M.001 — CO-FOUNDER — DESIGN & RESEARCHCJDYAS.DESIGN
Charles J. (CJ) Dyas
Designer, technologist, and cartographer. Sets the design standard across the Lab: identities, interfaces, and the systems that hold them together.
IdentityInterfacesPrototypesCreative ToolsSoftwareResearch
01About
We're a research and design studio for thinkers, makers, systems, and software.
What the studio does
Five disciplines, one standard: it has to work, and it has to feel considered. Made in Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky, shipped everywhere.
- 01IdentityNaming, marks, and visual systems that hold up outside the deck.
- 02InterfacesProduct design for web and desktop, from wireframe to shipped UI.
- 03PrototypesWorking proofs in code, built to answer questions fast.
- 04Creative toolsInstruments for making things: timers, editors, explorers.
- 05SoftwareFull products, engineered and maintained in the open.
02Work
Explore the studio through active experiments.
Products, prototypes, visual systems, AI tools, and open-source research built with the same design standard.
P.001 — 2026 — AI & CREATIVE TECHOPEN
Utsuwa
An open-source web and desktop app for creating and animating AI-powered virtual characters. An alternative to xAI's Grok Companion and Razer's Project Ava.
SVELTEKITAI/MLOPEN SOURCE
P.002 — 2026 — DATA VIZ & 3DOPEN
Stargazer
A live, browser-based 3D explorer of the solar system. Click any planet, moon, or spacecraft to fly to it and see where it is right now — powered by real-time data from NASA, JPL, ESA, JAXA, and SpaceX.
THREE.JSREAL-TIME DATAOPEN SOURCE
P.003 — 2025 — PRODUCTIVITYOPEN
Pomodorii
The most delightful pomodoro timer on the internet. A retro-console-styled focus timer with custom sounds, multi-language support, and theme toggling.
NEXT.JSREACTPWA
Built for creative systems
Design, prototype, ship.
The Lab uses research, visual systems, prototypes, and code to turn early ideas into designed experiences that feel considered.
03Team
Small by design.
Two co-founders, zero handoffs. Everything on this page was made by the people below.
M.002 — CO-FOUNDERNO SIGNAL
FIG. 02 — PORTRAIT PENDING
Alec D. Beck
Runs the parts of the Lab you don't see. Bio pending. The work ships either way.
04News
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05Community
We're in good company.
Small tools, independent builders, and open projects we like learning from, cheering on, and pointing people toward.
