M:\

Creative
Pursuits

A conceptual operating system for creativity — every design, product, and artifact drafted on one grid, mounted to one directory.

8 divisions 01 product in build est. 2026 by Michael D. McLean

fig. 00 — the mark x 0000 · y 0000

Directory M:\

8 items · sorted A–Z

001 \Art Prints, design artifacts, visual output → 002 \Auto Vehicle form studies and surface design → 003 \Design Graphic, digital, and interface design work → 004 \Dwelling Furniture and spatial objects → 005 \Garment Apparel — CAP-001 corduroy pearl-rope cap active→ 006 \Object Technology accessories and lifestyle objects → 007 \People Portraiture, identity, and the human index → 008 \System Brand OS — guidelines, typography, tokens →

Open featured node

status · in production build

drawing no. 001scale 1:1

M:\Garment\CAP-001

CAP-001

Corduroy six-panel cap with a faux-pearl rope brim.

A structured corduroy cap carrying the backslash mark on the front panel and a pearl-rope detail running the brim — the signature object of the Garment division. Two colorways, sample-first, built to spec before any bulk run.

\notify --cap-001 →

Type: Six-panel, structured
Colorway A: Achieve Blue / ivory
Colorway B: Ecru crown / blue brim
Mark: Backslash, embroidered front
Signature: Faux-pearl rope, brim
Phase: Spec lock → sample
Status: ● in build

Protocol file → product

every release, same path

PHASE 01

\draft

The idea is drawn on the 24-unit grid. No grid, no file.

PHASE 02

\spec

Materials, dimensions, and colorways locked to the sheet.

PHASE 03

\sample

Built once, worn, revised. Nothing ships that wasn't lived in.

● CAP-001 is here

PHASE 04

\release

A small, numbered run. Then the file closes and the next opens.

System the design language

M:\System

Most brands are a mood board. M:\ is a filesystem.

Every garment, object, and print is a file with a path — drafted on the same 24-unit grid the mark itself was built on. Precision over noise, system over moment.

Primary: Achieve Blue · #1F4FD8
Display: Neue Haas Grotesk Display Pro
System: IBM Plex Mono
Module: 24 u base grid · accent every 5th line
Aesthetic: Swiss modernism · engineering grid
Index: Art · Auto · Design · Dwelling · Garment · Object · People · System