Hypernormal is a Los Angeles based shop and design studio operating at the intersection of publishing, art, and apparel. In a world of complex algorithms, simplifying your own narrative through hand curation may be the only way to combat the filter bubbles we reside in. We may or may not have watched one too many Adam Curtis documentaries.

Photobooks

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  • Los Angeles Standards
    $45.00
  • Stephen Shore (MoMA)
    $75.00
  • Gregory Crewdson: Alone Street
    $70.00
  • Jong Won Rhee: Solitudes of Human Places
    $60.00
  • Wolfgang Tillmans: To look without fear - Hardcover
    $75.00
  • Don Chadwick Photography 1961–2005
    $38.00
  • Rinko Kawauchi: Illuminance - The Tenth Anniversary Edition
    $68.00
  • Hank Willis Thomas: All Things Being Equal
    $65.00
  • Fred Herzog: Modern Color
    $45.00
  • Josef Koudelka: Koudelka
    $75.00
  • William Eggleston's Guide 2nd ed.
    $45.00
  • American Silence: The Photographs of Robert Adams
    $70.00
  • 548 Days | No Skateboarding By Dela Charles
    $46.50
  • RENATO D'AGOSTIN , Archaeologies: Los Angeles
    $45.00
  • Bruce Davidson: Survey
    $65.00

Latest Tees

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Latest Magazines

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  • Slanted Magazine #40—Experimental Type
    $25.00
  • Support Magazine #3
    $35.00
  • Subsequence Volume 05 2022
    $60.00
  • SPIKE ISSUE 73 (AUTUMN 2022): VULNERABILITY
    $20.00
  • VICTORY JOURNAL #19 - HALFTIME
    Sold out
  • KALEIDOSCOPE's issue 41 (Fall/Winter 2022)
    $40.00
  • SPIKE ART - ISSUE 72 (SUMMER 2022): ART AND CRIME
    $20.00
  • SUBSEQUENCE MAGAZINE VOL.4
    $60.00
  • Kaleidoscope #38
    $30.00
  • Slanted Magazine #37—AI
    Sold out
  • THE NEW ORDER ISSUE 25
    $35.00
  • Where the Leaves Fall - issue #8
    $17.00
  • This is Badland Issue N.04 - Are We Home?
    $30.00
  • Slanted Magazine #36—COEXIST
    $30.00
  • Faire – Volume 8 (27,28,29,30)
    $40.00
  • THE NEW ORDER ISSUE 24
    $35.00
  • Making - DNA #7
    $10.00
  • IDEA magazine 397 - Encountering Books: Art Book Fairs of the world, Distribution and Communication
    $50.00
  • Dirty Furniture #5 Phone
    $20.00
  • BULLY ISSUE ONE SEAN COVER
    $35.00

Viktor Bezic's Taking Shots Vol.1

  • Taking Shots Vol.1 #1 - Venice, CA
    $100.00
  • Taking Shots Vol.1 #2 - Los Angeles, CA
    $100.00
  • Taking Shots Vol.1 #3 - Toronto, Canada
    $100.00
  • Taking Shots Vol.1 #4 - New York City, New York
    $100.00
  • Taking Shots Vol.1 #5 - Shelbyville, Indiana
    $100.00
  • Taking Shots Vol.1 #6 - Toronto, Canada
    $100.00
  • Taking Shots Vol.1 #7 - Venice, CA
    $100.00
  • Taking Shots Vol.1 #8 - San Francisco, CA
    $100.00
  • Taking Shots Vol.1 #9 - St. Louis, MO
    $100.00
  • Taking Shots Vol.1 #10 - Detroit, MI
    $100.00
  • Taking Shots Vol.1 #11 - New York, NY
    $100.00
  • Taking Shots Vol.1 #12 - Toronto, Canada
    $100.00
  • Taking Shots Vol.1 #13 - Seattle, WA
    $100.00
  • Taking Shots Vol.1 #14 - Venice, CA
    $100.00
  • Taking Shots Vol.1 #15 - Chicago, IL
    $100.00

Vinyl

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More Gear

  • Violet Basketball
    $40.00
  • Pebble Basketball
    $40.00
  • Lou Basketball
    $40.00
  • Chomper Basketball
    $30.00
  • Rise Basketball
    $30.00
  • Chaos Brings Images - Embroidered Champion Packable Jacket
    $49.00
  • Mad Future - Embroidered Champion Packable Jacket
    $49.00
  • Comin' Strapped - Embroidered Champion Packable Jacket
    $40.00
  • Processing - Embroidered Champion Packable Jacket
    $49.00
  • Altered States Altered Traits - Embroidered Champion Packable Jacket
    $49.00
  • Existential Dread - Embroidered Champion Packable Jacket
    $49.00
  • Toronto 2016 All Star Game Nike Throwback Customized Raptors Shorts
    $120.00
  • 1992 World Series Champions Blue Jays Customized Men's Champion 9" Mesh Shorts
    $100.00
  • 1997 NBA Finals Customized Men's Champion 9" Mesh Shorts
    $100.00
  • Raptors 2019 Championship Customized Men's Champion 9" Mesh Shorts
    $100.00
  • Dangerous Ideas Large Organic Tote Bag
    $20.00
  • Comin' Strapped large organic tote bag
    $22.00
  • AIR JORDAN 11 LOW "72 - 10"
    $230.00
  • REEBOK X BRONZE MENS 56K CLASSIC LEATHER SHOES
    from $70.00
  • Pump Omni Zone II x Juun.J
    from $200.00
  • Nike React Element 55 - Pure Platinum Thunder Grey
    $135.00
  • AIR JORDAN RETRO 13 "Brave Blue"
    from $250.00
  • AIR JORDAN 1 MID SE "Court Purple Suede"
    $250.00
  • REACT ELEMENT 55 SE - Volt / Blue Stardust
    $150.00
  • Nike Air More Uptempo '96
    $185.00
  • Maison Margiela Club C Shoes
    $250.00
  • Nike Air Huarache LE "Toadstool"
    from $150.00
  • THISISNEVERTHAT - Blue Converse Edition One Star Low Sneakers
    $145.00
  • Jordan SB Air Jordan 1 Low “Lance Mountain”
    $235.00
  • Stroke Pin
    $6.00
  • Neobasketism Pin
    $6.00
  • Melting Stripes Pin
    $6.00
  • Picasso Bulls Pin
    $6.00
  • On Fire Pin
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  • Your Storage Is Full
    $30.00
  • Very Foreign
    $30.00
  • Make Believe
    $30.00
  • Install Team - Cuffed Beanie
    $25.00
  • Existential Dread - Cuffed Beanie
    $25.00
  • Don't Get Rekt - Cuffed Beanie
    $25.00
  • Brutalist Enthusiast - Five Panel Cap
    $30.00
  • Freshjive 6 Panel
    $25.00
  • Impossible Is Nothing - 5 Panel Camper
    $21.00
  • Mad Future Five Panel Cap
    $25.00
  • Altered States Altered Traits Vintage Cotton Twill Cap
    $22.50
  • Chaos Brings Images Champion Cap
    $26.50

Graphic Design

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  • Flexible Visual Systems
    $50.00
  • Graphic Design in the Post-Digital Age - A survey of practices fuelled by creative coding
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  • Total Armageddon—A Slanted Reader on Design
    $35.00
  • American Bauhaus
    $35.00
  • 100 POSTER BATTLE 2 — Sharing Cultural Identities
    $35.00
  • Extra-curricular
    $25.00
  • The Nest—The CalArts Poster Archive Print
    $50.00
  • Yearbook of Type #6 2022/23 – Movie Edition
    $50.00
  • NEUE GRAFIK/NEW GRAPHIC DESIGN/GRAPHISME ACTUEL 1958 – 1965
    $230.00
  • Jurriaan Schrofer (1926-1990): Graphic Designer, Pioneer of Photo Books, Art Director, Teacher, Art Manager, Environmental Artist
    $60.00
  • Structuring Design: Graphic Grids in Theory and Practice by Ulysses Voelker
    $38.00
  • Ladislav Sutnar : visual design in action
    $78.00

Digital Goods

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  • Shift - 20 Abstract Vector Backgrounds
    from $15.00
  • 120 Vector Dither Textured Clip Art Shapes
    from $22.00
  • Chrome & Vector Abstract Shapes Bundle - 200 Unique Elements
    from $25.00
  • 3D Shapes Collection - 90 Abstract Renders
    from $19.00
  • Molten - Iridescent Backgrounds
    from $18.00
  • Volume - 3D Forms
    from $20.00
  • Terrain: Abstract 3D Landscapes
    from $15.00
  • Vitality: 15 Dynamic Textures
    from $15.00
  • Radiate: Energetic 3D Textures
    from $15.00

Home Goods

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  • The Garbage Collection: Soda Can
    $45.00
  • The Garbage Collection: Water Bottle
    $45.00
  • The Garbage Collection: Milk Jug
    $120.00
  • CandleHand "Peace" Black
    $40.00
  • CandleHand "Fcuk You" Black
    $40.00
  • CandleHand "You Rock" Black
    $40.00
  • NOCTURN CATCH - BLACK
    $88.00
  • NOCTURN CATCH - MAPLE
    $88.00
  • NOCTURN CATCH - WALNUT
    $88.00
  • Wiggle Candles - Blue
    $25.00
  • Wiggle Candles - Orange
    $25.00
  • Wiggle Candles - Green
    $25.00
  • 5" Vessels
    $45.00
  • Pencil Trays
    $32.00
  • 4" Catch-Alls
    $32.00

Hypernormal Hazy Gradient Puzzles

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  • Hypernormal Hazy Gradient v1.0 Puzzle
    $30.00
  • Hypernormal Hazy Gradient v2.0 Puzzle
    $30.00
  • Hypernormal Hazy Gradient v3.0 Puzzle
    $30.00
  • Hypernormal Hazy Gradient v4.0 Puzzle
    $30.00
  • Hypernormal Hazy Gradient v5.0 Puzzle
    $30.00
  • Hypernormal Hazy Gradient v6.0 Puzzle
    $30.00
  • Hypernormal Hazy Gradient v7.0 Puzzle
    $30.00
  • Hypernormal Hazy Gradient v8.0 Puzzle
    $30.00
  • Hypernormal Hazy Gradient v9.0 Puzzle
    $30.00

Art

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  • Taking Shots Volume 1
    from $35.00
  • The Artist's Guide to Creating, Collecting & Curating On-Chain Art
    $20.00
  • The Age of Data - Embracing Algorithms in Art & Design
    $75.00
  • Gerhard Richter: Panorama
    $75.00
  • Ellsworth Kelly: Postcards
    $60.00
  • Curating Digital Art - From Presenting and Collecting Digital Art to Networked Co-curation
    $35.00
  • Barbara Kruger: Thinking of You. I Mean Me. I Mean You.
    $60.00
  • No Internet, No Art - 2nd edition
    $30.00
  • Raphael Hefti: Salutary Failures
    $65.00
  • Common Practice Basketball & Contemporary Art
    $300.00
  • Autonomous Archiving
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  • A Little-Known Story about a Movement, a Magazine, and the Computer's Arrival in Art New Tendencies and Bit International, 1961–1973
    $60.00
  • Donald Judd Writings
    $50.00
  • Sanja Ivekovic: Sweet Violence
    $50.00
  • KAWS: He Eats Alone
    $62.00
  • Barry McGee
    $35.00
  • THE AGE OF COLLAGE 3
    $55.00
  • Media Burn: Ant Farm and the Making of an Image
    $35.00
  • Get Out by Jordan Peele
    $19.00
  • Judd - Hardcover
    $70.00

Everyday Carry

  • 3.5x5.5" Embossed Pocket Notebook (Dotted)
    $18.00
  • 3.5X5.5" - Pocket Notebook - Soft Cover (Dotted)
    $18.00
  • Pocket Journal Refill
    $6.00
  • Field Notes 3-PACK Original Kraft Notebooks (Plane Paper)
    $12.95
  • Field Notes 3-PACK Expedition Waterproof Notebooks (Dot-Graph)
    $14.95
  • Field Notes 3-PACK PITCH BLACK Memo Book (Dot-Graph)
    $14.95
  • TRAVELER'S Company 015 Watercolor Paper (Passport Size)
    $6.00
  • TRAVELER'S Company 014 Dot Grid (Passport Size)
    $5.00
  • TRAVELER'S Company 008 Sketch Paper Notebook (Passport Size)
    $6.00
  • TRAVELER'S Company 003 Blank Notebook (Passport Size)
    $5.00
  • TRAVELER'S Company 002 Grid Notebook (Passport Size)
    $5.00
  • TRAVELER'S Company 010 Kraft Paper Folder (Passport Size)
    $6.00
  • TRAVELER'S Company 004 Zipper Case (Passport Size)
    $7.00
  • TRAVELER'S Company 011 Connecting Rubber Band (Passport Size)
    $5.00
  • TRAVELER'S Company 016 Pen Holder (M) Black & Brown
    $15.00
  • Passport / Field Notes Wallet
    $120.00
  • Pocket Journal
    $44.00
  • Field Notes Leather Folio Cover
    $55.00
  • Rhodia Mechanical Pencil
    $40.00
  • KEPLER PEN
    $78.00
  • TRC Brass Rollerball Pen
    $68.00
  • A7 memobottle
    $22.00
  • A6 memobottle
    $28.00
  • A5 memobottle
    $36.00
  • OFFSET KEYRING - VAPOR BLACK
    $38.00
  • Key Capsule
    $25.00
  • CLOSED HELIX KEYRING - VAPOR BLACK
    $32.00
  • Venture Pouch
    $44.00
  • Pen Case
    $25.00
  • Tool Roll
    $50.00

Stories of the Creatively Constrained

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  1. Saul Leiter made 60 years of photography within a couple block radius of his apartment.

    Although he hung out with a lot of notable photographers, such as Diane Airbus and Robert Frank, he never had any notoriety himself partly because he did commercial photography alongside his other work (2). This included frequent collaborations with Esquire and Harper’s Bazaar. Somehow it made him less of a photographer in the art establishment's eyes. To Leiter, his approach to the work was the same. Whether for art or commerce, his goal was to make images he liked and stood behind.
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  2. How a Discarded Magazine Sparked Gordon Parks’ Life of Creativity

    One day Parks notices a magazine one of the passengers leaves behind. He explores the images of the dispossessed in the spreads of the magazine. Parks would describe these images as powerful. All of the photographers were tackling the evils of poverty that still gripped the nation in 1938. Their work was part of President Roosevelt’s New Deal agency, the Farm Security Administration (FSA). 
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