mattseal. An independent
exercise in curiosity.
Personal publication / No. 001In progress, on purpose.

Things I
can't leave
alone.

An original abstract print: vermilion and blue circular forms overlap on a paper grid.
Fig. 01 / A little productive friction.

I'm Matt, a product designer interested in design, technology, culture, and the creative process. This is where I follow the interesting bits.

A note on this edition

Creative prototype. All editorial copy is provisional; the curiosity is the point.

Start anywhere

Room for
an opinion.

Questions from the messy middle of design, tools, and making things.

Draft fragments / Not published articles
01
Design & judgment

Just because we can.
Should we?

Making something possible is one kind of progress. Deciding whether it belongs is another. I'm interested in the space between the two.

02
Tools & process

A faster tool.
A better question?

When the distance between an idea and a prototype shrinks, what deserves more of our attention? Maybe the question we started with.

Study 001 / Ink & interference

Something
happens
in between.

Two print layers. One shifting boundary. A small study in how a change of perspective changes the picture.

Move the slider to uncover the second composition. Look for the moment the shapes stop agreeing.

Working interaction / Provisional art direction

Good things
get stuck.

A space for the references that linger.
These are draft collection prompts, ready to be replaced with actual finds.

01 / Printed matter

Type with a pulse.

Letterforms, awkward spacing, and the confidence of a very big word.

Collection prompt
02 / Sound & rhythm

Something to work to.

A future home for records, strange sounds, and a change of tempo.

Collection prompt / No playlist yet
03 / Everyday observation

Accidental art direction.

Colors and compositions found outside the rectangle of a screen.

Collection prompt
A human behind the pixels

Always a
work in progress.

Matthew Kearney. Product designer, curious human.
This is my space to try things and think out loud.

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