Alt Signal
Counter-culture references — curated from the edges of design, fashion, and digital culture. Updated hourly.
An automated harvester runs every hour pulling from Are.na channels, Reddit, Bluesky, and RSS feeds. Each item is normalised into a signal reference — a snapshot of URL, visual, palette, typography, and aesthetic direction. Curated sites are screenshot by a headless browser on a Hetzner VPS and the image is stored in R2.
The 15 founding references were hand-picked: counter-culture fashion houses, independent design studios, underground publications. No mainstream. No algorithm-chasing. Submit something →
- Are.na channels
- Reddit (streetwear, brutalism, design)
- Bluesky (#altfashion #brutaldesign)
- RSS — Dezeen, It's Nice That
- Curated sites (screenshot)
- Public submissions (review queue)
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