Applied AI research for creative production

BAST · Olimpo

From inside the industry's real constraints, not fluff or AI slop.

Independent practice operating since 2017 — AI-augmented since 2024

01 · The system

A coordinated practice of five specialized roles, each with fixed authority within its scope.

Roles are functional, not personal. Each one decides within its domain without asking permission for routine craft choices. The operator escalates only on irrecoverable ambiguity, real external cost, or deadlock between roles.

OPERATOR ORCHESTRATION COPY ART DIRECTION DEVELOPMENT TROUBLESHOOT OUTPUT

Each role has fixed authority within its scope.
The only escalation criteria: irrecoverable ambiguity, real external cost, or deadlock.

02 · Cases in production

The system runs against real briefs. Here's where it has been deployed.

Cases below are live URLs — each one was produced end-to-end by the system, with the operator stepping in for direction and final calls.

eSIM

Strategic Sprint

Diagnostic-first sprint for eSIM.tech. Mockup + critique of the live product, framed as a partnership offer. Sent to a Senior Product Designer at the company.

esim-proposal.pages.dev

Convergent

Design Lead Application

Interactive prototype for an AI simulation startup. Narrative inversion — the prototype is the final proof, not the opening. Sent to the founder via LinkedIn.

convergent-malabartista.pages.dev

Polycam

Autonomy stress test

A real brief used as a stress test of the agent system. The point was not the application — it was measuring how autonomously the system could deliver under a complex brief.

poly-stress.pages.dev

ONNODO

Identity system proposal

Freelance proposal for an identity design system over an existing brand strategy. Used the Brand Scout Bot to extract tokens before scoping the work.

onnodo.pages.dev

Shinesty

Two-pulse run

Same client, two pulses of work. First a tailored application landing for the role. Then, after the conversation opened, a full email campaign system developed in a single weekend — three concepts, full visual production, tone lock.

Open case study
03 · A reflection from one of the runs

Sometimes the signal that the craft is landing comes from systems trained to detect the real thing.

04 · Operating stack

Tools used daily. No abstractions over what the work needs.