Nodes 26
Nodes. Journal of Art and Neuroscience is a peer-reviewed scientific journal founded in 2011 by Numero Cromatico, an artist collective, research center, and publishing house composed of researchers from both the humanities and scientific fields. The journal aims to explore and disseminate the intersection between art and neuroscience, a topic that has gained significant prominence in recent years thanks to the emergence of neuroaesthetics.
The visual identity of Nodes issue 26 is conceived as a visual soundscape, where music and rhythm take shape. Sound cones synthesized into gradients and circles of varying sizes evoke movement, depth, and resonance.
The visual language, inspired by experimental cinema, alternates between sharpness and blur in a continuous dialogue with typography: Blacker Mono, a contemporary monospaced serif typeface designed by Zetafonts, which becomes a form of musical notation. Within the space of the page and the flow of content, typography and graphic elements transform into rhythm, movement, and sonic memory. The typefaces in use furthermore include Blacker Mono’s proportional sibling Blacker, two type families from Atipo – Basier Mono and Geomanist – Ronzino from Collletttivo, Tinos by Steve Matteson and Monotype Baskerville.
For this issue, Dionigi Mattia Gagliardi was editor-in-chief and art director, with graphic design by Licia Masi. Printed in Rome by Risoma and Tipografare on two paper stocks: Favini Shiro Echo 120 g/m² (interior) and Favini Shiro Echo Raw Blue 250 g/m² (cover).
