Garden of Flowers is a curated online archive exploring pictorial typography — visual imagery constructed from typographic characters — in the era before ASCII art emerged as a recognized form. The project, created by Heikki Lotvonen, surfaces a largely overlooked lineage of text-based visual art rooted in print and typewriter culture. It offers designers, historians, and digital artists a reference collection tracing the aesthetic origins of character-based imagery.
Cohere highlights the role of Thomas Euyang, a Research Visual Storyteller at the company. His work focuses on translating complex machine learning research and LLM concepts into intuitive, engaging visual narratives. This spotlight underscores the growing importance of design and visual communication in making advanced AI research accessible to developers and the public.
Vercel has officially launched a new open-source font called "Geist Pixel," the latest addition to its widely popular Geist font family (which previously…