Side work & research

Personal projects

A space for personal experiments, side projects and ongoing research, where I explore ideas around art direction, motion, AI workflows and emerging interfaces.

DS Bridge

Native app · Design system · MCP · 2026

DS Bridge →

A native Mac and iPhone app that plugs a Figma design system into AI agents via MCP, so the model works in the vocabulary of my design system instead of guessing.

SwiftUIMCPDesign SystemAI
Silene

Wellness · Ecosystem · 2025

Silene ↗

A wellness ecosystem spanning hardware, software and platform, built around holistic health, community support and mindful living to foster connection and self-care practices.

WellnessCommunityHealthWeb
Solar-Powered Web

Experimental · Eco-design · 2025

Solar-Powered Web ↗

A lightweight, solar-powered website prototype exploring ultra-low-energy web design, battery-aware interfaces and sustainable digital practices.

Eco-designLow-techSustainabilityWeb
Ginkgo Nuclearis

Generative · Interactive · 2025

Ginkgo Nuclearis →

A living, generative grove where each visitor plants an ASCII ginkgo tree on a world map, with biomes, seasons and day/night cycles rendered in pure text.

GenerativeASCIIReactSupabase
SecondRoot

AI Phone Agent · Open source · 2025

SecondRoot →

An open-source AI phone agent that handles natural voice conversations, built as a personal exploration of conversational interfaces and real-time speech pipelines.

AIVoiceOpen sourceReact
Local AI workflows

Research · 2025 / 2026

Local AI workflows

Building private AI pipelines with Ollama and Obsidian to augment design research, note-taking and knowledge graphs without leaking data to the cloud.

OllamaObsidianLocal AIResearch
Motion sketchbook

Motion design · 2025

Motion sketchbook

An ongoing playground for kinetic typography, micro-interactions and brand motion explorations, built in After Effects and the web.

After EffectsMotionTypography
Spatial.io experiments

Immersive · 2021 / 2025

Spatial.io experiments

Self-initiated spatial scenes and metaverse prototypes used to explore narrative, navigation and presence in 3D environments.

Spatial3DMetaverse
iOS playground

Development · 2023 / 2026

iOS playground

Personal iOS apps built in Xcode with Swift and SwiftUI to prototype interface ideas and stay close to native craft.

XcodeSwiftSwiftUI