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Emil Widlund

@emilwidlund

Creative Technologist. Founding Designer at Polar. Founder of New Fragment. Previously at EA.

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Emil Widlund

January 31
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Introducing Bitspace – A new kind of playground for creative ideas

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A new era of creative tooling

It's time for a new era in creative tooling. A paradigm which is shaped around exploration, prototyping & creative freedom. That's why I'm happy to reveal a new creative environment – Bitspace.

Emil Widlund

January 13
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A new kind of color picker - built with React & TypeScript

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Introduction

This article was written as a "behind the scenes" of my very appreciated launch of "Harmony - A new kind of color picker".

Feel free to check it out.

Emil Widlund

February 16
Why a Design Engineer career is an investment for your future

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In April 2014, I received an email.

Cool things in your portfolio

Hey Emil,

I've had a look at your portfolio, and I like what I'm seeing! I'm working at an EA Studio on titles like Battlefield, Star Wars & Mirror's Edge. Would you be interested in dropping by & grab a coffee?

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nodl

A framework for computational node graphs.

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alma

An interactive playground for generative graphics. Combine nodes & logic into WebGL shaders - all through an intuitive no-code interface.

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polarsource/polar

Polar is the creator platform for developers & the open source ecosystem.

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bitspace

A new kind of playground for creative ideas

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Featured Developers

Raphaël Améaume

@raphaelameaume

Freelance creative technologist. Based in Paris. Real-time graphics, webdev and generative art.

New Fragment

@newfrgmnt

/// a studio at the intersection of design & technology

David Hewitt

@davidhewitt

Uniting Python & Rust. Core maintainer of PyO3. Full-stack developer; other than Rust you'll find me using Python and Typescript.

Polar

@polarsource

Building a creator platform for developers

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Alma

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SSR support

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Following the README instructions results in an invalid build

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@nodl/react: Custom build - missing dependency

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navigating canvas is hard
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