matt bowe

designer & technologist

a pacific northwest native with a deep passion for all things digital, my work spans from print design to arduinos and everything in between. get in touch if you want to collaborate.

loooops

a toy, a drum machine, an experiment in accessible music creation. looops is an ongoing project based around a teensy 4.1, a p5js script, and a desire to make music fun.

LOOOPS - A small white plastic electronic device with four colored buttons (red, blue, yellow, green) on top, placed on a green fabric surface.
A computer monitor displaying a pixelated or glitched green background with colorful dots. In front of the monitor, there is a white game controller with colorful buttons and an indicator light. The setup is on a white table with printed photos and cards around it, and the scene appears to be at an indoor event or exhibition.
A young boy and a man with prosthetic leg are standing in front of a monitor in an indoor setting. The monitor displays a colorful game or activity with small objects or balls. The man is standing next to a small table with a laptop, and the boy is looking at the screen.
A person pressing a large red button on a breadboard connected to a microcontroller with colorful wires and four smaller colored buttons.
Diagram of a game controller with buttons labeled 'play,' 'turn,' and 'press,' showing directional arrows for 'turn' and 'press' actions.
Person holding a 3D-printed white part with a large central hole and four smaller holes.
Electronic circuit on a breadboard with colorful buttons, wiring, and sensors, including a ring of LED lights.
A computer screen displaying a digital art piece consisting of numerous small, colorful geometric shapes like circles, squares, and triangles on a black background. The shapes are randomly arranged and vary in color, including red, blue, white, and yellow.

Radical nostalgia

radical nostalgia is a workshop for creative practitioners to explore nostalgia as a source of inspiration toward the future. read more here

People standing and interacting at a booth with black pegboard display, hanging items, and a monitor showing a presentation, in an indoor setting.
A black work surface with scattered electronic items, photo cards, and paper promotional packs of 'Radical Nostalgia' cards. Items include a pair of white earphones, a small clock, a vintage handheld game console, a Rubik's Cube, a remote, a walkie talkie, and a keychain with Snoopy attached.
A display table with scattered small printed images, a computer monitor showing the word "RADICAL NOSTALGIA" in blue text on a pixelated background, and a black pegboard with hanging items including books, cards, and small objects in a gallery or exhibition space.

grow old here

a thoughtful game about choice. collaboratively developed in a week and presented in berlin. available to play here

temporal correspondance Bureau

an exploration in memory, regret, and the ways in which we re-write the past. developed in godot and performed live on twitch for the spring 2025 AMPM! live show. available to play here

Title screen for a pixel art-style computer game called 'Temporal Correspondence Bureau'. The screen shows an office cubicle with a desk, chair, computer, and a recycling bin. On the desk is a sheet of paper. The game menu options include 'Start new', 'Load game', 'Settings', and 'Quit'. Instructions on controls are listed, indicating movement with WASD or Arrow Keys, interaction with E or Enter, and pausing with Escape. The game is credited to Off-Modern Studio.
Computer screen displaying a Twitch gameplay stream with a pixel art game titled 'Temporal Correspondence Bureau' and a live webcam of a man with dark hair and a beard in a room with a bookshelf, next to a Windows XP desktop background.
Pixel art image of a man in business attire standing in a modern office lobby with tile flooring, a reception desk, and sitting area with chairs, plants, and wall-mounted lamps.

square

designed across multiple roles internally at square from marketing to design systems.


projects incl. newsroom, international homepages, and enterprise businesses among many others

Laptop and smartphone displaying a website with the headline "The power of generative AI for all businesses" and a green and black background.
Screenshot of a digital newsroom webpage titled 'Newsroom' with navigation menu options at the top and a highlighted email contact in blue.
Laptop and smartphone displaying the Square website with the headline "Why business owners choose Square," a call-to-action button labeled "Get started," and a section showing business partners' logos.

nike

digital design work for the swoosh through thesis agency. work spanned nike’s suite of apps, email, web, and design systems.

Five smartphone screens showing Nike SNKRS app pages with sneaker images and promotional information.
Black and red soccer jersey with Providence Health & Services logo, Nike logo, and a circular emblem with a rose in the center.
Digital advertisement promoting the Nike App with a central image of a person using a smartphone to scan a QR code, surrounded by previews of the website on a laptop and mobile phone screens.
Three pages of a Nike refurbished footwear program brochure, featuring instructions, conditions, and store locations for purchasing or selling refurbished shoes, with graphics and photos of shoeboxes and a person shopping.

converse

campaign launch for converse through thesis agency. set in the early days of the pandemic we launched across all digital touchpoints incl. email, paid media, web, and organic social.

A black suspended sneaker with water droplets on it, featuring the Converse All-Star logo, with bold overlaid text reading "CHUCK TAYLOR ALL STAR" and "ALL-STAR TERRAIN" against a torn paper background.
Collection of screenshots and presentations of Converse Chuck Taylor All Star FA20 Boots, including website pages, mobile views, and design layouts in black and white themes with images of various boot styles.
Black high-top sneakers with white accents, water droplets on the surface, showcased in a digital advertisement with a black and white background and the words 'ALL STAR' and 'ALL TERRAIN' in bold text.

thesis

various projects as an internal brand designer for thesis. designed for organic social, internal events, and website.

The word 'excellence' displayed in gray text on a dark background with small white dots.
A speaker presenting to an audience in a modern, multi-level indoor space with seating and large windows.
A website displayed on a laptop and a mobile phone screen with an interface related to voting registration and status updates, featuring text about vote counts, registration deadlines, and election dates, with a color scheme of blue, red, teal, purple, and pink.

sine

0-1 branding project for local non-profit SINE. developed a wordmark, logo, and brandbook to launch the initiative.

SINE logo with colorful geometric shapes and the word "SINE" in bold black letters on a light background.
Young man sitting with his head resting on his hand, looking concerned, in front of a background with the phrase 'Survival is not enough' in large black letters on a teal patterned backdrop.
Group of branded items including a white t-shirt with black geometric print, a teal tote bag with green text reading "Survival is Not Enough," notebooks in red and blue with the Sine logo, a gray and blue baseball cap, glasses, a green coiled cable, a black strap, and a black device, arranged on a white surface.
A collage of digital design presentation slides including typography, logo, photography, color palette, and graphic elements for a project titled 'SINE' with the tagline 'Survival is not enough' and a photograph of a young man in a yellow shirt sitting outdoors.