Magic is the enemy [ of capitalism ]

It all begins with an idea. Maybe you want to launch a business. Maybe you want to turn a hobby into something more. Or maybe you have a creative project to share with the world. Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference.

Don’t worry about sounding professional. Sound like you. There are over 1.5 billion websites out there, but your story is what’s going to separate this one from the rest. If you read the words back and don’t hear your own voice in your head, that’s a good sign you still have more work to do.

Be clear, be confident and don’t overthink it. The beauty of your story is that it’s going to continue to evolve and your site can evolve with it. Your goal should be to make it feel right for right now. Later will take care of itself. It always does.

The urban interventionists tool kit #1

This is a rope swing in a bag that can be deployed and removed from a place in your immediate neighborhood to enable super short term play opportunites.

Darkness comes

You will be challenged to navigate a space in dwindling twilight and to decode dark secrets so that you may enter into the light. But are we ever alone in the dark and what other desires does darkness breed?

A hackable game, played in a low light space using polarised light projectors and handheld filters. Simple puzzles or data can be hidden using this tech  and an adversary who you can hear but not always see provides a heightened threat level. The game’s projectors are a simple low-tech solution that can easily be reconfigured to suit different stories, aesthetics and mechanics. 

Follow the lights (aka lightchen)

This is a series of tests of some hardware that will enable us to play in real public spaces using digital tech but without screen based devices…