Surface and apparition : the immateriality of modern surface Surface is one of the most intensely debated topics in recent arts humanities and social science scholarship. The changing technologies which manufacture the actual and virtual surfaces of today are radically altering our perception of thresholds and borders. In this volume international scholars of design and the arts explore a different meaning and function of the material and immaterial qualities of surface. Case studies include various surfaces from computer screens artisanal engines and glass architecture to gauzy veils the planetary surface of supply chain capitalism and spatial embodiment in street markets Folds of fashion : unravelled and the planetary surface (Jussi Parikka) Surface making in nuclear decommissioning : a narrative of sludge plutonium and their whereabouts (Petra Tjitske Kalshoven) Surface eruption : machine creativity and emotive data objects (Barbara Rauch) The depth of surface (Lesley Halliwell) Where surface meets depth : virtuality in textile and material design (Elaine Igoe) Growing surface between textiles and electrochemistry (Joanne Horton) David Pyes Fluting Engine (Benedict Carpenter van Barthold) Journal (2016 2018) : conversations on looms cloth and weaving (Max Mosscrop and Benedict Carpenter van Barthold) On drawing : transmission from the lifeworld to paper at Namdaemun Market Seoul (Ray Lucas) Archive surface (Jane Birkin) Experience poverty transparency : the modern surface of interwar glass (Freyja Hartzell) On genealogy of translucent screen and rehabilitation of ephemeral : post cinema installation performance (Oksana Chefranova).