Lab Notes

A record of our work and influences as we build and ship Inanimate.

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Sep 9, 2026

Lab Notes: The Sky Above the Port was the Color of Television

WORKS in Progress | Call Us | Desks | Changing Nature of Work | Video | The Buggles

Aug 26, 2026

Lab Notes: Dolphins on the VFD

Charismatic Components | Slappers | Robot Lamps | Display Tech | Pioneer Dolphins

Aug 13, 2026

Lab Notes: Straight to Video

Video | The Main Thing | Desk Ornaments | Pattern Flow | Participation TV | Infinite Now

Jul 29, 2026

Lab Notes: Something in the Works

Something Works | Agent Extensions | Eden Project | Star Axis | No Sound of 2020s

Jul 15, 2026

Lab Notes: The Library Between Worlds

1st Birthday | New Lab | Inanimate® | Counting London Labs | The Infinite Archive

Jul 1, 2026

Lab Notes: Wish Your Features into Being

Wristwatch | Tiny Cityscapes | Micro Machines | Townscaper | Sculpture | The Peripheral

Jun 17, 2026

Lab Notes: Looking with Two Eyes

Building w/ Resident | AI Devices | David Hockney | Marina Abramović | Gardeners' World

Jun 4, 2026

Lab Notes: The Agent is Present

500 Subscribers | Sol Co-Brain | Duck, Duck, Duck | Solara | RTX Spark | Spielberg

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