PebbleDesign

Strategy, design & prototyping.

Pebble Design originates its own products — Earth: A Primer, Atomical — and takes on a handful of engagements a year, scoping the work and delivering it hands-on or by directing a cross-disciplinary team. Lately that means building with AI — instruments for learning, science, health, regenerative design, games, and creativity. Clients have ranged from early-stage startups to Valve, Linden Lab, and UCSF.

Selected work

Atomical Chemistry
A graphing calculator for chemistry. In development; currently fundraising.
Earth: A Primer Science · Book
Our award-winning interactive science book — Apple Best of 2015; AASL Best STEM App.
Spore Creature Creator EA · Maxis
Designed the creative-tool suite; handpicked and mentored by Will Wright — 190M+ player creations. New York Times: “a scintillating, empowering toy.”
Gelbox Science · UCSF
An open-source molecular-science simulator, built for UCSF's Douglas Lab.

Fig 1 · Atomical's kernel A computational model of atoms, bonds, and electrons that keeps multiple representations correct and in sync.

Principal

Chaim Gingold Creative director, builder, scholar. Author, Building SimCity (MIT Press, 2024) Endorsed by Alan Kay · Will Wright · Stewart Brand