What a privilege! Reposting @2advancedstudios@ericleejordan - 2Advanced x FWA. ‘Field Station 02’ - Some Truths Are Embedded In Code
‘The Kesey Signal’ - a new book by Rob Ford @rob_fwa (@fwa ). Out now in digital + print. What if the truth about humanity’s past was hidden in plain sight, embedded in the source code of archived Flash websites?
Grab the book and enter a drawing to win a limited-edition Kesey Signal Poster, designed by 2Advanced and hand-signed by author Rob Ford (FWA) + Eric Jordan (2advanced).
A love letter to 1999. Follow the code @ keseysignal.2advanced.com
#thekeseysignal #2advanced #webdesign
As The FWA heads towards 25 years (!) recognising the best work every day, it means even more to read comments like these after so many years.
Being relevant for a quarter of a century isn’t easy, especially online.
Thanks Haraldur Thorleifsson ! 🧡
The full text (tweet, or whatever they are called now):
“My @OnnuJonuSon website just won the @fwa award for site of the month!
As a designer that started out in web design, the FWA has always been the highest honor in our industry.
It’s an award that highlights the best of the best. Winning site of the day is already a huge honor.
Site of the month is the next level above. A very competetive category of cutting edge web designs.
Thank you to @robbincenijn and @AristideBenoist , the best collaborators possible.”
(Official Cover Reveal) 📦 The Archive vs. The Mystery.
[RF]
For 25 years, I’ve lived in the history of the web. 640 pages of Taschen’s Web Design history.
But while archiving the past, a darker story started to emerge.
I’m thrilled to finally reveal the cover for my debut techno-thriller: THE KESEY SIGNAL. 🌑💻
If the Taschen book is the “record” of what happened, The Kesey Signal is the conspiracy hidden beneath the source code. It’s a journey through digital archaeology, decaying code, and a history that isn’t just disappearing—it’s being erased.
The plot features some of the web’s most iconic “stars”:
🕹️ MONO*crafts
🚀 2Advanced Studios
🐔 Subservient Chicken
🥛 Get the Glass!
😱 Hotel 626
🚲 The Wilderness Downtown
The signal goes live on May 5th. [Kindle / Paperback / Hardback]
Unreal cover design by @see_cefai@collaborate_
I’m curious—if you were plotting a digital conspiracy, which ‘fossil’ from that era of the web would you have used to hide the truth?
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#TheKeseySignal #DigitalArchaeology #WebDesign #RetroWeb
Has anyone got any creative FWA win images, like those attached?!
I’m (Rob) doing a dedicated section in the FWA autobiography book highlighting the cool and crazy stuff (and cakes) people have done over the years and didn’t want to miss out on anything I haven’t got on file.
#thefwa
Nostalgia! Created by Firstborn for The FWA ‘s 10th anniversary…
This is one of the best FWA wallpapers ever created. It’s loaded with Easter Eggs of previous winners.
Can you identify previous winners in the image?
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