Work

01 · Neon workshop, Turin

FIAMMA

A neon workshop that fills only pure neon, so the one red on the site is the gas itself.

Open brief · EN · critic 8.3Live ↗

02 · Radio observatory · favourite

STILLE

A radio observatory’s listening nights, where scrolling tunes the page like a receiver.

Open brief · ENLive ↗

03 · Hot sauce, Oltenia · favourite

ARDEI

Fermented pepper sauces from Oltenia, drawn as packaging: wax-dipped bottles, peppers and a clay crock.

Open brief · ENLive ↗

04 · Risograph studio, Rotterdam

DRUM

A risograph print studio whose pictures are printed on screen one ink at a time.

Open brief · EN · critic 8Live ↗

05 · Paper engineers, Norwich

MOUNTAIN & VALLEY

A paper-engineering studio whose home page is a carousel book of five cut-paper scenes that opens as you scroll.

Open brief · EN · critic 8Live ↗

06 · Marbled paper, Florence · favourite

VASCA

A hand-marbling atelier in Oltrarno; every pattern on the page is marbled live.

Open brief · ENLive ↗

07 · Bean library, Gent

HILUM

A member-run library of heirloom beans: borrow a packet, grow it out, return a jar.

Open brief · EN · critic 8Live ↗

08 · Earth observation

NADIR

An Earth-observation company; the only colour on the site is near-infrared crimson.

Open brief · EN · critic 7.8Live ↗

09 · Bell foundry, Stroud

TIERCE FOUNDRY

A bell foundry presented like an architecture studio, with section drawings of every bell.

Open brief · EN · critic 7.6Live ↗

10 · Lost-film memorial

AFTERLIGHT

A memorial for nine real silent films lost on nitrate, shown as the frames that no longer exist.

Open brief · EN · critic 7.2Live ↗

11 · Shadow theatre on a boat

LAMPBLACK

A travelling shadow theatre that performs from the roof of a narrowboat.

Open brief · EN · critic 6.8Live ↗

12 · Jacquard weaving, Lyon

TRAME

A Jacquard weaving studio in the Croix-Rousse, where every picture is woven cloth.

Open brief · EN · critic 7Live ↗

13 · Watch atelier, Besançon

ISOCHRONE

An independent watchmaker that makes one calibre, finished by hand.

Open brief · EN · critic 7Live ↗

14 · Signal flags, Leith

TACK & HALYARD

A loft in Leith that sews the International Code of Signals, all 36 flags.

Open brief · EN · critic 7.2Live ↗

15 · Chess books, Basel

ZUGZWANG

A press that prints one historic chess game per book, from the Opera Game of 1858 to Deep Blue in 1997.

Open brief · EN · critic 7.3Live ↗

16 · Firework shells, Weald

PEONY & WILLOW

A two-person workshop that rolls Japanese-style round firework shells.

Open brief · EN · critic 7Live ↗

17 · Mosaic workshop, Ravenna

ANDAMENTO

A mosaic workshop in Ravenna; the home page is a wall of 89,797 tesserae you can pan across.

Open brief · EN · critic 7.8Live ↗

18 · Carnivorous plants, London

MUSCIPULA

A night-opening nursery in a railway arch that grows only red carnivorous plants.

Open brief · EN · critic 7.6Live ↗

19 · Moth recorders, Purbeck

SALLOW

Volunteers who run a light trap on a heath and record twelve real species.

Open brief · EN · critic 7.8Live ↗

20 · Law practice, București

VOINEA

A Bucharest law practice for people and small businesses, written in plain Romanian.

Set brief · RO · critic 7.6Live ↗

21 · Dental practice, Craiova

SMALȚ

A dental practice in Craiova, explained with radiographs drawn from real tooth dimensions.

Set brief · RO · critic 7.8Live ↗

22 · Personal stylist, Brașov

ANA PETRESCU

A personal stylist in Brașov: wardrobe edits, shopping and colour analysis.

Set brief · RO · critic 7.6Live ↗

23 · HVAC service, since 1996

TRIAMERICAN

Air-conditioning and appliance maintenance since 1996, in Romanian and English.

Set brief · RO / EN · critic 7.4Live ↗

24 · HVAC service, 2nd direction

TRIAMERICAN „Porțelan”

A second, deliberately different direction for the same HVAC company: porcelain appliances in evening light.

Set brief · RO / EN · critic 6.8Live ↗

25 · Modular houses, România

TRICUBE

Modular and container houses; the container doors open the site and every route.

Set brief · RO · critic 8Live ↗

26 · Interior studio, București

STEFAN & MING

A remake for a Bucharest interior design studio, built around the door swing of a floor plan.

Set brief · RO · critic 7.1Live ↗

27 · Thin sections, Sheffield

LAMELLA

A workshop that grinds rocks to 30 µm, shown under polarised light like a gallery wall.

Open brief · EN · critic 7.6Live ↗

28 · Stain specialists, Glasgow

TIDEMARK

A cleaning company whose home page is an atlas of 13 real stains on a linen tablecloth.

Set brief · EN · critic 6.8Live ↗

29 · Tree consultancy, Bristol

CAMBIUM

Tree consultants who survey and test trees but don’t sell tree work.

Open brief · EN · critic 7.5Live ↗

30 · Cleaning, London

LUSTRE

House and office cleaning, where blur is dirt and focus is clean.

Set brief · EN · critic 7.8Live ↗

31 · Wind tunnel, Manchester

STRAKE

A small wind tunnel that rents hours of air to cyclists, kit makers and architects.

Open brief · EN · critic 8Live ↗

32 · Outdoor lighting, Hexham

CUTOFF

Outdoor lighting consultants who cut glare and skyglow near a dark-sky park.

Open brief · EN · critic 7.1Live ↗

33 · Glaze library, Stoke

GLOST

A glaze library and test kiln; the home page is a chart of 24 glazes you can drag and zoom.

Open brief · EN · critic 7Live ↗