Between Venice and the Next AI Workshop

AI tools, new visuals, and what it looks like when everything’s in motion but nothing’s finished yet.

Marius Jopen

05 May 2025 — 3 min read

Dear friends,

many things are cooking at the same time, so I thought I’d share a quick overview of what’s currently going on.

By the time you read this, we’re probably on our way to Venice. As mentioned before, Klaus Stille and I were commissioned to do the graphic design for the Hong Kong pavilion at the Venice Biennale. We did that and now we want to see how it looks like.

At the same time, I’m preparing a couple of AI workshops and doing some deep research into different topics around AI.

Once I find a bit more time, I’ll share some of the things I have learned. I feel very happy that I get the chance to dive into this super interesting topic and share it with others.

A year ago, I also mentioned that we (our studio 100k) were working on a website for a large cultural online platform. That project will go live soon(!)

And we are also still tweaking our AI app. It’s not ready to be released yet, but we’re getting closer.

Then I got back into Midjourney. They released a new model, and it’s been really fun play with it. The images you see here are all made by remixing older stuff I generated.

I’ve also been thinking about opening a small online shop to sell some of my artwork as limited editions. But I don't have time… I'm waiting for the rainy days to come…

One more thing that’s been on my mind: Maybe people don’t really read the newsletter anymore because I also post videos where I read the entire thing out loud.

So I am thinking of how I can increase the number of my subscribers but still share my journey on social media.