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Expanding the Imaginative Powers: Beyond Yesterday's Software
Product design proposal and interaction manifesto for Midjourney by Alex Headlam. A working chip-based prompt session, an optical prompt compiler, and selected visual work.
Selected work, made with Midjourney.
Click any piece to view it full size. Pieces with a published prompt can be sent straight into the live prompt below.
Build a prompt by making choices.
Pick the pieces. Generate an image. Move through your canvas and branch into a new direction.
- 01 Select chips
- 02 Compose a prompt
- 03 Generate & branch
Your next direction starts here.
Select chips or type a prompt above, then Generate image.
Each result gets its own panels — add to any one of them to keep going.
Images stay in this browser.
Live prompt
[DRAFT]Choose a chip to begin. Add as many ideas as you want.
Choose chips to change the draft.
PRESET SUBSTRATES // SURFACE · MATERIAL · ERA (MANIFEST-BACKED)
[ACTIVE SUBSTRATES: LOADING MANIFEST...]
Session trail
Load a saved prompt, change a few chips, and save a new branch.
Your saved prompts will appear here.
Adjust the physical camera and material parameters below to see how physical optical controls compile directly into editable Midjourney prompt text. This prototype calls the prompt compiler API; it does not generate images.
COMPILED MIDJOURNEY PROMPT OUTPUT:
[EXAMPLE OUTPUT / EDIT TO COMPILE]
liquid chrome kinetic sculpture suspended in server hall rendered in Liquid Chrome, Acid Green Strobe illumination, shot on 70mm Prime, precision specular highlights, tactile physical presence, cinematic composition --ar 16:9 --style raw --s 750 --c 10 --v 6.1
01 // ROVERSI X ROTHKO — PHOSPHOR THRESHOLD I
Series: Optical Field Studies (8x10 Polaroid Diffusion)
monolithic translucent color field suspended in darkened atelier, Paolo Roversi 8x10 Polaroid lighting, Mark Rothko luminous pigment horizon, deep oxblood and carbon black --ar 4:5 --style raw --s 250 --v 6.1
Lens: 85mm TelephotoLight: ChiaroscuroStylize: 250
02 // ROVERSI X ROTHKO — PHOSPHOR THRESHOLD II
Series: Optical Field Studies (8x10 Polaroid Diffusion)
draped silhouette emerging from amber fog, tactile grain, Paolo Roversi soft long-exposure portrait optics, Rothko stacked color blocks, tungsten falloff --ar 4:5 --style raw --s 250 --v 6.1
Lens: 85mm TelephotoLight: Fluorescent AmberStylize: 250
03 // ACID ARTIFACT — CAUSTIC CHROME SPECIMEN I
Series: Industrial Specular Hardware
liquid chrome kinetic sculpture suspended in server hall, caustic green laser refraction, macro industrial hardware photography, sharp specular highlights --ar 16:9 --style raw --s 750 --v 6.1
Lens: 70mm PrimeLight: Acid Green StrobeStylize: 750
04 // ACID ARTIFACT — CAUSTIC CHROME SPECIMEN II
Series: Industrial Specular Hardware
anodized titanium optical assembly on wet basalt slab, high-speed 1/8000s strobe freeze, micro-machined bevels, caustic glass refraction --ar 16:9 --style raw --s 750 --v 6.1
Lens: 50mm AnamorphicLight: High Speed StrobeStylize: 750
05 // TACTICAL MONASTIC — BRUTALIST ATRIUM I
Series: Architectural Materiality
monastic cloister cast in board-formed concrete, technical matte nylon drapery, directional skylight cutting through mist, architectural quietude --ar 4:5 --style raw --s 500 --v 6.1
Lens: 35mm WideLight: Directional SkylightStylize: 500
06 // RELIC SPECIMEN — ARCHIVAL VITRINE I
Series: Museum Conservation Studies
excavated bronze and aerogel relic inside archival glass vitrine, forensic macro lighting, volcanic stone pedestal, cataloged museum specimen --ar 4:5 --style raw --s 500 --v 6.1
Lens: 70mm PrimeLight: ChiaroscuroStylize: 500
ALEQTH.COM // DESIGNED & OPERATED BY ALEX HEADLAM