Fifty-five worlds.
Made to explore.

Beyond the Limit

A Chinese introduction to Formula 1 engineering. The unbranded racing imagery is AI-generated concept illustration. Educational models are illustrative, not telemetry or race predictions. This is not an official Formula 1, FIA or team website.

Barlow Condensed and Noto Sans SC are distributed under the SIL Open Font License. Circuit geometry by Tomislav Bacinger, f1-circuits, is MIT licensed.

VERDANT

An imagined spring landscape. Pavilion, fern, water and meadow plates are original AI-generated illustrations supplied with the complete VERDANT project, not photographs of real locations.

Instrument Serif © 2022 The Instrument Serif Project Authors; DM Sans © 2014 The DM Sans Project Authors. Both use the SIL Open Font License.

ORBITAL

An illustrative mission from Earth to deep space. The spacecraft, rendered components and cinematic plates are original illustrations supplied with ORBITAL. Simulated flight values are educational, not real mission telemetry. Independent of NASA and SpaceX.

Earth texture: NASA / Goddard Blue Marble. Moon texture: NASA / Goddard lunar visualization. Cloud texture: Reto Stöckli / NASA Goddard. Further scientific sources appear in ORBITAL's Sources & credits dialog.

GLAZE — Color Fired Into Form

Seven studies of ceramic form, glaze, color and light. Supplied original AI-generated ceramic illustrations depict imaginary vessels, not museum artifacts or workshop records. The original application retains its MIT license; Archivo uses the SIL Open Font License.

KAGE / VOID

Eight movements in light, shadow and space, composed from original procedural geometry. No stock photography, external models or prerecorded videos. Original code uses MIT; Barlow Condensed, DM Sans and Noto Sans JP use SIL OFL. Its gallery plate is captured from the actual FRAME scene.

CHRONOS — The Architecture of Time

An original mechanical watch explored through six cinematic perspectives. Photographic art is AI-generated; the procedural movement is an interpretive kinematic study, not a manufacturable calibre or an accuracy simulation. Sound is synthesized locally after activation. The original application and documentation retain MIT; Cormorant Garamond, DM Sans and IBM Plex Mono use SIL OFL.

INTERVAL — Architecture Between Light & Space

A continuous passage through six original architectural spaces. Imagery is AI-generated concept visualization of a fictional coastal building, with no reference photography redistributed. Bodoni Moda and Manrope are locally hosted under SIL OFL; original application code and text retain MIT.

FORM — Objects in Space

An interactive study of three original furniture objects: a curved plywood chair, a metal table lamp and a stone side table. Geometry, finishes and drafting details are procedural. Measurements are conceptual approximations, not manufacturing drawings or engineering specifications. DM Sans and IBM Plex Mono use SIL Open Font License; original code retains MIT.

FUSION — Building a Star

An original procedural tokamak journey informed by ITER, the U.S. Department of Energy and PPPL. Temperatures, magnetic fields and feedback readings are illustrative; this is not a plasma simulation, experimental data set, or claim of net power. Manrope and IBM Plex Mono use SIL Open Font License; original code retains MIT.

GLASSHOUSE — Light Through Matter

Six continuous spatial studies of glass and light, composed from original procedural geometry, real-time optical layers and a dedicated AI-generated light-projection texture. Refraction, caustics and reflections are authored visual approximations, not a physical optical simulator. Original code and projection texture retain MIT; Manrope uses SIL OFL.

VEIL — Fabric in Motion

An original digital installation of thread, fabric, light and soft structure. Real-time geometry accompanies three supplied AI-generated silk studies. It is an artistic material study, not a physical textile simulation. Original code retains MIT; Cormorant Garamond and Manrope use SIL OFL. Its still edition retains readable studies and navigation.

OPTIC — The Architecture of an Image

Nine continuous studies of an original, unbranded camera. Procedural optics and mechanical motion are explanatory representations, not a calibrated simulation or manufacturing specification. The sole coastal image is generated artwork, not a photograph taken by this fictional camera. Original code retains MIT; Manrope and Cormorant Garamond retain SIL OFL. Native scrolling and a complete 2D optical study remain available.

INKSCAPE — Paper, Water, Ink

Eight movements through a continuous sheet of paper. Six supplied AI-generated material studies support original water, ink, fibers, folded planes and visitor impressions. The work expresses material behavior artistically; it does not reproduce a verified paper, ink formula or fluid experiment. Original code and procedural geometry retain MIT; Cormorant Garamond, Manrope and IBM Plex Mono retain SIL OFL. GSAP uses its Standard No-Charge License.

Libraries & rights

GSAP and ScrollTrigger use the GSAP Standard No-Charge License, not MIT. React, Lenis, Three.js and Radix have their own included notices. Barlow, IBM Plex Mono, DM Sans and Manrope are OFL licensed. The collection's project license does not replace third-party licenses.

FACET — The Light Within

Seven optical chapters and six original procedural specimens. Gem optics, absorption and organic material behavior are authored approximations. The still fallback is generated artwork. English/Chinese controls and specimen inspection retain their supplied design.

SILICON — From Sand to Signal

Eight studies of an original semiconductor architecture. EUV color, thermal effects and signal timing are illustrative; geometry is not a foundry blueprint. No vendor microscopy or photography is redistributed. Local Manrope and IBM Plex Mono retain SIL OFL.

ATLAS — The World in Layers

Real Fuji/Fujiyoshida terrain, imagery, roads and footprints from GSI; global land from Natural Earth. Cropped, resampled and rendered for ATLAS. Building heights, windows, lighting and route motion remain schematic. GSI sources and processing credits, PDL1.0 terms, Landsat credits and Natural Earth public-domain notice are preserved.

THRUST — Anatomy of a Jet Engine

An original illustrative engine and aircraft, with authored flow, cooling cutaway and opt-in synthesized sound. The engine is not a manufacturer CAD model or certified simulation. The cloudscape is generated; the compatibility poster is an actual runtime export.

RESONANCE — Sound Made Visible

Eight continuous acoustic acts made from original procedural geometry and locally synthesized sound. No microphone, remote audio, stock imagery or third-party recordings. Motion and plate modes are qualitative, time-slowed interpretations. Capture retains a three-second tone and exports mono PCM WAV. Manrope and Cormorant Garamond retain SIL OFL; the supplied project does not declare an application-wide open-source license.

AETERNA — Rome in Marble and Memory

Nine rooms of Roman sculpture, imagined images and museum memory. SMK KAS224 is a later plaster-cast scan under Public Domain Mark 1.0; its 36 digital cuts are artistic treatments. The Met’s Roman wellhead 2019.7 retains CC0. Generated portraits and galleries are contemporary interpretations. Bodoni Moda/Manrope retain OFL and the local Draco decoder retains Apache 2.0. No whole-project open-source grant is inferred.

PARALLAX — The Museum of Impossible Forms

Ten perspectives of one original black-stone sculpture. Four supplied generated images support live fragment geometry, exact perspective alignment, planar reflections, membrane refraction and reassembly. The images and selected references are contemporary art direction, not archaeological photographs or runtime screenshots. Bodoni Moda and Manrope retain SIL OFL; Three.js and Lenis retain MIT. No whole-project open-source grant is inferred.

LUTHIER — The Anatomy of a Violin

Nine movements from wood and craft to tension, bowing and resonance. The original procedural violin and explanatory sound fields are authored interpretations, not a measured instrument simulation. Generated material imagery remains distinct from the MIT source and model license. Local fonts retain OFL; sound is synthesized locally only after activation.

CODEX — The Anatomy of a Book

Ten chapters through paper, folding, gathering, sewing, enclosure, marbling and pressure. An original procedural sewn case binding follows a generated photographic prologue. These are artistic interpretations of craft. Generated plates, original geometry and consulted references retain their separate records. Cormorant Garamond and Manrope retain OFL; Three.js and Lenis retain MIT. No whole-project open-source grant is inferred.

MAGMA — Stone Before Stone

Nine imagined volcanic states built from original material geometry, shaders and generated plates. The sequence compresses time and compares compositions and cooling histories; controls are artistic values. Generated imagery is distinct from a documentary eruption or specimen photograph. Archivo retains OFL and Lenis retains MIT; no whole-project open-source grant is inferred. Optional sound is synthesized locally after activation.

FOSSIL — Deep Time in Stone

Ten movements through sediment, preservation and an interpretive fossil archive. Generated ammonite and stone plates are illustrations. The 192 × 192 × 72 density field, 72 virtual sections and reconstruction are authored synthetic data, with no real CT acquisition or museum specimen claim. Source, synthetic data and model outputs retain their scoped MIT grant; generated images have a separate notice. Bodoni Moda, Cormorant Garamond and Manrope retain OFL.

URUSHI — Layers of Lacquer

Eleven chapters of one original procedural lacquer box, from wood and thin coats to humid curing, abrasion, polish and maki-e. Reflections and layer depths are authored material studies, rather than measured craft data or a museum object. Runtime and fallback images are procedural renders; supplied generated images remain visual research. Original code retains MIT; Bodoni Moda, Manrope and the renamed URUSHI CJK subset retain OFL.

NIB — Ink Under Pressure

Ten chapters through an original ink mechanism, counterflow, meniscus, paper contact, absorption and drying. Eleven supplied generated material images are contemporary illustrations, not photographs of a named pen. Fluid and paper behavior are authored qualitative interpretations. Cormorant Garamond and Manrope retain OFL, Lenis retains MIT and GSAP retains its Standard No-Charge License. No whole-project open-source grant is inferred.

CREMA — 9 Bars

Eleven movements follow one parcel of water through a porous coffee bed, pressure, a liquid drop, crema and the cup. Machine/material plates and research concepts are generated illustrations. Geometry, wetting, flow and synthesized sound are authored interpretations rather than measured tomography, CFD or a named manufacturer’s equipment. Original source retains MIT; generated images retain separate provider terms. Archivo retains OFL, Lenis and Three.js retain MIT, and GSAP retains its Standard No-Charge License.

CRAVE — Before the First Bite

Eleven movements through heat, browning, crust, melt, glaze, steam and the first bite. Production food images are supplied generated generic material studies; referenced photographers’ images and films are not redistributed. Material effects and local opt-in synthesized sound are authored interpretations. The delivery supplies no application-wide open-source license. Cormorant Garamond and Manrope retain OFL, Lenis retains MIT, and GSAP retains its Standard No-Charge License.

GRID — The Architecture of Visual Order

One semantic specimen, nine content nodes and twelve reversible typography/composition systems. The live photograph is “Bw Stairs” by Dmitrijs Milajevs, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons. Live crops, contrast and raster treatments are presentation changes. Generated visual-bible plates remain design references outside deployment. The delivery supplies no application-wide open-source license. Roboto Flex, Instrument Serif and IBM Plex Mono retain OFL; Lenis retains MIT and GSAP retains its Standard No-Charge License.

DOSE — The architecture of a tablet

Seven perspectives of one hypothetical uncoated tablet, with original procedural geometry, powder, compression and a conceptual cutaway. Forms, proportions and timing are illustrative; there is no scan data, measured formulation or clinical prediction. Original source retains MIT; Space Grotesk, Barlow Condensed and IBM Plex Mono retain OFL. Three.js and Lenis retain MIT. Generated concept plates remain research references outside deployment.

COUNTERFORM — The Shape of Reading

Seven connected spaces explore letterform anatomy, variable type and the shape of reading. Fraunces and Roboto Flex retain OFL; Lenis and Three.js retain MIT. The upstream source archive declares no overall application license. Source and concept records remain in provenance.

FERRUM — The Memory of Fire

Six acts follow one original digital steel sculpture through heat, force, cooling and quiet display. It is not a historical artifact or a manufacturing simulation. Antonio, Barlow Condensed and Manrope retain OFL; Three.js and Lenis retain MIT. The upstream source archive declares no overall application license.

RELAY — A Message Finds Its Way

Six chapters follow one deterministic, browser-local delivery: a sentence becomes UTF-8 bytes, takes a route and is reassembled in order. It is an original demonstration protocol, not TCP, QUIC or a messaging service, and it sends nothing over the network. Archivo and IBM Plex Mono retain OFL; GSAP and Lenis retain their notices. The upstream source archive declares no overall application license.

SUPERCELL — The Shape of Moving Air

Five observations of one illustrated supercell: weight, airflow, a movable section, a change of shear and a quiet close. The storm is an illustration, not a forecast or a measured event. Manrope retains OFL; GSAP and Lenis retain their notices. The upstream source archive declares no overall application license.

PELAGIC — A Language of Living Light

Five research-inspired observations of light, pattern and encounter in the deep ocean. The colony, lure and squid are authored, illustrative reconstructions rather than photographs or recorded behaviour. Cormorant Garamond and Manrope retain OFL; GSAP and Lenis retain their notices. The upstream source archive declares no overall application license.

BACKSTAGE — The Art of Making Believe

A miniature theatre in five acts, seen from the audience and then from the working side, with scene, view and light cues of your own. The theatre is an original working model, not a reproduction of a named venue. Fraunces and Source Sans 3 retain OFL; Three.js and Lenis retain MIT and GSAP retains its Standard No-Charge License. The upstream source archive declares no overall application license.

VAREN — Presence, precisely cut.

A contemporary menswear concept with six looks, filters, garment details and local saved selections. All garment imagery is AI-generated and no products are offered for sale. Sentient retains its supplied ITF Free Font License and Hanken Grotesk its SIL OFL. No overall application license is declared in the delivery.

MURMURATION — No one is leading.

An interactive field study in collective motion: a recorded flight, five chapters and a live field whose rules you can change. There is no leader and no scripted formation; the sky is generated artwork and the birds are rendered marks. Anton, Cormorant Garamond and DM Sans retain OFL, Lenis retains MIT, and the supplied project declares MIT for its own source.

AURORA — A Storm You Can See

A rendered film from a night sky back to the solar wind, then down to your own latitude. The magnetopause, the flux-opening rate and the oval's latitude follow published relationships; the curtain, the lake and the conversion to a Kp value are illustration. It is not a forecast and contains no photographs. Roboto Flex uses SIL OFL, Earth's surface is NASA's Blue Marble, GSAP and Lenis keep their own notices.

CREASE — The Geometry of a Fold

One rendered sheet folded by exact rigid geometry, from a single line to a Miura pattern and a crease pattern you can print. Paper has zero thickness and collisions are not modelled. The fold rules are checked by automated tests. The account of Miura's array comes from secondary sources. Space Grotesk uses SIL OFL, three.js and Lenis use MIT, and GSAP keeps its own notice.

IMAGO — Wings within

An illustrated natural history of one monarch butterfly in ten chapters. The images are AI-generated artistic reconstructions, not wildlife photographs or measured imaging; the cited institutions informed the writing and do not endorse it. The project declares MIT for its own code. Cormorant Garamond and Inter use SIL OFL, Lenis MIT.

SILLAGE — The shape of scent

A visual essay in brightness, spice and warmth, ending in an impression you compose and export. The images are AI-generated; nothing here describes a perfume formula or how a fragrance behaves. A Fragonard product page is cited as context for note grouping only. No overall application license is declared. Cormorant Garamond and DM Sans use SIL OFL, Lenis MIT.

AER — Carried by Air

An unhurried hot-air-balloon journey: a ground experiment in buoyancy, three imagined wind layers and a keepsake of your route. The landscape, wind and routes are fiction, not weather or flying instruction. Cinematic images are AI-generated; the flight study is rendered in code. The delivery selects no public license for its original material. Cormorant Garamond and DM Sans use SIL OFL; three.js and Lenis MIT.

BERTH — One night. Ten quiet moments.

An original night-train story with two travellers, a shared lamp and a first line to take into the morning. The compartment and character images are AI-generated. No overall application license is declared. Cormorant Garamond and DM Sans use SIL OFL, Lenis MIT.

MEND — Still Yours

An interactive story about repairing an old wooden toy dog and deciding what to keep. The photographic plates are AI-generated; the live toy and diagrams are rendered in code. No overall application license is declared. Newsreader and DM Sans use SIL OFL; three.js and Lenis MIT.

FRAME — A little move. A lot of life.

A digital stop-motion story of 24 rendered frames: Boop, a red block and a yellow outline. Shape the rhythm and export your own short film. No overall application license is declared. Manrope uses SIL OFL, Lenis MIT.

ODDS — A playground for chance

Follow one ball through eight choices, then run your own experiments. An ideal independent probability model with replayable pseudorandom samples; the animation is not measured physics. The surface texture is AI-generated; the board and charts are drawn in code. No overall application license is declared. Manrope uses SIL OFL, Lenis MIT.

RALLY — The Space Between

An interactive clay-court exchange in ten moments, where your return changes what comes next. Images are AI-generated; trajectories come from a deterministic educational model, not player tracking. The project declares MIT for its own source. Barlow Condensed and DM Sans use SIL OFL, Lenis MIT.

SENTE — Between moves

A playable short story on a small Go board: ten chapters, three decisions and a note of your observations. The table and board images are AI-generated; positions and rules are computed in code. No overall application license is declared. Bodoni Moda and Manrope use SIL OFL, Lenis MIT.

ANAX — A Mechanical Dragonfly

An original design study, not a product and not a model of any existing machine. Every part is generated by code in the browser. The wing drive is a crank-and-rocker linkage solved frame by frame, and the gears turn at true centre distances and tooth ratios. Loads, materials and electronics are schematic only. Roboto Flex and IBM Plex Mono use SIL OFL, three.js MIT.

PAPERSUN — A fable cut from light

An original cut-paper fairy tale in eleven chapters: three lost pieces of the sun, stitched back together. The scene artwork is AI-generated; props, fragment geometry and the chimes are authored code. No overall application license is declared. Cormorant Garamond (SIL OFL), Lenis (MIT) and GSAP with ScrollTrigger (GSAP Standard “No Charge” license, not MIT). Notices: public/papersun/NOTICE.md.

CARGO — The same box, a changing world

One fictional freight container followed through eleven chapters of road, rail, port, sea and arrival. Photographic scenes are AI-generated; the container study is an authored schematic with an optional Three.js model, and nothing here documents a real shipment. No overall application license is declared. Archivo and Barlow Condensed (SIL OFL), three.js and Lenis (MIT), GSAP (Standard “No Charge”, not MIT). Notices: public/cargo/NOTICE.md.

PULSE — An atlas of one heartbeat

An illustrated anatomical atlas in eleven plates. The hero and plate artwork are AI-generated artistic reconstructions and the diagrams are authored SVG; it is educational and not diagnostic or a medical image. The supplied original source is MIT-licensed (see public/pulse/ATTRIBUTION.md), which does not relicense the artwork. Cormorant Garamond and DM Sans (SIL OFL), Lenis (MIT), GSAP (Standard “No Charge”, not MIT).

NIGHTSHIFT — The city does not sleep at once

A portrait of the invisible work of a fictional city, Meridian City, from midnight to morning in eleven chapters. Every picture is AI-generated and none documents real people, places or services. No overall application license is declared. Barlow Condensed, DM Sans and Instrument Serif (SIL OFL), Lenis (MIT), GSAP (Standard “No Charge”, not MIT). Notices: public/nightshift/NOTICE.md.

CHRYSALIS — The architecture of becoming

An illustrated macro journey through the monarch butterfly life cycle in eleven observations. The images are AI-generated artistic reconstructions, not photographs; the diagrams are authored SVG. Supplied source code is offered under the permissive terms in public/chrysalis/LICENSE.md, which does not override the terms for generated images. Libre Caslon Display and Source Sans 3 (SIL OFL), Lenis (MIT).

Collection preview fonts

The entrance uses text subsets of Roboto Flex, Fraunces, Cormorant Garamond Light and Newsreader. Their original letterforms and variable axes are retained; the independent works keep their original fonts.