The Dry Text Co.

Self-published

Self-published.

Everything on the work page had a client. These didn’t.

the client was us. the client was difficult.

Shelf · 01

Faro Ahmedabad

Ahmedabad’s market streets, rebuilt in 3D. Walk one, step into the shops, pay nothing. Shopkeepers pay to be on it properly.

faro means lighthouse. it points people somewhere.

The Faro Gurukul Street opening screen: a 3D clothing street at dusk under festival lights, with an entrance arch reading Gurukul Street and padharo in GujaratiWalk Gurukul Street →

Gurukul Road, Memnagar · prototype, version 1 · opens in a new tab, works on a phone

Built so far

Twelve shops, six a side, each with a signboard in both languages and an interior you can walk into. An avatar maker, a search with filters, a mini map, and a lighthouse at the end of the road. Runs on a phone.

Next: the street survey, then Law Garden and Manek Chowk.

the shops in it are invented. the street is not.

Shelf · 02

Nom Nom

QR ordering for cafes. Scan the table, read the menu, order. You still pay at the counter, because nobody asked for another payment screen.

every qr menu in this city is a pdf that won’t zoom.

Built so far

Three working menus, for three invented cafes. Open them on a phone:

Next: the counter screen, and the first real cafe.

orders in them go nowhere. deliberately.

More when they’re ready.

Each goes out under its own name, with ours in small type at the bottom. Run a cafe, or a shop on a street worth walking? We would rather hear from you early.

no brief. no deadline. somehow still late.