Moss & Fog · Since 2009
The Guides
Long reads for each of the eight worlds of the Atlas, the chapters that grow out of them, and the reference works that tie it all together. Start anywhere.
Open the Atlas The Senses The Glossary Reference Library Fog Signals
The eight worlds
01 / 08 · Architecture
The World’s Most Extraordinary Buildings
From brutalist icons to floating museums and homes carved into the earth.
Start here too 13 Extraordinary Museum Buildings, Googie Architecture
02 / 08 · The Natural World
The World’s Most Astonishing Natural Wonders
Glowing bays, ancient trees and deserts that bloom overnight: the planet at its strangest.
Start here too Defense Mechanisms in the Animal Kingdom, Trees Sleep at Night
03 / 08 · Art
The Most Extraordinary Paintings and Illustrations
Paint, ink and pencil at their most arresting: the artists and works we keep returning to.
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04 / 08 · Design
A guide in the works
The definitive guide to design objects is next on our list. Until it lands, the Glossary is the best way in.
Start here The Glossary of Visual Culture, Design
05 / 08 · Photography
The Most Breathtaking Photography in the World
Aerial cities, glowing seas, faces and places you cannot forget.
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06 / 08 · Craft & Making
A guide in the works
A guide to the makers and the things made by hand is in the works. Meet them first in the Reference Library.
Start here The Reference Library, Meet the Maker: Senser Woodcraft
07 / 08 · Culture & Travel
The Most Beautiful Places on Earth
From glowing deserts to islands at the edge of the world.
Start here too The 50 Largest Cities in the World, The Case for Canada
08 / 08 · The Future
Retrofuturism: The Future We Were Promised
Chrome rockets, flying cars and glowing skylines: the tomorrows the past imagined.
Start here too Sustainable Design, the future being built now, and Atomic Daydream, our retro-futurism wing
New chapters
New guide · The Future
25 Sustainable Designs That Are Quietly Rebuilding the World
Mycelium, timber towers, sand batteries and flying ferries. The opening chapter of Sustainable Design.
Chapter · The Natural World
The Most Extraordinary Defense Mechanisms in the Animal Kingdom
Twenty-nine strategies, from exploding termites to boiling beetle spray.
Chapter · Architecture
13 Extraordinary Museum Buildings Worth the Trip
A grain silo carved into galleries, a mirrored bowl holding a whole collection.
Chapter · Architecture
Googie: The Wildly Optimistic Style of Postwar America
Boomerang roofs, starbursts and the space age on every corner.
A second way in
New · The Senses
The Archive, Sorted by Feel
The same stories as the Atlas, shelved by what you could taste, smell, touch, hear or see.
The reference shelf
Reference
The Glossary of Visual Culture & Design
More than 135 terms, A to Z, for the language of the made world. Written to be read.
Reference
The Reference Library
Twenty-four makers who defined their craft and fourteen places that became synonymous with it.
Pairs with the Glossary
Every guide is a doorway into the archive. For everything we have published in each world, newest first, open the Atlas. To browse the same stories by feel, open the Senses.