{"id":7415,"date":"2019-02-06T14:50:00","date_gmt":"2019-02-06T09:50:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/monochromist.com\/notes\/?post_type=jetpack-portfolio&#038;p=7415"},"modified":"2026-03-01T10:30:47","modified_gmt":"2026-03-01T05:30:47","slug":"kushehnooney-lah","status":"publish","type":"jetpack-portfolio","link":"https:\/\/monochromist.com\/notes\/portfolio\/kushehnooney-lah\/","title":{"rendered":"Kushehnooney Lah"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"700\" height=\"700\" data-attachment-id=\"6977\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/monochromist.com\/notes\/kushehnooney-lah\/bas_ahaa\/#main\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/monochromist.com\/notes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/bas_ahaa.jpg?fit=1081%2C1081&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1081,1081\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" 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class=\"wp-image-6982\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/monochromist.com\/notes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/faaru_story05-1.jpg?resize=576%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 576w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/monochromist.com\/notes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/faaru_story05-1.jpg?resize=169%2C300&amp;ssl=1 169w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/monochromist.com\/notes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/faaru_story05-1.jpg?resize=768%2C1365&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/monochromist.com\/notes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/faaru_story05-1.jpg?resize=864%2C1536&amp;ssl=1 864w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/monochromist.com\/notes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/faaru_story05-1.jpg?resize=562%2C999&amp;ssl=1 562w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/monochromist.com\/notes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/faaru_story05-1.jpg?w=1080&amp;ssl=1 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 576px) 100vw, 576px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Band logo, artwork concept + font <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The artwork concept for Kushehnooney&#8217;s second studio album LAH centred around the idea of ritual sacrifice. Ritual recreates the universe in a symbolic mirroring whose structure depends on the cosmology underlying the culture. It helps shift perspective from the outer to the inner. The ritual of ordinary life is to conform to the rhythms of the machines around and engage with pop culture.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Faaru Punk is a Thaana punk font that emerged during the production stage of Kushehnooney\u2019s second studio album Lah. Faaru Punk came about as a series of experiments to push the italic tensions, limits and boundaries of #thaanatype. The original letters were drawn for the band\u2019s logo. Most digital #thaanafonts tend to display characteristics that can be traced to early handwritten manuscripts. Most attempts at \u201cevolving\u201d the script centre around efforts at making it upright. One of the many possible futures for Thaana to emerge as a contemporary writing system.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kushehnooney.com\/kushehnooney-lah-album\/\">Lah album on Kushehnooney&#8217;s website<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/thaana.com\/faaru-punk\/\">Faaru Punk on Thaana Type Foundry<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Special thanks to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fazaillutfi.com\/\">Fazail Lutfi<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.islandcultures.com\/\">Egan Badeeu<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Artwork concepts, band logo and font for Maldivian band Kushehnooney\u2019s second studio album 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