Theo Watson
@theowatson.bsky.social
Interactive installation artist.
Co-founder of Design I/O (2020 National Design Award winner).
Co-founder of open source toolkit: openFrameworks.
https://design-io.com || https://openframeworks.cc
DJ’d a Halloween party. First DJ set in a long time but so much fun. Lots of Fred Again, Barry Can’t Swim, Jamie XX and a little Italo Disco thrown in for good measure.
October 28, 2025 at 4:00 PM
DJ’d a Halloween party. First DJ set in a long time but so much fun. Lots of Fred Again, Barry Can’t Swim, Jamie XX and a little Italo Disco thrown in for good measure.
Wondering if a “Praise the Sun” Halloween costume would be too obscure. #darksouls
Backup plan is Sir Robin the Brave.
Backup plan is Sir Robin the Brave.
October 10, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Wondering if a “Praise the Sun” Halloween costume would be too obscure. #darksouls
Backup plan is Sir Robin the Brave.
Backup plan is Sir Robin the Brave.
Madrones are some of my favorite trees, the peeling bark feels ripe for design inspiration.
September 2, 2025 at 3:12 AM
Madrones are some of my favorite trees, the peeling bark feels ripe for design inspiration.
Saw this beauty the other day being mobbed by crows.
June 10, 2025 at 4:12 AM
Saw this beauty the other day being mobbed by crows.
Ran into my first tariff trying to order some Phidgets sensors from Canada. > $50 of tariffs and brokerage fees on $32 of parts. So pointless.
May 13, 2025 at 10:36 PM
Ran into my first tariff trying to order some Phidgets sensors from Canada. > $50 of tariffs and brokerage fees on $32 of parts. So pointless.
March 27, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Holy moly George Saunders “Love Letter” is too apt for the moment. Describing what is sadly happening now.
March 10, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Holy moly George Saunders “Love Letter” is too apt for the moment. Describing what is sadly happening now.
Reading George Saunders liberation day and this is just the most brilliant passage.
“Company possesses superior numbers; is imbued with the confidence of wealth; is not inclined to lose, having decided long ago to cushion itself within abundance and thus keep loss at bay.”
This passage: 👌
“Company possesses superior numbers; is imbued with the confidence of wealth; is not inclined to lose, having decided long ago to cushion itself within abundance and thus keep loss at bay.”
This passage: 👌
February 1, 2025 at 11:31 PM
Reading George Saunders liberation day and this is just the most brilliant passage.
“Company possesses superior numbers; is imbued with the confidence of wealth; is not inclined to lose, having decided long ago to cushion itself within abundance and thus keep loss at bay.”
This passage: 👌
“Company possesses superior numbers; is imbued with the confidence of wealth; is not inclined to lose, having decided long ago to cushion itself within abundance and thus keep loss at bay.”
This passage: 👌
Excited to see some of my old F.A.T Lab browser addon projects in this new show at ZKM. “Browser Art since the Beginnings of the World Wide Web”.
zkm.de/en/2025/02/c...
zkm.de/en/2025/02/c...
January 31, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Excited to see some of my old F.A.T Lab browser addon projects in this new show at ZKM. “Browser Art since the Beginnings of the World Wide Web”.
zkm.de/en/2025/02/c...
zkm.de/en/2025/02/c...
Wow. Thoroughly enjoyed this article. Some interesting points which I think can apply to designing for children too.
Especially liked this paragraph:
Especially liked this paragraph:
January 31, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Wow. Thoroughly enjoyed this article. Some interesting points which I think can apply to designing for children too.
Especially liked this paragraph:
Especially liked this paragraph:
Took me way too long to do this ( though I haven’t been using that site since the takeover ).
Looking forward to getting our studio account setup here!
Looking forward to getting our studio account setup here!
January 30, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Took me way too long to do this ( though I haven’t been using that site since the takeover ).
Looking forward to getting our studio account setup here!
Looking forward to getting our studio account setup here!
Was in the process of turning my whole deck gold but spent a full 5 min here trying to decide if I should sell for the Legendary or not. Ended up with Perkio which was an upgrade. But I was looking forward to getting a totally gold deck. #balatro
January 18, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Was in the process of turning my whole deck gold but spent a full 5 min here trying to decide if I should sell for the Legendary or not. Ended up with Perkio which was an upgrade. But I was looking forward to getting a totally gold deck. #balatro
Wow. Sort of obsessed by this image from www.clevelandart.org/art/1924.432...
Could be the patron saint of #3dgraphics or #OpenGL 😁
Could be the patron saint of #3dgraphics or #OpenGL 😁
January 8, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Wow. Sort of obsessed by this image from www.clevelandart.org/art/1924.432...
Could be the patron saint of #3dgraphics or #OpenGL 😁
Could be the patron saint of #3dgraphics or #OpenGL 😁
Pretty proud of this shot. Tiny #mushrooms growing on tree branches on the #Mendocino coast.
December 31, 2024 at 11:36 PM
Pretty proud of this shot. Tiny #mushrooms growing on tree branches on the #Mendocino coast.
Ha. This might be the first #openFrameworks meme.
I do catch myself not using the OF abbreviation as much anymore.
It used to be Odd Future which at least had the upside of cool tees.
I do catch myself not using the OF abbreviation as much anymore.
It used to be Odd Future which at least had the upside of cool tees.
December 6, 2024 at 2:40 PM
Ha. This might be the first #openFrameworks meme.
I do catch myself not using the OF abbreviation as much anymore.
It used to be Odd Future which at least had the upside of cool tees.
I do catch myself not using the OF abbreviation as much anymore.
It used to be Odd Future which at least had the upside of cool tees.
Awesome #plotterart from @nick-hardeman.bsky.social beautiful hybrid approach with a watercolor overlay. #openFrameworks
December 4, 2024 at 3:52 PM
Awesome #plotterart from @nick-hardeman.bsky.social beautiful hybrid approach with a watercolor overlay. #openFrameworks
Was such a honor too to meet the legendary Toshio Iwai who was giving mind blowing demos at the opening recreating and reverse engineering optics experiments from the 1800s.
December 3, 2024 at 3:37 PM
Was such a honor too to meet the legendary Toshio Iwai who was giving mind blowing demos at the opening recreating and reverse engineering optics experiments from the 1800s.
So awesome to see @zachlieberman.bsky.social and @whichlight.bsky.social at the Exploritorium opening for the new Glow exhibit. Great talk by Zach and a beautiful install of Reflection Studies. Def worth a visit.
December 3, 2024 at 3:33 PM
So awesome to see @zachlieberman.bsky.social and @whichlight.bsky.social at the Exploritorium opening for the new Glow exhibit. Great talk by Zach and a beautiful install of Reflection Studies. Def worth a visit.
November 24, 2024 at 9:39 PM
Also came across this fallen tree where the branches started growing up like mini trees in their own right.
November 17, 2024 at 5:29 PM
Also came across this fallen tree where the branches started growing up like mini trees in their own right.
Did a 10 mile hike yesterday from Lake Laguintas up to the top of Mount Tam. ( Collier trail ) Stunning views of SF and the bay. The trails in the foothills of Tam are just stunning and the forest smells are something else.
November 17, 2024 at 5:27 PM
Did a 10 mile hike yesterday from Lake Laguintas up to the top of Mount Tam. ( Collier trail ) Stunning views of SF and the bay. The trails in the foothills of Tam are just stunning and the forest smells are something else.
Found this #computervision relic from one of our projects. Run a second pass on the binary image to create mini blobs which are used for tracking / ids so people can come together and still be tracked. Worked well! #openframeworks
November 16, 2024 at 3:12 PM
Found this #computervision relic from one of our projects. Run a second pass on the binary image to create mini blobs which are used for tracking / ids so people can come together and still be tracked. Worked well! #openframeworks
Can’t recommend this book enough. Totally wild speculative fiction like #borges meets Game of Thrones. Nice quote from #GeneWolfe on the back too. Feels very much in his vein. #johnmford
March 21, 2024 at 2:50 PM
Can’t recommend this book enough. Totally wild speculative fiction like #borges meets Game of Thrones. Nice quote from #GeneWolfe on the back too. Feels very much in his vein. #johnmford
Saw this guy yesterday first thought was Peregrine but on closer inspection thinking Cooper’s Hawk?
January 22, 2024 at 7:18 PM
Saw this guy yesterday first thought was Peregrine but on closer inspection thinking Cooper’s Hawk?