We like to say that garden3d is a platform for doing things.
We are worker owned creative collective, innovating on everything from brands and IRL communities to IoT devices and cross platform apps. We write & podcast, share profit, open source everything, spin out new businesses, and invest in exciting ideas through financial and/or in-kind contributions.
By applying collectivist principles and egalitarian business structures, we build liberating, inclusive and empowering cultural institutions inside of late capitalism. A lot of us work out of Index Chinatown or Index Greenpoint (+ Ours in Richmond, Post Office in Amsterdam, Lagori in Bengaluru, Ishinoko Kitchen in Ishikawa), and you can join those spaces too.
Today, we’re interested in networked spirituality, environmentalism, local LLMs, circular solar, computational democracy, activism, carbon drawdown, regenerative agriculture, healthcare, mesh networking, formless computing and pretty much any other ideas that might incrementally improve the lives of all humans.
Studios
XXIX, Sanctuary Computer, Seaborne, Manhattan Hydraulics
Clients
Google, Stripe, Figma, Brooklyn Museum, Hinge, Black Socialists in America, ACLU, Pratt, Parsons, Mozilla, The Nobel Prize, MIT, Gnosis, Etsy, Gagosian
Partners
The Light Phone, Mill, Ingredient AI, Cocoon, Open Tender, Checkmate
Communities
Index, Ours, Post Office, Lagori, Ishinoki Kitchen, Chinatown.js, Pockets
Connect
You can read our Substack, follow on Instagram or X, or email hugh@garden3d.net
Work with us
If you’re interested in contracting with us, you can join our creative network here