In December 2025 I've had the pleasure and honor to conduct a Creative Coding workshop at the renowned design school HEAD Genève in Switzerland. For me this was a very special experience, because I had the opportunity to test drive my 128KB teaching framework. It worked out super smoothly. I've captured the vibes with my tiny 2005 Leica digital camera and created a short video documentation.

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Processing is currently undergoing rapid development! In this conversation, Raphaël de Courville and Stef Tervelde reflect on recent changes and ongoing work around the project, including new features and steps toward long-term stability. There's a brand new Processing VSCode extension, a new schema for opening sketches by clicking a link, and more regular releases with bug fixes and improvements.

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One of the highlights this year was definitively my work on this beautiful book, called CodeCrafted, published by Victionary Press Hong Kong. They asked me to contribute a series of essays about Creative Coding, which I was super excited and happy about. This is my first printed essay publication.

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In this interview with Kit Kuksenok, the project lead of p5.js, we explore the significant advancements in p5.js 2.0. Kit shares insights into the new features including support for variable fonts and optimizations for vector graphics and typography. We discuss the development process, the community's role in shaping the library, and what the future holds for this essential creative coding tool.

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When I found Sarah aka DJ_Dave on Instagram, I was blown away. No more words, you need to see this yourself!

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The downgrade mindset led me to another exciting experiment: The Raspberry Pi is a small and cheap computer (around 100 bucks), which is highly popular in the maker scene. The model number 5 blew peoples minds: The performance is absolutely surprising. I wanted to check it out myself and try to code a visual system with it.

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Switching all of my design workflows to free software is an long-term, ongoing project. It all started with a broken laptop in 2019 which I have repaired by installing a free Operating System called Ubuntu. Since then, I slowly removed the software and hardware of companies I do not trust. And I have learned that there are incredible alternatives. In my blogpost I share a few deeper insights and also a hopefully useful table with the software I have used and Open Source alternatives.

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This is the written version of my talk at DEMO Festival in Amsterdam, January 2025. Inspired by the ancient Greek philosopher Diogenes, I've explored what motion design could look like if I deliberately renounce commercial software and recent hardware. For this project, I've bought a cheap, old and ridiculously slow laptop, installed Linux and got creative. The process was a great adventure and the final visuals came out beautiful. But... what does it actually mean to develop motion graphics in this day and age? Does it even make sense? What would Diogenes say?

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On a hot day in the summer of 2024, my friend Cem Eskinazi brought a stack of books to our shared office. These publications had been designed at the Rhode Island School of Design (RISD), where Cem had studied. What was really special about them was that none of these books had been designed using proprietary layout software like Adobe InDesign. Instead, they had been developed entirely using code: HTML, CSS, and JavaScript and a framework called bindery.js.

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I've had the pleasure and honor to record a podcast with Kris de Decker, the founder of Low-Tech Magazine. In our conversation we've discussed how the internet could be fixed, based on low tech solutions.

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I've teamed up with Mozilla Germany to amplify their message. Since the early days of the Internet, Mozilla has been fighting for a free web as a not-for-profit organization – with completely free and infinitely valuable applications. As an open source enthusiast and Linux user, the Firefox browser is one of the most important programs for me and I am proud to have been able to support Mozilla with my voice.

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I've had the great pleasure to chat with It's Nice That editor Lucy Bourton about some of the aspects of my attitude towards hardware and software in Design. We discussed what happens when designers move away from proprietary tools and embrace open source alternatives, exploring the implications for creative practice and the broader design industry.

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In late 2024 I've announced that I want to publish my book called downgrade in 2025. How naive! This calculation did not work at all :-D. But anyway, I'm on it! I have learned that this is the greatest value of this project: thinking through the chapters, putting my ideas down to paper (or a markdown text file), discussing what I have learned with my friends and peers. The process is the goal.

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A video portrait created in collaboration with BLAU Creative Business Hub in Paderborn/Germany. Now I finally have a video that explains to my parents what I actualy do. :-)

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In 2025 it became official: Martin Lorenz and I founded a design studio! He looks at things through the lens of a system designer which is highly compatible with Creative Coding. One of our first projects was the the design of a flexible visual identity of the Blanc! festival in vilanova, close to Barcelona. At the first day of the festival, we gave a talk to share our story and how we work.

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Independence is key for me. I do not do put any ads to my website or videos. I also do not collaborate with profit-driven brands. My work is 100% funded by a solid community of amazing Patrons. If you become a member, you don't just enable me to continue my work, but you also get access to 20+ online courses and dozens of exclusive content pieces on timrodenbroeker.de.

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