Playspace is Instrument's living archive of in-progress experiments — a home for scrappy builds, tiny tools, and interactive sketches that explore new patterns, technologies, and creative directions.

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Bitmapper

desktopImage

A tool for translating images into motif-driven halftones using shape-based dithering. It tiles a chosen motif: ellipses, lines, or your own SVGs, mapping brightness to how the motif scales and repeats, inviting studies in visual language shaped by hands-on iteration.

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Typ-o-matic

DesktopAnimation

Typomatic is an experimental tool for generating looping type animations through pixel displacement. Each layer—typography, displacement, and output—is live and configurable, opening up a playground of generative motion and form through their interaction.

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IMGShfflr

DesktopAnimation

A tool for rapid iterations of carousel animations, built to handle everything from a handful to a whole stack of assets. Feed it your images or videos and see them move through different animation styles. Test rhythms, build sequences, or stumble upon unexpected combinations as your images come to life.