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Design Principles

Technology as artists' implement

High-Tech Creativity

We are working technologists; we spin our own boards and write our own code. We don't just reference technology, we use it in cutting-edge ways.

Bold New Designs

Immersion is the future- interactivity and emergent behavior are possible with cheap and available tools, and technological works can be robust and delighting.

Eye for Detail

Every piece or project we work on is personal- whether a physical and electronic sculpture or purely digital artwork.

Portfolio

Hidden Layer: Boulder

Tactile PCB platform for Boulder data

Paddle of Theseus

Expressive MIDI instrument with the affordances of a fretless bass with a whammy bar

Galaga's Ghost

Electronics, Software, and some physical design for a 6-player audio arcade table as a part of the B.E.A.T. Convivial Machines Group Show at the Museum of Boulder on Oct. 27, 2021

Future Projects

We're always scheming...

Our Team

Chase E. Stewart

Emphasis Software

Spencer Arrasmith

Emphasis Hardware

Eric Atencio

Mechanical/Product Design

Skilled in Blender, C/C++, Python, QGIS, CAD, SQL, AWS, PCB design and assembly, pen-and-ink sketching, 3D animation and modeling, audio recording, drums, bass, guitar, and french horn

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