A Civic Kiosk That Turns Community Input Into a Receipt You Pin to a Wall
I'm building a civic engagement kiosk that prints a personalized intersection receipt for community input events, and looking for a municipality or civic org to pilot it.
I Built an Off-Grid Timelapse Camera to Watch Light Move Through a Garden
How I vibe-coded a Raspberry Pi timelapse camera that runs off-grid on battery power, built to study how light moves through a garden over time.
Newsbox Hunter: Using Street View and AI Vision to Find Abandoned Creative Loafing Boxes (Poorly)
How I built a tool that scans Google Street View imagery across Atlanta with Claude's vision API to find leftover Creative Loafing newsboxes.
Bowl-O-Matic: I Turned a Friend's App Idea Into a Slot Machine for Salad
How I vibe-coded Bowl-O-Matic, a grain bowl recipe generator that started as a preference picker and became a pixel art slot machine.
I Built an AI Photobooth for Events (and Here's Everything That Broke)
How I automated an event activation where AI generates a portrait from how you describe yourself, and everything that broke along the way.
Six Vibe-Coded Tools I Built to Fix Illustrator and InDesign's Worst Habits
A roundup of six AI-built tools I made for my design practice, from a logo color-combo generator to a Claude-powered spell checker for InDesign.
I Turned Live MARTA + other transit Bus Data Into Generative Music
How I vibe-coded the ATL Bus Sonifier, a tool that turns real-time MARTA bus movement into generative ambient music. Built with AI tools, deployed at sonifier.sarahclawrence.com.
I Brought a Dead App Back From the Grave With AI-Assisted Development
How I rebuilt Taste Bud, a recipe generator my husband and I built years ago, from scratch with Claude as my collaborator after the original went offline.
I Built an Offline Photobooth That Prints Your Photo as a Receipt
How I vibe-coded a portable, offline photobooth on a Raspberry Pi that prints black-and-white photos on thermal receipt paper.
Viewfinder Windows: A Photobooth Where the Filters Are Draggable Little Windows
I built a browser-based photobooth toy where nine different image filters render as draggable, composable windows you rearrange over a frozen shot.
Queen Bee HQ: A Full Spelling Bee Command Center in a Single HTML File
How I built Queen Bee HQ, a spelling bee app for bar events with a projector display, championship round rules, and AI-assisted word generation, all in one HTML file.
Home Tasks Dashboard: Building a Maintenance Tracker for the House That Actually Works
How I vibe-coded a wall-mounted home maintenance dashboard that resets timers from when a task actually got done, not when it was scheduled.
All the Other Lives I Could Maybe Still Live
When I get stressed I want to learn stuff. Unsure why. But let’s do it together.
Video Games That Almost Anyone Can Play
I believe anyone can play video games – here are some I think you should seriously consider checking out.
5 Tips for Being a Successful Freelance Designer
Embark on your freelance design journey armed with curated expertise, standout branding, savvy business acumen, and a knack for networking, and watch your creative career soar
The Power of Visual Storytelling for Nonprofits
Visual storytelling is your superpower. It's the vehicle through which you can convey your organization's mission, inspire change, and connect with your audience on a deeper level.
Designing Signage for Wayfinding
By prioritizing clarity, consistency, strategic placement, the use of universal symbols, and ongoing testing, you can design strong wayfinding signage that enhances the user experience.
Corporate Philanthropy Trends: What Designers Need to Know
Current trends in corporate philanthropy, their impact on design, and what to do next.
Design Thinking for Nonprofits
Overview on design thinking for nonprofits, as well as helpful tips!