Atlas & Artifact
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Chicago Project Studio

The Intersection of Digital Building
and
Physical Making.

An independent parent studio designing hyper-local data utilities, performant backend plugins, and small-batch custom physical goods built for lifetime utility.

Explore Portfolio → Our Ethos
[ Drafting Workspace ] GRID-X: 41.8781
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EST. 2026 DEV // MFG
[ 01 / SELECTED WORK ]

The Portfolio Grid

Three core vectors of creative output. Each project marks an exploration in engineering discipline or meticulous physical fabrication.

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Digital Utility [01]

Aville.net

Python Scrapers / SSG / Cloud CDN

A hyper-local event and specials aggregator built with static site generation and automated scraping for community discovery. Built to be lightweight, performant, and privacy-first.

aville_scraper.py
  • ↳ GET /specials/friday 200 OK
  • ↳ PARSED event_count 34 items
  • ↳ SSG rebuild 12ms
Physical Goods [02]

Artisan Goods

Etched Glass / Debossed Leather / Batch Mfg

Small-batch, custom-manufactured physical objects, featuring permanently etched glassware and debossed vegetable-tanned leather home goods. Made by hand in Chicago.

ATLAS & ARTIFACT
Backend Stack [03]

WordPress Extensions

PHP / Custom Indexing / Metrics Tracking

Custom, performant backend plugins built for specialized indexing and user search tracking. Engineered for large catalogs, optimized caching, and direct database queries.

indexing_plugin.php

<?php namespace A&A\Plugin;

class Indexer {

public function index($posts) {

// custom db index lookup

return array_map('sanitize', $posts);

}

}

[ 02 / THE ETHOS ]

Human-Scale Software & High-Precision Craft.

We believe in technology and physical artifacts that are built to outlast their creators. In an era of disposable digital tools and mass-manufactured plastics, Atlas & Artifact returns to the fundamentals: hyper-local relevance, high-performance execution, and tactile longevity.

Our digital projects prioritize flat architectures, performance over bloat, and offline durability. Our manufactured goods utilize natural materials like vegetable-tanned leather, lead-free glassware, and permanent etching techniques that gain character rather than decay with time.

Operating out of Chicago, IL, we act as a small-scale testing ground for ideas that bridge the divide between code editors and workbench tools.

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LOCATION & BASE

Chicago, IL

COORD // 41.8781° N, 87.6298° W OFFICE // Near West Side
[ 03 / CONTACT ]

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Interested in collaboration, ordering custom small-batch physical items, or discussing custom software? Drop a line below.

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