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Showreel: 128KB – A Creative Coding Workshop at HEAD Genève

What happens when you confront a talented group of creative minds with a set of technical limitations within which they […]

Creative Coding on a Raspberry Pi 5?

The downgrade mindset led me to another exciting experiment: The Raspberry Pi is a small and cheap computer (around 100 […]

I don’t use Apple and Adobe anymore

Edit: Sarah Schröerlücke This video about my transition from proprietary software and hardware to Open Source software is one of […]

The Story of 128KB

One day in January 2024, I was lethargically scrolling through my Instagram feed on my laptop. And, as so often […]

Lo-Fi Collage Machine

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Diogenes meets Demo Festival

Below is the written version of my talk at DEMO Festival in Amsterdam, January 2025. I’ve also recorded an audio […]

The Magic Triangle

The Magic Triangle is a powerful creativity technique that can be applied to many different areas.

Design is dead – long live Design!

I have been observing developments in design for 40 years. That may sound strange, as I’m only forty myself, but […]

Omid Nemalhabib on Design within Limitations

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It’s Nice That POV: What happens when design ditches big tech?

I’ve had the great pleasure to chat with It’s Nice That editor Lucy Bourton about some of the aspects of […]

Back to the Future of the Internet

About a year ago, in February 2024, I was a invited speaker at an event at the Akasha Hub in […]

Luna Maurer on Designing Friction

In December 2024, I was at the Iterations conference in s’Hertogenbosch (Netherlands) and there she was: Luna Maurer! I’ve known […]

Thinking Different – Using Linux in Design

“Think Different” If you are as old as me, you probably remember the iconic advertisement of Apple with the bold […]

Hannah Gmeiner on Permacomputing in Graphic Design

In an age of increasing digital consumption, Hannah, a recent visual communication graduate, explored “Permacomputing”—a sustainable approach to technology inspired […]

p5.js Design Tools Directory

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Meandering Thoughts on “Low Technology”

Intro A few years ago, I received an old Macbook Air from 2011 as a gift from my mother. It […]

Omid Nemalhabib explores the intersection of Creative Coding and Perso-Arabic Typography

In 2022, I spontaneously posted a story on Instagram: If anyone out there is also in Rotterdam, I’d love to […]

How I built myself a Digital Garden

It was a red hot day in July 2023 when I met Alex Muñoz for breakfast in the morning at […]