Teshima Industrial Automata
builds performers.

Our units are not people,
and are not presented as such.

We make them as close to people
as we are able,
and we stop there.

Nothing about how a unit is made
is hidden. Some of it is not finished.

Unit 001 is called Noctua.
Its first output is a song.

UnitDesignationStateOutputReleased
Unit 001, dorsal view. Surface incomplete.
Designation
Noctua
Written by
J. F. Sebastian
Voice
Female, soft, slight lisp
Surface
Facial and anterior complete. Dorsal incomplete.
Output 01
Mimic. Single. Release date pending.
Instagram
@noctua.tia
2026-10-17Released for output. Dorsal surface left incomplete. 2026-10-09Pigment, posterior. Suspended. Priority given to voice. 2026-10-02Pigment, anterior and facial. Complete. 2026-09-11Unit 001 commissioned.
002No unit assigned
003No unit assigned

References

  1. 1

    Liew, Zell. “Why is Vertical Rhythm an Important Typography Practice?” 24 February 2016. zellwk.com/blog/why-vertical-rhythms

  2. 2

    Suzuki, Takeru. 「音楽、数学、タイポグラフィ」 [Music, mathematics, typography]. ÉKRITS, 20 February 2020. ekrits.jp/2020/02/3309

  3. 3

    Müller-Brockmann, Josef. Grid Systems in Graphic Design. Niggli, 1981. niggli.ch

  4. 4

    IBM. “2x Grid.” IBM Design Language. ibm.com/design/language/2x-grid

Colophon

  1. Typeface

    Messina Sans, Messina Sans Mono, by Luzi Gantenbein. Outlines shown under amendment I, Glyph Outline Display. Luzi Type. luzi-type.ch

  2. Written with

    Claude Code, Anthropic. claude.com/claude-code

  3. Hosted on

    Cloudflare Workers, Cloudflare. workers.cloudflare.com