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Explore vintage hardware, operating systems, applications, and games—all through browser-based emulation.
A fascinating resource for developers, designers, history buffs, and retro-computing fans. 🚀
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Built an online store for TCV, a computer shop selling laptops, desktops and PC components. The aim was a clean blue-and-white look that matches their logo, with products easy to browse and compare on any screen.
It has a full desktop layout, plus a separate mobile layout that feels like a shopping app, so customers can find a laptop or part quickly from their phone.
Clean and professional layout! The product presentation looks great.
What if the features inside our apps had lives of their own?
As a Product Designer, I spend a lot of time designing screens, thinking about how users interact with buttons, notifications, loading states, and all those tiny elements we barely notice.
But one day, I started wondering: what if these interface elements were actually alive? What if the features inside our apps had lives of their own?
Imagine a notification bell carrying the weight of 99 unread messages because nobody has opened them. Or a loading spinner running endlessly, exhausted, because a page just won't load. Imagine a password gatekeeper holding onto a heavy lock every time someone enters the wrong password, or a Cookie Merchant desperately trying to convince you to click "Accept All."
And then there's Terms & Conditions, probably the most relaxed character of them all, enjoying a peaceful vacation because almost nobody bothers to read it. 😂
That curiosity became The People Behind the Pixels.
Inspired by Utagawa Kuniyoshi's nineteenth-century Japanese woodblock illustrations, particularly his playful depictions of cats behaving like humans, I used Recraft V4 Styles to reimagine familiar digital experiences through expressive characters, storytelling, and a vibrant modern colour palette.
Meet The People Behind the Pixels: eight illustrations exploring the secret lives, emotions, and struggles of the little features we interact with every day.
Built with Recraft for the Contra × Recraft Archive Style Challenge.
What if 15 century renaissance royals were obsessed with tech...
I took public domain paintings from the rijksmuseum and built a custom Recraft v4 style to see how modern creator habits would look back then. Think e-scooters, smartphones, and smart speakers—all painted with classic oil glazes , dark lighting, and fin crackle texture.
