No Replica is a design and development studio crafting memorable websites.
Studio & Site Projects
We think websites should be playgrounds for unique experiences, no matter who or what the site is for. Our goal is to make the Internet a place people want to explore, return to, and share with others.
Our Portfolio
An overview of our projects!
- Design
- Development
Skin & Bones
Agency portfolio where scrolling moves in discrete steps.
- Development
Back Up for Science
Informational hub providing resources for preserving research.
- Design
- Development
Sounds Good
Generative eye candy and website for the new Toronto listening bar.
- Development
The Design Observer Twenty
Fellowship and awards program celebrating twenty years of articles.
- Development
The Talent House
A website that hides a musical instrument in plain sight.
- Co-design
- Development
Young Krones
Gritty website and custom font for the Chicago-based theater duo.
- Design
- Development
Josh Balkowski
Minimalistic designer portfolio with a fluid layout.
- Development
Just Voices Casting
Dynamic, bouncy portfolio for the influential voice casting agency.
- Design
- Development
Gabriel Drozdov
Archive of No Replica founder Gabriel’s earlier work.
- Design
- Development
Publications & Exhibitions
We build websites for publications and exhibitions, turning printed and physical works into interactive online experiences.
Common Dimensions
Research platform collecting, documenting, and discussing chairs.
- Development
Highlights from the Impermanent Collection
Digital exhibition in the form of a video game.
- Co-design
- Development
This Is For You
A handbook for design students.
- Design
- Development
RISD Grad Show 2024
Identity and website highlighting spectrums of color used in student work.
- Co-design
- Development
Notes on Craft
Conversations, exercises, and readings on craft.
- Development
Spore Site
Rhizomatic network of responses to a common question.
- Development
Fonts
As part of our research and development, we create experimental typefaces and the websites that bring them to life. We release these fonts through our type foundry, Too Much Type, under an open-source license.
Too Much Type
Our open-source type foundry, releasing experimental fonts and type specimens!
- Design
- Development
Variable Fonts Workshop
Variable font testing tool and showcase of student work.
- Design
- Development
Mini Mochi
Variable font and type specimen inspired by the squishy shapes of mochi.
- Design
- Development
Work Sans Galápagos
Speculative identity and typeface revolving around the shape of a tortoise shell.
- Design
- Development
Graphics Generators
We design and develop systems and tools that can generate everything from digital graphics and animations to print posters and books, all by tweaking a few parameters.
No Replica Generator
Create animated graphics in the style of No Replica’s branding.
- Design
- Development
GD with GD Generator
Create animated graphics in the style of GD with GD’s branding.
- Design
- Development
Antikythera
Generative art tools made for Antikythera’s “What Is Intelligence?” publication.
- Co-design
- Development
RISD Grad Show 2024 Generator
Poster generator pulling colors from student artworks.
- Co-design
- Development
Pixel Weaver 2.0
Dynamic digital textile generator.
- Design
- Development
QR Generator Generator
Free QR code generator, with a twist.
- Design
- Development
This Is For You Book Generator
A printable book generated from the website’s contents.
- Design
- Development
Onomatopoeia
Sonically-powered dynamic poster generator.
- Design
- Development
Gems
Graphic forms emerging out of a noisy composition.
- Design
- Development
Untitled (Digital Landscape)
Abstract interactive composition made from fragments of satellite images.
- Design
- Development
Compendium Generator
Book generator based on answers from a questionnaire.
- Design
- Development
Data Visualization
Using code, we analyze data sets that can reach hundreds of gigabytes and create websites and articles to share our findings.
Colors of Extinction
Archive of color palettes for extinct animals.
- Development
GeoCities: Paradise Lost
Data visualizations and article on the rise and fall of GeoCities.
- Design
- Development
What Is Wikipedia?
Wikipedia pages recontextualized as spaces.
- Design
- Development
Does Not Exist
Survey of what does and does not exist on the Internet.
- Design
- Development
Music
We’ve loved making music long before No Replica existed. Today, we write our own songs, build websites to share them, and even design musical instruments you can play online.
Barco Loudly
Our hub for the music and musical toys we create!
- Design
- Development
Jukebox
No Replica founder Gabriel’s original music.
- Design
- Development
BGM
Royalty-free background music for creative projects.
- Design
- Development
Earworm
Orchestra of wriggling typographic phonemes.
- Design
- Development
Fontbox
Sequencer generating musical typography.
- Design
- Development
Doggy Christmus
It’s a doggy christmus, woof woof.
- Design
- Development
Teaching
We give back to the design community by teaching at Rhode Island School of Design and creating materials and tools that make graphic design, type design, and creative coding more accessible.
GD with GD
Our hub for all the teaching materials, tools, and showcases we create!
- Design
- Development
Classroom
Open-source archive of syllabi, project descriptions, lectures, and more.
- Design
- Development
DEMOLAND
In-browser code editor with a library of tutorials.
- Design
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Baby Steps
Tutorials to help first-time coders get started.
- Design
- Development
Pathfinder
Explanation of how folder structure works on websites.
- Design
- Development
Cheatsheet
Quick-reference guide for HTML, CSS, and JavaScript.
- Design
- Development
Games & Toys
We stay busy even when there’s downtime. Here are projects we’ve made just for fun!
Notes from Neither Here nor There
Poetic microsites exploring space, place, and experience.
- Design
- Development
Welcome
Welcome to this website, but actually a different website.
- Design
- Development
A Thesis Compendium
Interactive essay masquerading as an online questionnaire.
- Design
- Development
Zoooooooom
Time-based game testing your ability to count.
- Design
- Development
Smile Through It
Triptych of arcade games played by smiling.
- Design
- Development
Tag Team Calligraphers
Collaborative drawing game played between a human and a robot.
- Design
- Development
Ghost
Face-tracking mirror.
- Design
- Development
Zag
A zag without a zig.
- Design
- Development
Nautical Maps
What if a website could fold?
- Co-design
- Development
madgab4ever
A wedding website and a wedding invite.
- Design
- Development