Notables

Various awards, press, interviews, exhibitions, and so on.
PressYale University. “Beneath the Green, the Quantum” subject of Yale University post on LinkedIn to nearly 500,000 followers. July 2023
PressYale Quantum Institute (YQI). Stewart Smith’s Yale Quantum Institute artist profile. June 2023
PressYale University News. “A quantum forest grows in New Haven” from Yale News. June 2023
PressYale Alumni Magazine. “Beneath the Green, the Quantum” featured in Yale Alumni Magazine. June 2023
ExhibitionInternational Festival of Arts & Ideas. “Beneath the Green, the Quantum” premiered at the International Festival of Arts & Ideas in New Haven, Connecticut. June 2023
PressInternational Festival of Arts & Ideas. “Beneath the Green, the Quantum” public art installation announced by the International Festival of Arts & Ideas. February 2023
PressYale Quantum Institute (YQI). Yale University’s Yale Quantum Institute (YQI) presents “Stewart Smith: Digital Art meets Quantum Simulations.” June 2022
PressGitNation. JSNation: Quantum Computing in JavaScript with Q.js by Stewart Smith. June 2022
PressPhilly Emerging Tech. Philly Emerging Tech for the Enterprise (PhillyETE) conference, “Quantum Computing for Hapless Dreamers” by Stewart Smith. April 2022
InterviewChariot Solutions. “An Interview With: Stewart Smith, Head of Consumer AR at Unity, and Creator of Q.js” interviewed by Ken Rimple. April 2022
PressCodespehre. Quantum Computing with Javascript using Q.js by Saji Wang for Codesphere Inc. December 2021
PressBeanz Magazine. “Quantum Logic Gates: The Next Logical Step” in Beanz Magazine. August 2021
PressQTurkey. QTurkey, “Quantum JavaScript.” May 2020
PressPlain English. Quantum JavaScript’s 1 year anniversary by Stewart Smith on Medium. April 2020
PressHacker News. Quantum JavaScript on “Show HN” / Hacker News. April 2020
PressLobsters. Quantum JavaScript on Lobsters, posted by Hail_Spacecake. April 2020
PressReddit. Quantum JavaScript on Reddit. April 2020
PressQuantum Open Source Foundation. Quantum JavaScript on Quantum Open Source Foundation’s “List of Open Quantum Projects.” April 2020
PressHacker News. Beep.js on Hacker News forum, submitted by ChrisArchitect. November 2019
PressSpace Rocks—WebXR technical deep dive by Stewart Smith. May 2018
AwardWebby Awards. Google’s “WebVR Experiments” gallery awarded nominee status for Technical Achievement in Websites and Mobile Sites category—three years after debut. (Featured my “Day and Night” experience as one of its few entries upon launch.) May 2018
AwardWebby Awards. “Dance Tonite” awarded honoree status for NetArt in Websites and Mobile Sites category. May 2018
Press“LCD Soundsystem: the ‘Dance Tonite’ VR music experience” by Dutch Digital Design. March 2018
ExhibitionPrinceton University Art Museum. “Exit” exhibited at the Princeton University Art Museum. January 2018
PressGitHub code repository for Moar Tech’s “Space Rocks.” December 2017
PressAnnouncement. Introducing Space Rocks (WebVR). December 2017
Press“LCD Soundsystem and Google VR team up for ‘Dance Tonite’” by Aaron Stanush for InVision. September 2017
AwardAwwwards. “Dance Tonite” Site of the Day on Awwwards. September 2017
Press“‘Dance Tonite’ is an Excellent (and groovy) Showcase of WebVR’s Potential” by Dominic Brennan for Road to VR. August 2017
PressDance with people around the world to LCD Soundsystem with Dance Tonite WebVR by Jacca-RouteNote for RouteNote Blog. August 2017
AwardThe FWA. “Dance Tonite” wins FWA’s Site of the Day award for Thursday, 24 August 2017. August 2017
AwardThe FWA. “Dance Tonite” wins FWA’s Site of the Month award for August 2017. August 2017
Press“LCD Soundsystem release stunning and interactive ‘Dance Tonite’ VR experience” by Melody Siganporia for EDM.com. August 2017
Press“LCD Soundsystem Launches VR Dance Party Experience” by Jonathan Nafarrete for VRScout. August 2017
PressThe Making Of Dance Tonite by LCD Soundsystem on YouTube. August 2017
PressLCD Soundsystem’s Latest Music Video Is an Interactive Virtual Reality Dance Performance by Janko Roettgers for Variety. August 2017
Press“Dance Tonite” open-source code repository on GitHub. August 2017
Press“LCD Soundsystem Launch ‘Dance Tonite’ VR Experience” by Peter Helman for Stereogum. August 2017
Press“LCD Soundsystem Launches ‘Dance Tonite’ VR Experience” by Anna Tingley for Billboard. August 2017
Press“LCD Soundsystem Share ‘Dance Tonite’ VR Experience” by Braudie Blais-Billie for Pitchfork. August 2017
PressDance Tonite, an ever-changing VR collaboration by LCD Soundsystem and fans by Jeff Nusz for Google’s “The Keyword” blog. August 2017
PressDance Tonite in WebVR by Jonathan Puckey for Google’s Web Dev blog. August 2017
ExhibitionGoogle Experiments. “Dance Tonite” on “Experiments with Google” collection. August 2017
Press“LCD Soundsystem's new VR experience lets you join the dance party” by Suzanne Ciechalski for Mashable. August 2017
Press“LCD Soundsystem Preview New “Dance Tonite” VR Experience With New Song” by Sam Sodomsky for Pitchfork. June 2017
Press“The Future of VR for Google is on the Open Web with WebVR & WebAR” by Kent Bye for Voices of VR. May 2017
ExhibitionGoogle I/O. “Dance Tonite” premiered at Google I/O 2017. May 2017
ExhibitionSeoul Museum of Art. “Exit” exhibited as part of “The Collection of the Fondation Cartier” at the Seoul Museum of Art. March 2017
ExhibitionZKM. Featured in the exhibition “Deterritorialized Complexity” at the Center for Art and Media (ZKM) in Karlsruhe, Germany. October 2016
ExhibitionGoogle Experiments. “Giant Emoji” (also known as “Gmoji”) included in “Android Experiments” collection. August 2016
ExhibitionGoogle I/O. “Giant Emoji” (also known as “Gmoji”) premiered at Google I/O. May 2016
ExhibitionPalais De Tokyo. “Exit” exhibited at the Palais De Tokyo in Paris. November 2015
AwardWebby Awards. “Chrome Cube Lab” awarded honoree status for “Technical Achievement” in the Websites and Mobile Sites category. May 2015
AwardWebby Awards. “Chrome Cube Lab” awarded honoree status for “Game or Application” in the Advertising, Media & PR category. May 2015
AwardWebby Awards. Google’s “WebVR Experiments” gallery debut wins “People’s Voice” award for Experimental & Innovation in Apps & Software category. (Featured my “Day and Night” experience as one of its few entries upon launch.) May 2015
PressGitHub. The Beep.js code repository has over 1,000 stars on GitHub. May 2015
PressTwitter. Tweets tagged with #BeepJS on Twitter. April 2015
PressHacker News. Beep.js on Hacker News forum, submitted by elnn. April 2015
ExhibitionGoogle Experiments. Beep.js on Google’s Chrome Experiments website. April 2015
PressHacker News. Beepjs. on Hacker News forum, submitted by traxmaxx. March 2015
PatentUnited States Patent and Trademark Office. US Patent US20160050166A1: Expressing statements in messages with personalized expression style. August 2014
PressPBS News Hour. So you want to create your own Rubik’s Cube. June 2014
AwardCannes Lions. “Racer: A Chrome Experiment” awarded a Gold Cannes Lion for “Creative Use Of Technology” in the “Innovative Technology for Mobile” category. June 2014
AwardCannes Lions. “Racer: A Chrome Experiment” awarded a Bronze Cannes Lion for “Games” in the “Services” category. June 2014
PressFast Company. Why the Rubik’s Cube fascinates designers. (Thanks for featuring screen grabs from my Rubik’s Cube Explorer. May 2014
PressCBS News. Google celebrates Rubik's Cube 40th anniversary with doodle you can play. May 2014
PressE Online. Google celebrates the 40th anniversary of the Rubik's Cube with an addictive new Doodle. May 2014
PressGoogle via Twitter. Get to know the #RubiksCube from a few new angles with Chrome Cube Lab. May 2014
PressPop Sugar. Finally Solve a Rubik's Cube With a Little Help From Google. May 2014
PressWired Magazine. How Google Built Its 3-D Interactive Rubik's Cube Doodle. (Strange how I built the thing but receive no mention, eh? Try harder, Wired!) May 2014
PressEntertainment Weekly. Google Doodle celebrates Rubik's Cube's 40th birthday. May 2014
PressRubik’s Gift. The Rubik’s Cube featured on Google. May 2014
PressSilicon Republic. 40th anniversary of the Rubik’s Cube inspires interactive Google Doodle. May 2014
PressGothamist. How fast can you solve today’s Rubik’s Cube Google Doodle? May 2014
PressGoogle. Bringing the Rubik’s Cube to the next generation of problem solvers by Richard The. May 2014
PressLiberty Science Center. Rubik’s Cube Google Doodle goes beyond Rubik’s Cube. (Thank you for actually linking to my Rubik’s Cube Explorer. You might be the only ones to do so.) May 2014
PressThe Atlantic. The Best of Google Chrome Cube Lab's Custom Rubik’s Cubes. May 2014
PressGoogle Chrome Blog. Bringing the Rubik's Cube to the next generation of problem solvers. May 2014
AwardWebby Awards. “Roll It” nominated for Integrated Mobile Experience in the Apps & Software category. May 2014
AwardWebby Awards. “Racer: A Chrome Experiment” nominated for Social Gaming in the Apps & Software category. May 2014
PressBusiness Insider. Today’s Google Doodle lets you test your Rubik's Cube skills. May 2014
PressToday Show. Rubik's Cube turns 40, Google celebrates by wasting your day. May 2014
PressCNBC. Rubik’s Cube turns 40, and Google celebrates by giving it a Doodle. May 2014
PressUSA Today. Google turns its logo into giant Rubik’s Cube. May 2014
PressTime Magazine. Get ready to procrastinate: Today’s Google Doodle is an interactive Rubik’s Cube. May 2014
PressHuffington Post. You'll waste your whole day on this Rubik's Cube Google Doodle. May 2014
PressIndependent. Rubik's Cube invention: Google Doodle celebrates 40th anniversary of puzzle. May 2014
PressGoogle’s search homepage “doodle” for 19 May 2014. May 2014
PressGoogle’s Chrome’s Cube Lab. May 2014
ExhibitionExhibits Development Group.. Beyond Rubik’s Cube. April 2014
ExhibitionLiberty Science Center. Beyond Rubik’s Cube exhibition at Liberty Science Center in New Jersey. April 2014
PressTumblr posts tagged #Autocompose. February 2014
PressPopSugar: In a Love Letter Lockdown? Yahoo Mail Can Help. February 2014
Press100 million ways to say I love you with Yahoo Mail. February 2014
AwardThe FWA. “Roll It” wins FWA’s Mobile Site of the Day for 02 July 2013. July 2013
AwardThe FWA. “Roll It” wins FWA’s Site of the Month award for July 2013. July 2013
AwardThe FWA. “Roll It” wins FWA’s Cutting Edge Award. July 2013
AwardThe FWA. “Racer: A Chrome Experiments” wins FWA’s Mobile Site of the Day for 24 June 2013. June 2013
PressGoogle Developers Blog. Race across screens and platforms, powered by the mobile web. June 2013
AwardThe FWA. “Racer: A Chrome Experiments” wins FWA’s Cutting Edge Award. June 2013
PressSlate. Google’s “Roll It” experiment will turn your phone into a glorious time-waster. May 2013
PressFast Company. Turn your phone into a skeeball game with “Roll It”, Chrome’s addictive new experiment. May 2013
PressAdweek. Google’s new Chrome games are a dream come true. Is that a good thing? May 2013
PressPC Magazine. Chrome Experiments bring Skeeball, slot-car racing to the browser. May 2013
PressEngadget. Google's Roll It Chrome Experiment brings skee ball to your phone and browser. May 2013
PressCNet. Play Skee-Ball using Chrome on a computer, mobile device. May 2013
PressLA Times. Google releases new racing game playable with mobile Chrome browser. May 2013
PressGoogle Chrome Blog. Roll across platforms and race across screens with two new Chrome Experiments. May 2013
ExhibitionGoogle Experiments. Chrome Experiments. Introducing Roll It, a Chrome Experiment. May 2013
PressMashable. Google Brings Skeeball to Your Browser. May 2013
PressGizmodo. Bored This Thursday Afternoon? Try Google’s Awesome Little Slot Racer. May 2013
PressSpin Magazine. Stream Giorgio Moroder’s Disco Symphony for Google’s Mobile Racing Game. May 2013
PressThe Verge. Google Chrome Racer experiment connects Android and iOS devices for multiplayer gaming. May 2013
PressCNN Money. Chrome Racer: Google's coolest demo was also its least important. May 2013
PressPitchfork. Giorgio Moroder Shares New Track “Racer.” May 2013
PressStereogum. Giorgio Moroder—“Racer”. May 2013
PressMashable. ‘Racer’ in Chrome Creates a Track Across Devices May 2013
PressCNet. Play Google’s Chrome Racer game across multiple screens. May 2013
PressTechCrunch. Live From The Google I/O 2013 Keynote. May 2013
PressPremiered at Google I/O 2013 as a featured segment of Sundar Pichai’s keynote presentation, including a live on-stage demo. May 2013
PatentUnited States Patent and Trademark Office. US Patent US20150212786A1: Multiplayer game for display across multiple devices. May 2013
PressHans Belting, Andrea Buddensieg, Peter Weibel (eds). “The Global Contemporary and the Rise of the New Art Worlds.” MIT Press. March 2013
ExhibitionAkademie der Künste. Featured in the exhibition “Nothing to Declare: World Maps of Art since '89” at the Akademie der Künste in Berlin, Germany. February 2013
PressTerry Smith. “Thinking Contemporary Curating.” Independent Curators International. October 2012
PressKerstin Winking. “Review: ‘The Global Contemporary: Art Worlds After 1989.’” Third Text 26 no. 5. September 2012
InterviewIt’s Nice That. Interviewed by Rob Alderson for his article “Stewdio: Words Words Words @ Selfridges” regarding the “Word-a-coaster” collaboration with It’s Nice That. January 2012
ExhibitionSelfridges. On view at Selfridges in the corner display window, and from just inside the store. January 2012
PressGizmodo in The Best Song Ever Written About A Robot Friend by Mat Honan. December 2011
PressFirst published on AIGA’s “Design Envy” blog in November 2011. November 2011
ProfilePrint Magazine. Unmooring: Stewart Smith’s Quiet Critiques” by Justin Sullivan. October 2011
ExhibitionZKM. Premiered at the Center for Art and Media (ZKM) in Karlsruhe, Germany in the exhibition “The Global Contemporary: Art Worlds After '89.” September 2011
Interviewmuγricotodo*. Interviewed by Miguel Neumann for his article “Stewdio: teletransportación bovina desde Londres.” September 2011
ExhibitionMoMA. The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) Talk to Me exhibition in New York City. July 2011
ExhibitionNexus Studios. The Space Between exhibition in London. July 2011
PressIt’s Nice That. Maya Davies’ review of my “On Digital Experience” lecture; mixing art, design and code. Organized by design blog It’s Nice That. June 2011
PressIt’s Nice That. Announcement for upcoming “On Digital Experience” lecture, hosted by It’s Nice That. May 2011
PressIt’s Nice That. “Stewart Smith: Code Play” featured on It’s Nice That. April 2011
PressDomus. States of Design 01: Visualization by Paola Antonelli. April 2011
ExhibitionSFMOMA. San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA) exhibition How Wine Became Modern: Design + Wine 1976 to Now. November 2010
PressCreativity and Technology . Code Play lecture by Stewart Smith at the Creativity and Technology conference in London. November 2010
InterviewUses This. Interviewed by Danial Bogan for Uses This (originally called The Setup). August 2010
InterviewCore77. Interviewed by Lisa Smith for Core77 article “Starting Out: Stewart Smith, Designer/Artist/Programmer.” July 2010
PressStewdio Apple: London Edition. Stewart Smith discusses his graphic design studio, Stewdio, at the Regent Street Apple Store in London. June 2010
AwardWebby Awards. Google’s “Chrome Experiments” gallery debut awarded honoree status for NetArt in Websites and Mobile Sites category. (Featured my “Browser Pong” game as one of its experiments.) June 2010
ExhibitionAzkuna Zentroa. Opened at the Azkuna Zentroa—Alhóndiga Bilbao in Bilbao. May 2010
PressThe Unofficial Apple Weblog Apple-related discussion forum. May 2010
Press9to5 Mac Apple-related discussion forum. May 2010
PressDaring Fireball blog. May 2010
PressWaxy.org: Links by Andy Baio. May 2010
PressPanic Inc's company blog. May 2010
InterviewCreativity Online. “Face to face with the brains behind iQuit, Browser Pong and other experiments in digital fun” by Jamie Kim for Creativity Online (AdAge). March 2010
PressStewdio Apple. Stewart Smith discusses his graphic design studio, Stewdio, at the SoHo Apple Store in New York City. February 2010
ExhibitionGoogle Experiments. Browser Pong included in Google Chrome Experiments. January 2010
PressSlashdot Games Story: Browser Pong by Soulskill. December 2009
InterviewIt’s Nice That. “2009 Review: Stewart Smith” by Will Hudson for It’s Nice That. December 2009
PressIt’s Nice That. Browser Pong featured on It’s Nice That. December 2009
PressDigg. December 2009
PressKotaku: Browser Pong More Fun That It Sounds by Luke Plunkett. December 2009
PressBoing Boing. December 2009
PressMeta Filter. December 2009
PressDaring Fireball: Browser Pong by John Gruber. December 2009
PressLaughing Squid: Browser Pong by Scott Beale. December 2009
PressHacker News. Hacker News: Browser Pong by Marcus Booster. December 2009
InterviewKunsthal Charlottenborg. Interviewed along with collaborator Robert Gerard Pietrusko during the opening of “Exit” at the Kunsthal Charlottenborg. December 2009
ExhibitionKunsthal Charlottenborg. Exit exhibited at the Kunsthal Charlottenborg in Copenhagen. December 2009
PressCimatics Festival "Altered States" in Brussels. November 2009
AwardThe One Club for Creativity. The Art Directors Club recognizes Stewart Smith among its Young Guns 7 class. October 2009
ExhibitionProcessing Gallery. Processing.org, Curated selection of Processing software. July 2009
PressIt’s Nice That. Featured in It's Nice That, premiere print issue. April 2009
PressLinked from John Nack's Adobe Blog. February 2009
PressFeatured on Ironic Sans. February 2009
PressUrban China Bootlegged by C-Lab for Volume. Exits. February 2009
ExhibitionRhizome. Broadcast on Rhizome.org. January 2009
PressLe Monde. Le desordre du monde en images. December 2008
PressInternational Harold Tribune. New tools to help with information overload. December 2008
PressEsquire: Best and Brightest Issue. Four Innovative Mapmakers Re-inventing the Very Idea of Maps. Volume 150, Number 6. December 2008
PressLe Monde Magazine. Number 249. November 2008
ExhibitionFondation Cartier. Premiered at the Fondation Cartier in Paris as part of the Terre Natale ("Native Land") exhibition. November 2008
ExhibitionPluto Festival. Pluto Festival in Belgium. October 2008
PressObserved on Design Observer. February 2008
PressPosted on Lined & Unlined. December 2007
PressRocketboom video blog. November 2007
PressDesign Observer design forum. November 2007
PressFeatured on Kottke.org. April 2007
PressFeatured on Information Aesthetics. March 2007
PressImpakt NL digital festival. August 2006
PressRes Magazine and DVD. July 2006
ExhibitionOneDotZero. OneDotZero UK digital festival. June 2006
AwardShort Attention Span Digital Video Festival. “Jed’s Other Poem” wins Audience Award at Short Attention Span Digital Video Festival. March 2006
ExhibitionArtefact Festival. Artefact Festival for art and new media in Belgium. February 2006
PressSpecialten DVD Magazine, No 13. February 2006
PressRocketboom video blog. November 2005
PressCreative Review's "Creative Futures" special issue, pages 102-103. November 2005
PressVintage Computer Festival / Homebrew Computer Club 30th Anniversary address by David Freeman. November 2005
PressNewstoday courtesy of Mark Owens and Matt Owens. September 2005
ExhibitionAIGA. AIGA's "Type,Write" installation of expressive typography at AIGA's annual design conference. September 2005
AwardWriter’s Digest. Tweed Magazine wins Honorable Mention from the National Zine Contest. June 2001