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> CLASS: BOUTIQUE DEVELOPMENT
> SPECIALIZATION: PHYSICAL + DIGITAL CROSSOVER
> STATUS: OPERATIONAL SINCE 1996
WEB: Rails / React / Node / WordPress CONTROL: Crestron / AMX / Custom socket servers AUDIO: Spatial design / Mix engineering / SMPTE sync INSTALLATION: Museums / Retail / Corporate AV INFRASTRUCTURE: PostgreSQL / Redis / Docker / Linux AI/ML: LLM tooling / Claude Code / Neural nets

Building things at the intersection of physical space and digital code since 1996.

// CAPABILITIES

Most web devs don’t know what RS-232 is. Most AV integrators can’t write a Rails API. grimmwerks does both — in the same career, sometimes in the same project. The physical-digital crossover is the rare thing.

0yr Active Since 1996
0+ Shipped Projects
0cat Industries
0M+ Annual Viewers (Statue of Liberty)
// INTERACTIVE INSTALLATIONS
Interactive Installations — Meeting Path

Interactive Installations

MUSEUM + EXHIBITION + KIOSK

Networked museum kiosks with multilingual wayfinding, immersive multi-video + fog + MIDI experiences, synchronized 12-monitor exhibitions, full-store digital signage and control systems. Deep experience building installations that run unattended for years in public spaces.

DEPLOYMENTS: > Smithsonian NMAI > Cooper Hewitt > Intrepid Museum > Toys R Us (Times Square) > Lightolier > Statue of Liberty
Director Shockwave MultiUser Server Socket Servers MIDI Video Servers Networked Kiosks
// AV / CONTROL SYSTEMS
AV / Control Systems — Abercrombie & Fitch

AV / Control Systems

CRESTRON + DSP + HARDWARE

Designed and programmed Crestron-based control for touchpanel UI design, RS-232/TCP-IP device interfacing, DSP audio programming, multi-zone audio matrices, teleconferencing integration, and lighting control. Work spans hotel lobbies, trading floors, classrooms, and private clubs.

DEPLOYMENTS: > Federal Reserve Bank > Cooper Hewitt > Abercrombie & Fitch > Bumble and bumble > Hotel QT > The Core Club
Crestron Biamp Audiaflex RS-232 TCP/IP Gentner AudioRequest DSP Lighting Control
// WEB APPLICATIONS
Web Applications — batteryPOP

Web Applications

RAILS + WORDPRESS + FULL-STACK

Rails applications with PostgreSQL/Redis backends, complex WordPress builds with custom post types, e-commerce, and reporting. Flex-based SaaS applications for financial trading, HR tech, and media analytics. From wearable health devices to real-time trading desks.

DEPLOYMENTS: > Wellinks > batteryPOP > Unrabble > Investlab > Nicholas Markets > DunkDog
Ruby on Rails PostgreSQL Redis WordPress Sidekiq D3.js ActiveMQ Heroku
// SOUND DESIGN
Sound Design — Hotel QT

Sound Design

SPATIAL AUDIO + PRODUCTION + MIXING

DAT recording, multitrack mixing, SMPTE synchronization, audio-for-animation production. Sound sampling and remix interfaces. Directional audio installation design. Spatial audio mixing for immersive museum environments. From bitcrushed 5kHz loops to surround-sound Kamikaze exhibits.

DEPLOYMENTS: > Marvel Comics > TVT Records > Intrepid Museum > Sting + Compaq
Opcode Vision MOTU DAT SMPTE MIDI Beatnik Engine Biamp Spatial Audio
// UI/UX DESIGN
UI/UX Design — Federal Reserve Bank

UI/UX Design

TOUCHPANEL + KIOSK + WEB

Touchpanel interfaces for Crestron control systems. Financial trading platform wireframes and prototypes. Museum kiosk interaction design. Brand asset management tools. Interfaces that work in server rooms, hotel lobbies, and on WiFi tablets used as AV control surfaces.

DEPLOYMENTS: > Federal Reserve Bank > Verizon > Investlab > Mix Financial > Cooper Hewitt
Crestron Flash SDK Flex PureMVC Wireframing Prototyping Touchscreen WiFi Tablets
// VIDEO + MULTIMEDIA
Video + Multimedia — Statue of Liberty

Video + Multimedia

DOCUMENTARY + POST + SIGNAGE + 3D

45-minute documentary for the Statue of Liberty reopening. Promotional video for Marvel Comics-Con. Trade show attract loops. Storyboarding, editing, post-production. Cross-platform CD-ROM authoring. 18+ CME CD-ROMs with web service-backed testing. Cinema 4D beta team member.

DEPLOYMENTS: > Statue of Liberty > Marvel Comics > AOL + Intel (CES) > Philips Media > Subaru > Hyperion Books
Apple Motion Cinema 4D Shockwave3D Authorware CD-ROM Flash Media Server Video Editing
// NOTABLE CLIENTS
Statue of LibertyFederal Reserve Bank of New YorkSmithsonian NMAICooper HewittIntrepid MuseumMarvel ComicsAOL + IntelVerizonJP Morgan / Chase ManhattanAbercrombie & FitchToys R UsSting + CompaqSubaruPhilips MediaBumble and bumbleHyperion BooksThames & HudsonTVT RecordsAdvertising Research FoundationAmerican Psychiatric AssociationLightolierThe Core ClubHotel QTInvestlabWellinksbatteryPOPUnrabble
// INDUSTRY BREADTH
Museums + CulturalGovernment + FinanceEntertainmentRetailPublishingHealthcare + PharmaHospitalityEducationAdvertising + MediaTechnology + TelecomAutomotiveHR TechFood ServiceSportsSecurity
// CONTACT

We write code that talks to hardware. We design interfaces for touchpanels and browsers alike. We have shipped to museums, trading floors, hotel lobbies, operating rooms, and Comic-Con. If it requires making disparate systems cooperate, we have probably done it before.

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