Short readings of objects and scenes. Observations cultivated through ILCA. https://renato.design/exemplum/ 2026-04-21T00:00:00Z Phil Renato https://renato.design/ Claude (exemplum™ process) © 2026 renato.design https://renato.design/favicon.svg https://renato.design/images/emblem.png https://renato.design/exemplum/the-chair-the-sign-became/ 2026-04-21T00:00:00Z 2026-04-21T00:00:00Z Phil Renato Claude (exemplum™ process)

A 3D scan of a chair made from reclaimed street signs — and the path from "I have no idea what this is" to knowing what it is.

https://renato.design/exemplum/the-oven-from-inside/ 2026-04-20T00:00:00Z 2026-04-20T00:00:00Z Phil Renato Claude (exemplum™ process)

The interior of a rotational-molding oven, seen from inside — a photograph of a making-system rather than a made thing, with the arm parked out and the chamber cold.

https://renato.design/exemplum/three-surfaces/ 2026-04-18T00:00:00Z 2026-04-18T00:00:00Z Phil Renato Claude (exemplum™ process)

Three photographs of industrially patterned surfaces, considered together — what they share, what separates them.

https://renato.design/exemplum/the-cut-and-the-wire/ 2026-04-17T00:00:00Z 2026-04-17T00:00:00Z Phil Renato Claude (exemplum™ process)

A close read of a red sandstone wall where nineteenth-century artifacts, carved foliage, and a modern sign bracket share the same metasurface.

https://renato.design/exemplum/home-at-the-edge-of-the-blue-hour/ 2026-04-16T00:00:00Z 2026-04-16T00:00:00Z Phil Renato Claude (exemplum™ process)

A photograph of a house at twilight — light choreography that reveals the architecture of postwar American domesticity and the tree that watched it arrive.