Julian Hespenheide works at the intersection of code, hardware, and artistic curiosity. Instead of cutting-edge tools, Julian uses outdated displays, microcontrollers, and character sets from early computing. But in his hands, these forgotten fragments of digital culture become starting points for experimentation and reflection.

His process resists the frictionless polish of contemporary tech. Instead of chasing optimization or automation, he treats code like a physical material: something malleable, brittle, prone to failure, and full of unexpected possibility. Each project is iterative, driven by constraint and the joy of figuring things out by hand.

Julian’s work asks: what can we learn by paying attention to the overlooked? What kind of digital aesthetics emerge when we slow down, embrace limits, and make space for the imperfect? In a landscape obsessed with speed and scale, his approach offers something rarer—patience, care, and the thrill of building things from scratch.