Diagonal is delighted to announce NORMIFICATION, a collaboration between Florian Hecker and Marcin Pietruszewski. The project, initiated in 2016 in response to a request by the Zurich-based graphic design studio NORM, translates graphic design procedures and algorithmic processes into sound synthesis and composition through experimental auditory display—hence normification, rather than sonification. It employs custom synthesis and signal processing techniques, including iterative cycles of re-synthesis, wavelet-based transformations, and particle-scale recomposition, all while maintaining strict procedural ties to the algorithmic logic underlying NORM's layout system. As an algorithmic manifestation of this system, a text-column structuring program—which calculates integer divisors within two-dimensional fields—produces structured patterns of gaps and non-gaps that serve as the generative point of departure for sound synthesis. These divisor-based sequences are interpreted across multiple temporal scales: macro-level structural divisions, meso-level rhythmic patterns, and micro-level spectral movements. <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Normification">Read more on Last.fm</a>. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.