The Human Archives
Clothing that links to digital stories about science, culture, and invention.
Overview
The product pairs physical hoodies with NFC/QR that open artifact pages (short, factual stories). New artifacts are released in small batches.
My Role
- Product direction and roadmap
- Design system for artifacts and pages
- Frontend engineering and performance
- Content pipeline from markdown → web
What’s Built
- NFC/QR flow → artifact page
- Content model for artifacts (title, summary, sources, media)
- Static site pipeline for reliability and speed
- Live website with artifact stories
Stack
- Web: Static site (content-driven)
- Content: Markdown + frontmatter from public repo
- Deploy: GitHub Pages / Actions (content); dedicated domain for site
Status
- Live: https://thehumanarchives.com
- Continuing to add artifacts and stories
Links
- Website: https://thehumanarchives.com