JakobNygard

Building the next generation of social interfaces.

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I’m a Norwegian designer, developer and researcher based in Tokyo. At Keio University’s Graduate School of Media Design, I build alternatives to the algorithmic feed.

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Projects, past and present

Work

Concept
Social media as a map you explore, not a feed that decides for you.
- Research
- 2025–now
- Keio KMD
TAIKA耐火
A fire-retardant coating grown from mushroom waste.
- Biodesign
- 2026
- Silver, Biodesign Challenge
- National runner-up, James Dyson Award
earthenjoyer (external site)
logins.appcoming soon

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Prototypes you can try

Lab

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rhizomeConcept[Research]
Explore social media as a map.
Try it now: Rhizome read more: Rhizome

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Essays and research writing

Papers

How technology shapes what we see, think and share, and how it could bring people closer instead of further apart. The writing here ranges from the technical, like knowledge graphs, recommendation algorithms and how AI organizes information, to longer essays on attention, agency and what social media is doing to us. Research notes sit next to opinion, all of it circling the same question.coming soon

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