The Commodification of Nostalgia & Irony


A book exploring the relationship between the music genre vaporwave and postmodernism, looking at themes of orientalism, aesthetics and plunderphonics.

The publication documents the evolution of the genre and explores a range of different music formats taking inspiration from record sleeve dimensions and J-card cassette tape layouts. 

If you are interested in a PDF of this project please contact: stepelling@gmail.com 


Role : Author, Art Direction, Design and Fabrication.


Mark