Laptop on a pale table displaying the large blue Infinity Pool wordmark.
Angled view of a laptop on a pale floor displaying the Infinity Pool landing page.

Infinity Pool

What happens when digital publishing becomes a space for exchange rather than presentation?

Context

Digital culture develops through exchange between different disciplines, practices and perspectives. Conceived for Studium Digitale at Burg Giebichenstein University of Art and Design, Infinity Pool was designed as a shared platform for students, researchers and staff to publish and explore their work.

Approach

Rather than organising contributions into separate disciplinary categories, the platform brings them together within a shared editorial space. Fluid transitions between themes encourage readers to move across projects and ideas, allowing connections to emerge through browsing rather than predefined paths.

Desktop monitor displaying Infinity Pool, with freely distributed images, text contributions and blue navigation elements.
Mobile Infinity Pool “Juicy Things” page with large blue typography and exhibition text.
Hand holding a smartphone displaying the Infinity Pool website and the themes “Earth Indices” and “Technosphärenklänge”.
Infinity Pool browser screen with a grid of colourful digital artworks and a comment function.
Contributions are created directly on the shared canvas. A modular editor lets users combine and freely arrange text, images and links, and add tags. Each contribution can take its own form before becoming part of the Infinity Pool following editorial approval.
Users can freely position their contributions on the shared canvas, including between existing posts. This allows new thematic clusters to emerge through spatial proximity. A custom algorithm rearranges contributions when they are published, preventing overlaps while preserving their intended relationships.
Project Title
Infinity Pool
Client
Studium Digitale, BURG Giebichenstein University of Art and Design
Year
2022
Services
Platform Concept, Website Design
Role
Concept Development, Design, Project Lead
Web Design
Pawel Wolowitsch, Menschmaschine
Website Development
Menschmaschine Studio
Website
infinitypool.burg-halle.de
Typefaces
Maxi by Dinamo Typefaces
Lelo by Camelot Typefaces