10 · 2024–present · Idle

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In 2024 I designed a modular system for building colourful acrylic suncatcher mobiles, and I have run Idle alongside my client work ever since. Hundreds of homes around the world now have Idle mobiles made in my public and company workshops, with some participants returning as many as five times. Every workshop doubles as a live product test.

I build the tooling too. The Idle Mobile Builder is a live browser tool with a real physics simulation, made with Claude Code, doubling as the customizer for custom orders: builder.studioidle.com. More of the physical work at instagram.com/idle.along

(Re)design

Participants assembling colourful acrylic suncatcher pieces at an Idle workshop table

An Idle workshop in a greenhouse, long table covered with acrylic shapes

The Idle Mobile Builder in a browser: a scrolling library of navy shapes down the left with a saved-designs panel beneath it, Build and Spin it controls in the header, and a two-tier mobile hanging in the canvas with navy, yellow, red and pale blue shapes on beaded chains — The Idle Mobile Builder, live in the page. Drag shapes onto the frame, press Build and the simulation balances and spins the result; the design saves to a shareable link before any acrylic is cut.

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