Psychedelic Now Book - Multicolour

The Psychedelic Now book by Julia Chaplin explores the psychedelic aesthetic across fashion, art, design, architecture, and lifestyle. Featuring works by Yayoi Kusama, FriendsWithYou, and Bjarke Ingels, the book is structured around four distinct themes: Rainbow Utopists, Afrofuturists, Cosmic Technophiles, and Spiritualizers. Its content examines how creative minds use psychedelics to imagine and realize new forms of personal and collective consciousness. The edition is presented in a multicolour format reflecting the visual language of its subject matter.

'Psychedelics Now' by Assouline is a mind-bending journey into the psychedelic aesthetic unfolding in the cultural zeitgeist today. Featuring Yayoi Kusama’s polka-dot fantasy worlds, FriendsWithYou’s ecstatic rainbows, and Bjarke Ingels’s utopian optic architecture, author Julia Chaplin explores four distinct themes: Rainbow Utopists; Afrofuturists; Cosmic Technophiles; and Spiritualizers, to consider how creative minds — across fashion, art, design, architecture and lifestyle — are using psychedelics to imagine and realize a brighter world. Chaplin suggests the potential of psychedelics for transforming personal and collective power and consciousness. This vital, thrilling edition is a must-have for artists, thinkers, and psychonauts.