P S Y C H E D E L I C S P A C E C R A F T
2025- The Shape of Sound is a modular symbol language developed by Jenny Holmlund, replacing conventional writing with an open visual vocabulary. Each symbol operates as a visual–auditory hybrid—a written sound carrying rhythm, tone, and phonoaesthetic logic.
Through simple geometric operations, forms evolve from one another, generating a continuous chain of transformation. Meaning emerges through relationships rather than fixed definitions, creating a system where form, sound, and thought are interwoven.
The language is rooted in subtle, often overlooked sounds arising where body, material, and movement meet: the hand at work, thread passing through textile layers, friction, breath, and mechanical rhythm. These “auracular sounds” form a sensory field where listening becomes physical and sound transforms into image, pattern, and space.
The system originates from Prime Numbers – My Winterland (MA project, 2005).
The Shape of Sound was further developed in collaboration with graphic designer Jaakko Suomalainen, who has worked with extracting and systematising fragments of an original pattern into a modular and combinable structure.
Within this system, language is replaced by a visual–auditory alphabet where each sign functions as part of an open score for movement, rhythm, and interaction. Meaning is generated relationally, rather than through fixed definitions.
Jaakko Suomalainen – graphic design and systematisation of The Shape of Sound
Jenny Holmlund – concept and authorship
Through simple geometric operations, forms evolve from one another, generating a continuous chain of transformation. Meaning emerges through relationships rather than fixed definitions, creating a system where form, sound, and thought are interwoven.
The language is rooted in subtle, often overlooked sounds arising where body, material, and movement meet: the hand at work, thread passing through textile layers, friction, breath, and mechanical rhythm. These “auracular sounds” form a sensory field where listening becomes physical and sound transforms into image, pattern, and space.
The system originates from Prime Numbers – My Winterland (MA project, 2005).
Symbolic System
The Shape of Sound was further developed in collaboration with graphic designer Jaakko Suomalainen, who has worked with extracting and systematising fragments of an original pattern into a modular and combinable structure.
Within this system, language is replaced by a visual–auditory alphabet where each sign functions as part of an open score for movement, rhythm, and interaction. Meaning is generated relationally, rather than through fixed definitions.
Jaakko Suomalainen – graphic design and systematisation of The Shape of Sound
Jenny Holmlund – concept and authorship
