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We recently came across this striking piece by @exe.work built around the iconic @nike Shox, and it instantly sparked something for us ⚡
🎧 For this creative exploration, our goal was to craft a custom #sonic landscape that matches the sleek, high-tension energy of the visuals and brings the story to life through #audio
🖤 From deep mechanical textures to the tension of a system waiting to be cracked, it was a fantastic experience reimagining the auditory identity of this piece and pushing the boundaries of what those visuals could #sound like.
✨ A personal exploration, made purely for the love of the craft.
Original visuals by @exe.work
#sounddesigner #nike
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Some sounds don't make it into the future.
A dial-up modem. A school bell. A cassette rewinding.
I built "Echoes We Forgot" — a digital museum that archives them before they vanish completely, and pairs a lost sound or a forgotten painting with the story of why it faded.
Designed entirely in @Wonder, brought to life through MCP → Cursor.
🔊 Experience it: https://echoes-we-forgot.netlify.app/
🎨 Wonder file: Wonder File
Tagging: @usewonder @contra
Some things deserve to be remembered.
#WonderChallenge #ContraChallenge
Built an interactive museum where old interfaces become digital artifacts.
For the Wonder Challenge, I wanted to explore a simple idea:
What if, centuries from now, our interfaces were displayed in museums?
That idea became CTRL+ALT+PAST—an interactive experience set in the year 2475, where visitors step into the role of a curator restoring humanity's last surviving digital relics.
Instead of preserving paintings or sculptures, the museum preserves interactions we once took for granted:
🖥️ Windows XP
💬 MSN Messenger
📱 Nokia 3310
🎵 iPod Classic
⏳ A loading screen forever frozen at 99%
The goal wasn't to recreate these products, but to capture the tiny interactions that made them unforgettable.
Built with Wonder for ideation, rapid iteration, and interface generation, and VS Code to bring the interactions to life.
This was one of those projects that started with a random "what if?" and turned into something I genuinely enjoyed building.
this is actually really fire, I really like all the visuals and nostalgic style for sure
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