complete Walter Alte.

Scroll on for the last round’s winners — as well as the new contest. Or take a take a look at our Walter Caption Contest Hall of Fame for all our past winning submissions.

This Month’s Contest

Round 8 Finalists

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Congratulations to our winners. Your files of ABC Alte Walter are on their way!

Studio Updates

P.S.

Liz Gorny at Its Nice That asked us some questions about our recent campaign for Gaisyr. Johannes told her: “The idea for the campaign comes from our fascination with TikTok and YouTube culture. I also once visited a geyser during a trip to visit my family in Chile when I was a kid, and people were roasting chicken on the steam coming out of the holes. We thought that Gaisyr has serifs that sprout out like a geyser, so the idea emerged from there.”

• Branding. Fandom. Auteurship. Semiotics studio Axis Mundi break down today’s publishing paradigm and the changing meaning of the book.
• Molly Crabapple speaks of the importance of refusing the idea that Silicon Valley’s visions of technology are inevitable.
• Girlboss. Sad girl. Girl dinner. Not that kind of girl. Dirt on the social internet’s recent history of female domination.
• Why do brands keep doing those crazy influencer trips?
• Viewers flock to novelty boxing matches involving influencers and retired greats. Sadlly, the sport’s most skilled fighters don’t draw the crowds, reports the New Yorker.
• Two essays on AI worth reading: First, why we might just fall in love with A.I.-made creative work. Next, how the misguided faith that machines will inevitably free us to pursue our most human callings betrays misguided optimism.

That’s it for now. See you next time.

Love,
Dinamo