A design + development venture
making useful, delightful things for the web, the pocket, the community — and the occasional happy accident.
making useful, delightful things for the web, the pocket, the community — and the occasional happy accident.
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We make stuff we meant to build.
(Mostly.)
We work across web & mobile, photography, UI/UX design, community-focused apps, and AI/ML R&D — with a particular soft spot for AI-assisted design & development and experiments with whatever tech is new this week.
Our best work tends to start as a wrong turn. We kept the wrong turns.
Currently exploring
WebiOS / AndroidPhotographyUI / UXCommunity appsAI / MLAI-assisted devTiny experiments
Work 01· Interactive Prototype· 2026
Field Notes for Invisible Cities.
A map that notices what you notice — a community field journal we accidentally turned into a game. Still accidentally fun.
CommunityMapsSwift / Kotlin
Open case file → W 1440 × H 960 CASE NO. AAL–001 Product Shot · Hero
Status: shipped · v1.2 · public beta
Work 02· Photography + AI· 2025
A portrait engine that waits for the shot.
Low-latency on-device model that recognizes "the moment" and holds shutter until it arrives. We fought entropy and mostly won.
AI / MLPhotographyCoreML
Open case file → W 2160 × H 1440 CASE NO. AAL–002 Contact Sheet · 24 Frames
Status: research preview · invite-only
Work 03· Community App· 2025
Block Party
for actual blocks.
for actual blocks.
A neighborhood-scale app built around weak ties, strong tools, and an excessive amount of stickers. It works better than we expected.
CommunityMobileRealtime
Open case file → W 1080 × H 2340 CASE NO. AAL–003 App Mockup · 3-up
Status: shipped · 14k MAU · growing sideways
Work 04· AI-assisted design· 2026
A studio that argues back (nicely).
An assistive design environment that critiques your layout like a well-read senior. It has opinions; most are correct.
AI-assistedUI / UXWeb
Open case file → W 1920 × H 1200 CASE NO. AAL–004 Screen Recording · 0:42
Status: private alpha · weekly builds
Work 05· Experiment· 2025
Lichen — a typeface that grows.
A variable typeface whose axes are seeded by the day's weather in the city you open it in. Technically font, emotionally plant.
TypeExperimentOpen-source
Open case file → W 1600 × H 1000 CASE NO. AAL–005 Specimen · Variable
Status: open source · MIT
Work 06· Photography· 2024–
The darkroom is a database now.
A photo archive tool for photographers who have too many RAWs and not enough time. Finds you the keeper before you do.
PhotographyAI / MLDesktop
Open case file → W 2560 × H 1600 CASE NO. AAL–006 UI Screenshot · Grid View
Status: in development · testers wanted
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