By using fashion as a medium to expose & educate on technology, we were able to infuse our experience with even more art. These were all part of the merch store for our museum experience, which we'll cover during the rest of this week! Stay tuned ✨

3) T-SHIRTS

Digital <> physical (designed by Tessa) and rsa-dolphin (design & concept from urna.winstonsmith.org/materiali/m... and referencing en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Export...)

1) ACCESSORIES & JEWELRY

Bracelets (sourced locally in Chiang Mai), necklaces (made by hand by our team!), and rings (sourced from China). All have tappable NFC built in!

ART IN THE MACHINE, part 3.

We wrap our tweet series this week by going through our Devcon SEA activations. First up: our Devcon NFC clothing line, designed by Tessa and Vivek. We go over our methodology & pieces in 🧵 !

2) BUCKET HATS

The following NFC hat (sourced & stitched locally in Chiang Mai), and an exclusive embroidered elephant (sourced locally, don't have a photo 😅)

Much of our Devcon experience focused around private, verifiable social graphs built from in-person NFC interactions. We wanted to explore adding NFC chips to clothing to enable more natural ways of creating this social graph.

Throughout these experiments, we've learned that visualizing cryptographic objects doesn't just make them prettier—it makes them more understandable. When abstract data becomes something you can see, touch, and share, it transforms from technical concept to meaningful experience.

Devcon's visualization went deeper, with flowers that grew based on shared connections. More data in common with others meant more visual complexity—exploring multi-party computation through an intuitive visual language that made deeper connections immediately apparent.

ZK11 & Frontiers introduced our flower garden concept—where algorithms translated cryptographic signatures into visual forms. The wholesome experience of growing a garden of flowers in a spiral pattern throughout the event made verifiable data feel personal and meaningful.

At ETHDenver, we collaborated with artist Stefano Contiero on generative art stamps. Each tap you collected layered on top of previous ones, creating a growing collage of art that evolved throughout the event with interactive elements showing its transformation.

We elevated Jubmoji further by featuring public domain art pieces that incorporated each emoji. This artistic layer transformed technical tools into immersive experiences—making each card more memorable and creating a collection people wanted to complete.

With Jubmoji, we needed an easily parseable representation of each card's public key. Rather than abstract cryptographic strings, we used memorable emojis as visual references—making complex attestations instantly recognizable and shareable between users.

ART IN THE MACHINE, part 2.

Data ownership has always been our focus, but technical guarantees alone aren't enough. People connect with what they can see and feel. Here's four Cursive app iterations that used art to make ownership tangible, memorable, and beautiful.

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Stay tuned over the next few days for more installments of ART IN THE MACHINE.

These digital signatures flowing from physical art objects eventually inspired Cursive's name—a nod to the elegant handwritten signatures of the analog world 🔏

What made ZuStamps special? Over 500 stamps collected by 100 people in just 10 days—with no external incentives. People simply loved the experience of collecting beautiful, meaningful mementos that remained private and under their control. Art and technology in harmony.

The "Friends of Zuzu" stamp celebrated a rescued cat adopted by a community member. Others commemorated shared meals, hackathons, and gatherings. These weren't just verification tools—they were community stories transformed into art.

Each ZuStamp card was a unique miniature painting made by Althea, created with nail polish, superglue, and paper (it's all we had access to at Zuzalu)! When tapped against a phone, they'd generate a signed digital stamp to be privately stored in the collector's Zupass.

ART IN THE MACHINE, part 1.

Our first project, ZuStamps, transformed private verification into tactile art objects. We embedded NFC chips into a hand-painted card, turning abstract digital signatures into physical keepsakes that could be touched, collected, and cherished.

We'll be posting all of this content over this week and next week. And soon after we'll be sharing what we've been cooking up the past few months! Stay tuned ✨

PARTS 3 & 4 💎

Our generative art stamps at ETHDenver and the algorithmic flowers of ZKSummit11 showed how code itself can become art. Each unique creation emerged from human connection—digital artifacts born from real-world encounters.

PARTS 1 & 2 🎨

ZuStamps transformed verification into nail polish paintings, while Jubmoji channeled public domain masterpieces. In each, we embedded cryptography with creative soul—turning abstract protocols into art that can be touched, viewed, and felt.

ART IN THE MACHINE: a series.

Technology without soul is just utility. From day one, we've infused our work with creative spirit—drawing from fine art and fashion to build tech that resonates beyond function. This week, we'll share our influences before unveiling new directions!

PARTS 5 & 6 🏛️

Our Devcon SEA experience in Thailand merged digital and physical realms—a museum exhibition showcasing technologists' artistic vision alongside a NFC chipped clothing line. And we prepared a mini-documentary about this experience that we're so excited to share!