Converge Newsletter
Browse all 186 links from 20 issues.
Artist
I first encountered Guy Billout’s work back in the early 2000s and was immediately drawn to his surrealist off kilter perspective.
Portable music maker
Billed as a 'portable tool for intuitive music making', Move is Ableton's latest bit of hardware.
Music discovery
An experiment in music discovery from BBC R&D. Orbit gives you a novel interface to explore and uncover new music for yourself.
Discovery engine
Cosmos is a bookmarking and discovery app, sort of like Pinterest, but without the ads and twee craft projects.
Illustrator & Designer
A nice burst of colour and optimism from illustrator, Sebastian Abboud.
Computer
Daylight has been out a while, but I realised I hadn't shared it here and should have.
Curated free fonts
A curated collection of typefaces that are available under a variety of free licences. Useful for those times when paid fonts might not be an option.
Art Book
The brilliant Sophie Smallhorn, who featured way back in Issue 2 has a new art book out.
Audio sample library
I've recently got back into making music and not long ago, discovered Splice — an amazing app to help give your compositions a creative and quality boost.
Artist
As the last days of summer fade away, take yourself back there with the beautiful work of artist, Quentin Monge.
Art Prints
Next time you're on the hunt for some prints to adorn your walls, you could do worse than having a flick through the stuff on Good Mood.
Audio experimentation
Pluck is a little interactive music visualiser by Murat Ayfer in which you see individual strings and notes played in time to music.
Music discovery
A new way to discover and share music with friends. It's really good, but needs more folks I know on there!
Music / Video
Russell Davies has been constructing tracks entirely out of TikTok and they're very good.
Visual artist
Karan Singh is a visual artist based in Melbourne, Australia.
Music
Not necessarily just for programming, this is the perfect audio accompaniment when you're working or in a period of deep focus.
Email newsletter
I've got to show a bit of love for this weekly email newsletter from Kai Brach that I'm a longstanding subscriber to.
Keynote talk
A really interesting breakdown from the Patreon CEO about where he sees the future of the internet going for creative folks.
🔗 youtu.be
Photography app / community
Billed as a "a more meaningful home for photography", Refrakt is a refreshingly simple and elegant way to show and share your photographs.
Sculpture
Niv Tishbi is an artist from Tel Aviv creating weird and wonderful sculptures and installations.
Puzzle gifts
I love these custom products by Nate Harris, stemming from an idea he had to make a name puzzle for his niece Nora.
Web app
Compare a city you plan to visit to one you know well to get a better understanding of what it'll be like.
AI Clock
Poem/1 is an AI rhyming clock by Matt Webb — a clock that uses ChatGPT to generate a new poetic description of the time, every minute.
Design Studio
Pretty much every piece of work that Felix Pfäffli's, Studio Feixen produces makes me green with envy in that positive, design crush kind of way.
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