FormFeelingFunction®

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Mission

FormFeelingFunction® is a creative lab led by Carl Barenbrug and Manu Moreale, dedicated to building digital and analog products, along with web design and consultation. Guided by simplicity, taste, and purpose, we prioritize experimental and utilitarian design, placing creativity above growth. We invite conversation and collaboration with like-minded designers, artists, and engineers to craft unique tools and experiences that inspire thoughtful craft and serve as reference points for exceptional and conceptual design.

We’re guided by the following principles:

  • Form follows feeling, just as form follows function.
  • Create for clear and intuitive experiences.
  • Craft with care for the details.
  • Be influenced by taste, not by trends.
  • Design for tomorrow, not today.
  • Build for people, not for plaudits.
  • Always question additions—only include what is necessary.

We aim to unify simplicity and aesthetics with high-performing web experiences that resist trends and remain timeless.

Local Log

Local Log is a minimal and open-source macOS journaling app built for fast, frictionless capture. It lets you record both text and video entries in one quiet, focused space, with everything stored locally on your Mac for privacy and simplicity. No accounts, no cloud dependency, no clutter—just a clean archive of your thoughts, searchable and always yours. With autosave, editable entry titles, keyboard shortcuts, and light and dark mode support, Local Log is designed to stay out of the way so you can get straight to logging.

View GitHub repo and download directly for free.

Magnetic logo

A playful object exploring connection through form.

This 3D-printed desk accessory reimagines our logo as three distinct parts — the three Fs — magnetically joined. Designed for interaction, it invites tactile rearrangement, allowing multiple configurations that reflect the flexible spirit of FFF. Both decorative and functional, it acts as a quiet companion on the desk or even the fridge: part sculpture, part fidget, part identity.

Developed in collaboration with designer and maker Ken Giang.

If you would like a set made to order the magnets for $40.00, just email us.

The Forest

A web experiment that revives the feeling of the early internet—unpredictable, exploratory, and human. Built as a single-button experience, it connects visitors to personal websites at random, encouraging curiosity and discovery beyond algorithms.

The design draws inspiration from the classic System 6 Mac OS and the Macintosh Plus, reinterpreted through bespoke iconography.

Visit theforest.link

FFF Uniform Tee

The FFF uniform tee. Crafted from heavyweight fabric, it offers incredible comfort and durability. Featuring black embroidered FFF detailing on the chest and ФФФ embroidered on both sleeves, it’s a subtle yet distinctive nod to our minimal aesthetic. The relaxed cut with drop shoulders ensures a laid-back silhouette and unisex appeal.

• 100% premium carded cotton
• Fabric weight: 6.5 oz./yd.² (220 g/m²)
• High moisture absorbency
• Unisex style
• Oversized fit with drop shoulders
• Ribbed collar

If you would like to order one for $40.00, just email us.

FFF Branding

For the FormFeelingFunction® logo, we embraced a simple yet strict design constraint: the 1:1 aspect ratio. This square format, which runs consistently throughout our website layout and visual identity, became the foundation for the logo itself.

The mark consists of three bold capital F’s, each constructed within a perfect square. By limiting the design to geometric forms and equal proportions, we created a system that reflects FFF’s philosophy — a balance of structure, constraint, and intuition. The result is a logo that feels modular, scalable, and quietly expressive without relying on embellishment.

This grid-based approach also lends itself naturally to future extensions of the identity, allowing the mark to sit comfortably alongside our work, whether it be digital or analog.

Hidden Wallpapers

A small collection of wallpapers specifically designed for the iPhone (but will look great on any smartphone). With these gradient style designs, we’ve carefully blended the colors with those of the iOS dock background and the iPhone’s oh-so-loved notch (although less of an issue with the newer dynamic island), which near perfectly hides them.

Depending on your phone’s size, you might have to use the perspective zoom when applying any of the 8 available walls to find the right fit. And set your phone to dark mode.

Download these and make your home screen even sleeker!

NOTE: this doesn’t play well with iOS26 and its glass UI.

If you would like the set for free, just email us and we’ll send them over.

0x000

A black 100% cotton long sleeve shirt that plays on the opposite initialism of FFF (FormFeelingFunction®), instead using 000, which is also the hex code for black. and the print on the back is the hex integer value of black used in programming. it's a subtle and nerdy design concept with an understated aesthetic. The fit runs loose.

  • 100% carded cotton
  • Fabric weight: 8.2 oz./yd.² (278 g/m²)
  • Yarn diameter: 26 singles
  • Oversized fit
  • Side-seamed construction
  • Wide neck and cuff ribbing
  • Double-needle stitch on hems
  • Preshrunk to minimize shrinkage

Note: the heavier cotton fabric absorbs more ink, resulting in a softer, slightly more blended look to the print

If you would like to order one for $35.00, just email us.

0xFFF

A white 100% cotton long sleeve shirt that plays on the initialism of FFF (FormFeelingFunction®), which is also the hex code for white. and the print on the back is the hex integer value of white used in programming. it's a subtle and nerdy design concept with an understated aesthetic. The fit runs loose.

  • 100% carded cotton
  • Fabric weight: 8.2 oz./yd.² (278 g/m²)
  • Yarn diameter: 26 singles
  • Oversized fit
  • Side-seamed construction
  • Wide neck and cuff ribbing
  • Double-needle stitch on hems
  • Preshrunk to minimize shrinkage

Note: the heavier cotton fabric absorbs more ink, resulting in a softer, slightly more blended look to the print

If you would like to order one for $35.00, just email us.