L.01 · ARCH / RENDERShipped
Void & Light
An ongoing study of brutalist mass and warm interior glow. Reference plates we use to brief architectural clients on tone, contrast, and material weight.
Built for ourselves.
Sometimes shipped for you.
The Lab is where we test the studio against itself. Every tool, every system, every essay here started as a problem in our own work — then earned its way into client engagements.
Internal Initiatives
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L.02 · TOOL / CLIIn progress
Hairline
A command-line auditor for spacing, contrast, and type rhythm. Runs against any production URL and returns a single-page report. Used internally on every handoff.
L.03 · WRITING / OSResearch
Field Notes
Short essays on interface restraint, attention economics, and the discipline of removing things. Published quarterly. No newsletter, no popups.
L.04 · SYSTEM / FIGMAShipped
Baseline-8
Our internal Figma kit. Eight-pixel rhythm, two type scales, one neutral ramp. Forked into every client engagement on day one.
L.05 · WEB / WEBGLIn progress
Anti-Gravity
A physics-based cursor and pointer layer with deceleration curves you can actually tune. Open-sourced once the API stops changing weekly.
L.06 · PROCESS / DOCResearch
The Discovery Sheet
A single page that replaces the kickoff deck. Two columns, twelve questions, one shared answer. Cuts week one from five days to two.
12_KICKOFF_QUESTIONS
01. Market friction?Check
02. User load?Check
03. Tech boundary?Check
04. Brand guardrails?Check
Collaboration
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