IOTA brand exploration · The genealogy · 4 October 2026
How it got to W(e)ave.
Everything made on the way: the three other directions still on the table, then every round in order, each on its own page.
Also on the table
Three other ways it could go.
Each of these holds up, and none is ruled out. If one is closer to what you see for IOTA, say so; the rounds behind it are all here.
Round 13
Sea
An ocean drawn as the lines of its swell. The waves lift off the water and are drawn taut into the model. The closest to the word liquid.
Round 11
Lagoon, field
A lit sea with machines on the floor, a flock carrying the work, and the model built in layers. The fullest film of the four.
Round 09
Constellation
Near black with one mint green: the look of Macrocosmos's own deck, made into a world. A refresh of what exists more than a new identity.
The path
15 rounds, 35 pieces, four days.
Every piece made on the way, in order. Each round has its own page: what it tried, the pieces themselves, running live, and the note that sent the work somewhere new.
Round 01 · 1 October · 6 pieces
Six readings of liquid
Open round 01
Round 02 · 1 October · 4 pieces
Four deep studies: scattered, then one body
Open round 02
Round 03 · 1 October · 4 pieces
The same arc, in water
Open round 03
Round 04 · 1 October · 3 pieces
Three motion brand styles
Open round 04
Round 05 · 1 October · 1 piece
Open Water: one sea, three jobs
Open round 05
Round 06 · 2 October · 1 piece
Horizon: depth and bare metal
Open round 06
Round 07 · 2 October · 1 piece
Horizon revised: real water, wafers
Open round 07
Round 08 · 2 October · 1 piece
Hardware and data on the sea
Open round 08
Round 09 · 2 October · 3 pieces
Three variants in the deck’s look
Open round 09
Round 11 · 2 October · 1 piece
Lagoon, field: in Metapattern’s manner
Open round 11
Round 14 · 4 October · 1 piece
The prototype brand, from W(e)ave
Open round 14
Round 15 · 4 October · 1 piece
The brand system, from W(e)ave
Open round 15
Further in
What carried through, and what I would like your view on.
The motifs that ran from round to round, and five questions for anyone reading this. These are explorations, not Macrocosmos's approved identity; every number shown inside a piece is a placeholder.