The Long Now Foundation set out to create a long-term archive (think 10,000 years) of linguistic data for 1,500 of the world’s most-spoken languages.
The Rosetta Disk works on the same premise as an old-fashioned microfiche. Thousands of pages of linguistic data are etched—in tiny form—on the face of the Disk. The data can be read visually, using a standard microscope.
The design in the outer ring features eye-readable text that spirals down to microscopic size, thereby encouraging the viewer to look more closely, at which point she will discover the wealth of information embedded.
You can learn more about this fascinating project here.
The Rosetta Disk
Deep-futureproofing.
For years I made a practice of keeping a visual diary. Each day I’d take multiple photographs, then pair two of them. The result was often more than the sum its parts.
The Daily Diptych
