Lab — Systems in practice

2 September 2026Recorded

Giving browser investigations their own workspace.

A separate browser session keeps investigation work away from everyday working tabs.

Working methodRead the study

20 August 2026Work

Clockwork Ink.

Ink, paper, brass, and verdigris became a working editor palette.

Colour studyRead the study

Clockwork Ink / colour study

A little warmth
in the dark.

Ink#111315
Parchment#e7ddc8
Brass#c99a52
Verdigris#59a596

An applied palette, using the original colour values.

20–23 July 2026Work

Recovering content relationships after a migration

Matching an identifier could point to the wrong story when it appeared in more than one publication. I checked source relationships and publication context before controlled repairs, using previews and small batches. Uncertain cases stayed separate.

Investigation and production repairRead the study

July 2026Work

Shared stories and independent channel versions

A shared story can keep facts together, while each publication channel needs room to develop its own version. This prototype explores that relationship, with explicit links between versions, revision history and a way to handle corrections without silently replacing channel-specific work.

Independent editorial prototypeRead the study

20–22 July 2026Work

Two flowers, two opening rhythms

Two flowers open and close with different timing. Staggered petals give each bloom its own rhythm, while a separate lighting comparison explores shape and atmosphere.

Motion and lighting studyRead the study

A pink sculpted flower and a layered yellow flower in a simple green landscape. — Still from the six-second flower motion study.

16–22 July 2026Work

Getting a character to walk forward.

A sideways-looking walk led back to the character's pivots and bone hierarchy.

Animation studyRead the study

A small white character with teal eyes and a teal scarf on a pale stage. — Still from the seven-second character walk study.

July 2026Work

Coding agents with their own workspace

I tested a supervised remote coding workflow with a separate working copy for each task and context that could be resumed. The useful core was demonstrated and preserved when the wider automation experiment was simplified. The worker was then paused.

Tested experiment · Paused in July 2026Read the study

15 July 2026Note

Giving the Pume mark form and sound

An extrusion study turns the mark into an object. A second study gives its movement a material sound.

Material and sound studyRead the study

Still from the six-second logo-object study. Motion and sound in the full study.

12 May–22 June 2026Work

Automating migration reporting

Colleagues following a migration needed a clear overview. Those investigating problems needed the records behind it. I used AI-assisted development to build scheduled reports for both, with separate workbooks and measurements retained across runs.

Reporting toolRead the study

June 2026Work

Making an editorial integration understandable

Teams needed to understand what an existing editorial intake route could accept. I brought source examples and maintainer knowledge together into guidance on routing and publication choices, distinguishing configuration from new integration work.

Integration assessmentRead the study

15–18 May 2026Work

One unreadable image should not stop the others.

An import could reference a different filename from the image it prepared. I brought file and metadata preparation together so they agreed. Unreadable images could be skipped, while an all-failed batch stopped before an empty import. Both cases passed local checks.

Engineering noteRead the study