Ariel Diaz
Ariel Diaz

Pixels is one idea in three media. The pixel — a single square of color — is the smallest unit a picture can be broken into. This project builds pictures back up from it, using the printer's palette (cyan, magenta, yellow, black) plus white and mint, on a 6×6 grid.

It grew out of xandao, a brand built on harmony between dualities. Pixels is that thesis made literal: the same grid as a digital board, as physical objects, and as the hybrid between the two.

Digital

A 6×6 board in the browser. Each pixel is set level by level, from ⅛ up to full value, in the six colors. Play with it directly:

the.xandao.com →

Analog

The same pixels as physical CMYK objects — blocks to compose and play with, no screen involved.

play.xandao.com →

Hybrid

Panels that bring the digital and physical forms together.

panels.xandao.com →