Design · Software · Visual Media

We build tools and imagery at the angle where light becomes color.

42° Design is an independent studio creating browser-based apps, AI-assisted creative tools, photography, aerial video and animation — crafted with care and built to be genuinely useful.

Our apps

Software we design, build and run.

Fast, private, browser-first tools. No installs — open a link and start creating.

Character Browser

characterbrowser.app

Browse, search and preview AI characters built for Venice.AI. Filter by tag, rating and folder, keep personal notes and reviews, and jump straight into a conversation — a curated gallery that makes finding the right character effortless.

  • Gallery
  • Search & filters
  • Reviews
  • Themes
Open Character Browser →

Character Studio

characterbrowser.app/studio

A browser-based authoring environment for crafting, testing and refining Venice.AI characters. Edit instructions, system prompts and context files beside a live chat, with version history, AI agents and a model-vs-model playtest mode.

  • Editor
  • Live chat
  • Version history
  • Agents
Open Character Studio →

Character Player

characterbrowser.app/player

Chat with your characters through the Venice API using your own key. Load character files, or play any public Venice.AI character straight from its share link — with a personal character library and conversations kept on your own device.

  • Chat
  • Character library
  • Bring your own key
  • Private
Open Character Player →

PartyLine

characterbrowser.app/partyline

Group chat with a whole cast. Build a party from your character library or public Venice.AI characters and let them talk with you — and with each other. Parties and conversations stay on your device, with full backup and restore.

  • Group chat
  • Multi-character
  • Backup & restore
Open PartyLine →

Physics Fun

physicsfun.42degreesdesign.com

Interactive 3D physics playgrounds that run right in your browser. Topple chains of dominoes, build coaster track with loops and chain lifts, send steel balls through marble runs, and watch real physics play out in real time.

  • 3D
  • Real-time physics
  • Puzzles
  • Sandbox
Play Physics Fun →

SDXL Project

sdxl.42degreesdesign.com

Our exploration of AI-generated art with Stable Diffusion XL — a showcase of the visuals, styles and techniques we use to push AI-assisted design beyond the obvious.

  • Stable Diffusion XL
  • AI art
  • Showcase
Explore SDXL Project →

Services

What we can do for you.

We stay deliberately broad — each project is a chance to learn something new and bring a fresh angle to your work.

01

Photography

Events, portraits and everything in between, captured with precision and an artist’s eye.

02

Drone Videography

Aerial footage and bird’s-eye perspectives that give your story a view nobody else has.

03

Website Hosting

Reliable, secure hosting that keeps your online presence fast and available.

04

2D Animation

Animated content that brings ideas to life across web, social and presentation.

05

Web & App Development

Consulting, design and development for websites and browser apps — from user experience to performance.

06

AI-Assisted Design

Thoughtful use of modern AI tools to create distinctive visuals and smarter creative workflows.

Selected work

From the air, the event floor and the workshop.

A sample of recent video, photography and production work.

Drone videographyTwin Oaks Farms Promo
Drone videographyTwin Oaks Farms Promo 2018
Event photographyStamping Workshop, Boise
ProductionFuria Nocturna 3D build timelapse

About us

Why forty-two degrees?

Forty-two degrees is the angle at which sunlight, bent and reflected inside a drop of water, returns to your eye as a rainbow. It is also, famously, the answer to the ultimate question. We think both are a good description of what we do: take something ordinary and find the angle that makes it brilliant.

We are deliberately hard to pigeon-hole. We blend traditional craft — photography, film and animation — with modern software and AI, and we treat every project as an opportunity to learn, to grow and to try something new.

6live web apps
6creative disciplines
42°the rainbow angle
Sunlight entering a raindrop, reflecting off the back, and leaving as a spread of colors about 42 degrees from the incoming light 42° sunlight raindrop

Light enters, reflects, and leaves at ~42°

Contact

Let’s create something extraordinary.

Have a project, an app idea or a question about one of our tools? Tell us what you have in mind and we’ll get back to you.