0123456789 by Noon Passama / In 2017, Bangkok-born jewellery designer #NoonPassama developed a group of jewellery pieces influenced by the idea of a numeral system. The body of work has become the starting point of a collaboration with graphic design and art direction Studio Amanda Haas. The result is the publication 0123456789, titled after the jewellery series. It documents the precise information of each piece which equals a numeric value. The book is a pseudo-scientific archeological undertaking, describing a post-apocalyptic world; it contains a science-fictional text written by curator Gabriela Acha and otherworldly images of excavation sites by photographer Christian Hagemann. In this dusty sandy world, the remaining human beings occasionally encounter objects of wonder. While visually exploring the shapes of numbers and the dynamics they create, this book also suggests an alternative understanding of their visual manifestations. Each contributor looks at the #jewellery from a personal perspective, keeping in mind the overarching questions of possible origin, belonging and cultural affiliation. The fictional story-line establishes itself around the following assumptions: What if a past or future tribe of (human) beings had created pieces of jewellery that in themselves are not only beautiful, but might even bear a secret force of knowledge beyond the evident? Could there be a transmission of knowledge long after the existence of such a tribe? And if so, what would this lost knowledge be? Designed by #StudioAmandaHaas #graphicdesign