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Particle Prismatics LLC

An independent studio turning complex data and ideas into things you can see, explore, and understand — through visualization, computational design, and applied AI.

What we do

Services

01

Data Visualization & Visual Analytics

Custom, interactive visualizations and analytics tools — from one-off explanatory graphics to full exploratory interfaces for large, messy datasets.

02

Computational & Generative Design

Systems that generate imagery, layouts, and media programmatically — mosaics, particle systems, and data-driven visual work at scale.

03

Applied AI & ML

Practical machine-learning features: semantic search, embeddings, captioning, classification, and human-centered AI woven into real products.

04

Software, Prototypes & Licensing

End-to-end prototypes and shippable software — plus dual-licensing of existing tools like PhotoDance for commercial use.

Available for consulting engagements, advisory work, and collaborations. NDAs welcome.

Featured

Work

PhotoDance · Mosaic view PhotoDance infinite photo mosaic ▶

PhotoDance

A living, explorable universe built from a 30-year, 225,000-photo family archive.

PhotoDance turns a lifetime of photography into an infinite photo mosaic and an interactive galaxy you can fly through — reorganizing 189,000 images in real time by year, location, or camera model.

It runs on a four-stage AI enrichment pipeline — CLIP classification, quality scoring, event clustering, and face indexing — and a custom WebGL2 renderer. The culmination of a lineage of visualization work: MediaFrame, TimeQuilt, LiveLabs Pivot, and SandDance.

Free for noncommercial use under the PolyForm Noncommercial License; commercial licenses available.

Watch the demo GitHub Licensing

Who we are

People

Steven M. Drucker
Computer scientist & visualization researcher

A 30-year career at the intersection of human–computer interaction, information visualization, and computer graphics — building tools that make data easier to understand and explain through natural interaction and storytelling.

Ph.D., MIT Media Lab · 100+ papers · 130+ patents
Lourdes Romão
Designer

Visual artist, graphic designer, photographer, sculptor, and glass artist. Her work spans studios and materials, with a long history of contributions to fundraising organizations and non-profits.

Founder of Azure Design, her independent design studio.

MFA, Massachusetts College of Art · BFA, FAAP, São Paulo, Brasil

Get in touch

Let's build something
worth seeing.

Consulting & advisory inquiries welcome — NDAs no problem.
Commercial licensing: licensing@particleprismatics.com