Field Bureau + Werkstatt
↓Software tools, intelligent systems, and thoughtful interfaces.
Field Bureau + Werkstatt
An independent design and technology practice. We make software tools that are deliberate, human, and built to last — blending analysis with craft, always in the context of real use.
What we're building
macOS / iOS
SR-7
A native audio recorder with on-device transcription and AI summaries.
Capture ideas, conversations, and observations. Everything is transcribed and summarised on your device. Your recordings become a searchable, skimmable archive that grows with every session — and opens to AI workflows when you choose.
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iOS / macOS / Playdate
Chaos Studies
Explore the infinite beauty of strange attractors.
Nine strange attractors with spatial audio. Touch to rotate, pinch to zoom. Sound woven into motion — seven stems positioned in 3D space that move as you explore. Available for iPhone, iPad, Mac, and Playdate.
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Web App
TR-1 Beta
Task management for humans and AI, together.
Track your work with Task Register TR-1. Delegate to AI agents. Review what they did. GTD-inspired, MCP-native. One system for everything.
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macOS
ML-42
Markdown Library ML-42 — browse, read, and edit markdown files across all your projects.
Open your project folders, browse them visually, read with a fast preview, and edit raw markdown just as fast. On-device summaries from Apple Intelligence. Your files stay on disk, in your repos, exactly where they belong.
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"This epitomises the philosophy of deliberating and making the right thing."
Utilities
Small tools that do one thing really well.
Field Reports
All posts →May 12
Chaos Studies Lands on Playdate
The version that started it all is now live in the Playdate Catalog. Nine attractors, one crank, no goal.
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Apr 10
Designing the SR-7 Icon in Code
The icon for SR-7 never left the codebase. Designed in SVG, iterated in conversation, shipped without an export step.
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Apr 5
Introducing ML-42
A native macOS app for markdown files. Browse your projects visually, read with a fast preview, edit raw markdown just as fast — across every repo, docs folder, and notes directory you work with.
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