- 0
- AI prompts needed — pure human touch to procedural form
- 3D
- Full spatial orbital controls over typographic letterforms
- 100%
- Algorithmic harmonic audio synthesized on each keystroke
- <2s
- Time to interactive for complex WebGL/GLSL shaders
01
Liberating typography from the 2D grid.
Type has lived on flat pages and bounded screens for six centuries. Typespace treats letters as physical astronomical nodes linked by gravitational lines, turning reading into spatial contemplation.
02
Procedural sound synthesis.
Rather than playing canned audio samples, each keystroke calculates an overtone series through Web Audio oscillators, matching the character's ASCII frequency and camera velocity to create an evolving ambient drone.
03
The beauty of impermanence.
Modern feeds hoard messages eternally. Typespace lets words burn brightly, drift gracefully across the camera plane, and slowly evaporate into star particles, reflecting the transient nature of spoken human thought.
Context & Pedagogy
- Advanced Typography at SVA: Developed in parallel with curriculum design at the School of Visual Arts, prompting students to question what typography becomes when space, time, and sound collide.
- Interactive performance & installation: Functions as an ambient stage backdrop responding live to a speaker's transcribed thoughts or audience reflections.
My Contribution
- Created overall concept, creative direction, and spatial typography hierarchy
- Engineered 3D particle mesh and GLSL custom shaders in React Three Fiber
- Synthesized realtime audio nodes using native Web Audio API
Pedagogical Heritage
- Emerged from research into dynamic typography at School of Visual Arts (SVA) NYC
- Explores non-utilitarian, purely experiential software craftsmanship