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- Everything
- 03.05.26 That Was The Week That Was — 3rd May 2026
Monday morning saw us head to Düsseldorf for Beyond Tellerrand, celebrating its fifteenth anniversary, for which I’d created all the …
- 26.04.26 That Was The Week That Was — 26th April 2026
This week was spent finishing the titles for the upcoming Beyond Tellerrand conference, adding the music created by Tobi Lessnow. I also …
- 19.04.26 That Was The Week That Was — 19th April 2026
After picking up an original 1977 pressing of The Strangler's debut album Rattus Norvegicus from my local record shop, it got me thinking …
- 16.04.26 Creating Organic Lines and Tubes in Touch Designer using POPs
A quick post to show a technique I use to create organic like lines in Touch Designer using POP operators. I won't go into every step but …
- 12.04.26 That Was The Week That Was — 12th April 2026
Schubert’s imagination was unusually literary. Words released music in him: poems about desire, love, loss, solitude, the longing for rest; …
- 05.04.26 That Was The Week That Was — 5th April 2026
Back in 2019 I created the graphics and titles for Beyond Tellerrand — the design event run by my friend Marc Thiele. Seven years on I'm …
- 29.03.26 That Was The Week That Was — 29th March 2026
Just a visual update this week.
- 22.03.26 That Was The Week That Was — 22nd March 2026
I started the week playing around with some strange attractors. Kate Ertmann wrote a great post about the beauty of strange attractors, and …
- 15.03.26 That Was The Week That Was — 15th March 2026
We’re currently experiencing some issues setting up the Google Meet call, so we’ll be hosting the meeting on our platform, Riverside …
- 08.03.26 That Was The Week That Was — 8th March 2026
This week I've been deep in the weeds as I work on expanding some of the systems I use especially in respect of machine-learning. In the …
- 01.03.26 That Was The Week That Was — 1st March 2026
"What is the elementary particle of sudden understanding? It is the clariton. Any scientist will recognise the “Aha!” moment when this …
- 24.02.26 A few static outputs from this generative system
A few static outputs from this generative system. #generativeart
- 22.02.26 That Was The Week That Was — 22nd February 2026
"World is crazier and more of it than we think, Incorrigibly plural. I peel and portion A tangerine and spit the pips and feel The …
- 15.02.26 That Was The Week That Was — 15th February 2026
Lots of type experiments this week, created in Houdini and also Touch Designer. In Houdini the minpos() method is great for constraining …
- 09.02.26 Generative Type experiments
Generative Type experiments. Created in Houdini using trails which move around the typography. Also quite nice when it’s rendered flat …
- 08.02.26 That Was The Week That Was — 8th February 2026
This week started with a trip down to London for a meeting with Mila Askarova, owner of Gazelli Art House, who've been representing me for …
- 03.02.26 You, Me and the Machine (2022)
You, Me and the Machine (2022). Created in 2022, You, Me and the Machine creates typographic compositions using the underlying code which …
- 01.02.26 That Was The Week That Was — 1st February 2026
"Curiosity might be pictured as being made up of chains of small questions extending outwards, sometimes over huge distances, from a …
- 27.01.26 The Process
The Process. A limited run A5 screen print. Available from @producedforuse
- 25.01.26 That Was The Week That Was – 25th January 2026
Started the week off in a nice way with news that Cinema Redux: Metropolis had been acquired by a collector through Gazelli Art House. …
- 24.01.26 Delighted to share that Cinema Redux: Metropolis has found a new home with a …
Delighted to share that Cinema Redux: Metropolis has found a new home with a collector through @gazelliarthouse. This one of one is the …
- 23.01.26 Surprise and delight
Surprise and delight. I always find it’s a good test of a procedural / generative motion system if you find the static images pleasing.
- 18.01.26 That Was The Week That Was — 18th January 2026
Somehow I had managed to completely miss that a new version of Touch Designer was released in October last year, complete with a new …
- 13.01.26 A mantra
A mantra. #generativeart #digitalart #art #abstractart #generative #creativecoding #codeart #newmediaart #contemporaryart #algorithmicart …
- 12.01.26 2026
Making plans.
- 12.01.26 “Selfish, impatient and a little insecure”
- 11.01.26 That Was The Week That Was — 11th January 2026
Whilst there was much noise above where I worked in the studio at home — with the roofers putting a new roof on the house — it was still …
- 05.01.26 Chromacode
Chromacode. Over the holiday period, inspired by the iconic Blue Monday cover, I created a thing called Chromacode. Chromacode is a visual …
- 01.01.26 Somewhere I have never travelled
- 31.12.25 A poem is a city
A poem is a city.