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I make systems and design formats that change how people work and make things.

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Small machines. Free, open now, no sign-up.

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Shubyrinth

A labyrinth that builds itself as you walk through it.

Supermenu

Pick three objects from a museum case. Get one thing to do.

Actionary

144 small moves you can try on any kind of work.

Twelve Small Tasks

Twelve tasks you could do on an ordinary day. Rate them, then see the reveal.

One drawing turning into another, frame by frame

TransmogrificadoraNew

Two drawings and a rule. See, and hear, what lives in between. Bring a drawing of your own, or start with mine.

Transmogrify →

A cross-section of a sealed box: stone slabs, roots, leaves and water

UrnaLive

A sealed box that lives or dies by what strangers pay. Watch it for free, or break an ampoule for a pound or two.

Look inside →

Nine idols from the machine, drawn in black ink, in a three by three grid

Meaning Making MachineTest season

Call three pieces from the table. The machine turns and hands you an idol with a proposal.

Call three →

Tried it? Tell me how it went

The toolkit's eight steps as a path, from Discover to Principles

Project Planning ToolkitTest season

Spin for a way in, write a one-page brief, get research methods that answer it.

Start a project →

Tried it? Tell me how it went


For groups, studios and organisations.

Work with me

Shubidubi Sessions

A session on printed sheets of tasks, from 10 people up. Larger groups are designed case by case. No tech, no briefing, no evaluation.

Studio Checkup

Tasks, a conversation and a short list of moves for studio founders. Start with a free 20-minute call.


Where all of this comes from.

About and research