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Media & Marketing

The New Psychedelica

Feeling overwhelmed by information? Too many emails to read or screens to look at? In a culture suffering data overload, a new visual movement with its roots in psychedelia is feeding off digital visuals and expressing our state of constant flux.

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8 Jul 2011
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