Andi Chen Projects

Selected Experiments

This archive gathers ongoing experiments from the studio — prototypes, learning tools, and collaborative systems in various stages of polish.

Each project is designed to be adapted. Feel free to reach out if you’d like to remix, commission, or build on top of any of these frameworks.

Studio Notes 2025

Journal
Process
Community

A living journal documenting prototypes, prompts, and process reflections.

Studio Notes is my public notebook. It captures behind-the-scenes sketches, workshop curricula, and fragments of conversations that shaped a project. The archive is searchable and intentionally unfinished so collaborators can trace how ideas evolve.

Each entry bundles context, references, and remix-ready assets (Figma files, audio stems, or datasets). It’s my way of keeping research porous while giving future collaborators a head start.

Links: Archive, Get updates

Daydream Atlas 2024

Narrative
Sound
Web

Interactive stories blending illustration, writing, and generative soundscapes.

Daydream Atlas is a series of web-based stories that invite readers to wander through layered illustrations and responsive audio. Chapters unlock through small rituals—drawing on the screen, sharing a memory, or arranging objects—making every visit slightly different.

The framework supports writers and illustrators who want to publish interactive work without building a custom engine. I collaborate with guests to co-create new episodes and host salons where we test early drafts together.

Links: Play online, Press kit

Signal Desk 2023

Toolkit
Data
Installation

A modular toolkit for building data-driven installations and dashboards.

Signal Desk helps teams visualize live data in physical and digital spaces. It includes drag-and-drop blocks for timelines, ambient indicators, and collaborative annotations, so facilitators can choreograph discussions with real-time feedback.

The toolkit ships with onboarding scripts, calibration guides, and a library of workshop templates. Cultural institutions and R&D labs use it to surface signals from long-form research without reducing nuance.

Links: Overview, Book a demo

Field Guides 2022

Publishing
Facilitation
Knowledge

Print and web artifacts that help communities document and share tacit knowledge.

Field Guides are modular zines and microsites created with communities learning new practices—like citizen science groups, mutual aid networks, or arts collectives. The format centers interviews, annotations, and layered storytelling so contributors keep authorship over their expertise.

Workshops include recording toolkits, consent templates, and layout systems that export both to risograph-ready PDFs and accessible web experiences. The goal is to make community knowledge durable, discoverable, and easy to iterate on.

Links: Samples, Request a collaboration