We’ve all been there. When our technology completely glitches out, and fails in weird and sometimes spectacular ways.

Visual artist known as Don’t Buy has taken this idea, and turned it into an aesthetic of its own.

As part of their series *404: SELF NOT FOUND*, we see office scenes that showcase this extremely defective, glitch-filled look and feel, complete with overlapping windows, broken cursors, and other painfully out-of-order scenery.

The pieces are deliberate in their jarring nature, making them almost hard to look at, like a blue-screen-of-death fever dream.

See more of Don’t Buy’s work on Instagram.

A chaotic office space cluttered with piles of disorganized papers and office supplies, with a blue wall and a digital error effect in the background.
A cluttered office space filled with papers, boxes, and office equipment, featuring a distorted blue overlay.
An abstract digital artwork featuring distorted flowers and blue interface elements overlaying a dark background.
An abstract digital art composition featuring a large eye with multiple cursor icons and geometric shapes overlaying it, creating a glitch effect.
A distorted digital image featuring abstract shapes, blue and gray colors, and fragmented text resembling a computer interface.
An abstract depiction of a samurai figure against a cloudy sky, with digital distortion and overlay of computer interface elements.
A digital artwork depicting distorted computer interface elements overlaying a serene landscape of tall grass under a cloudy blue sky.
An abstract digital collage featuring blurred images and blue color overlays, with text snippets and various elements from a park scene.
Abstract digital artwork featuring a distorted landscape with blue tones and pixelated imagery, including fragmented trees, buildings, and a person walking along a road.

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Ben VanderVeen is the founder and editor of Moss & Fog, one of the web’s longest-running visual culture destinations. Since 2009, he’s been finding and framing the most beautiful, surprising, and thought-provoking work in art, architecture, design, and nature — reaching over 325,000 readers each month. He lives in Portland, Oregon.

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