Follow it all
the way through.
24 guided journeys. Each stops at the components that make the next step possible.
Four journeys. Every system.
Follow the dependencies, the buffers and the conditions for recovery.
One morning, four systems
Follow an ordinary commute through the services that make it possible.
One interruption, different clocks
Discover why dependent services do not all stop together.
When rain crosses the network map
Follow one shared hazard across boundaries drawn for different services.
Power is back. What else must recover?
Follow service restoration through several independent conditions.
5 ways into electricity
Switch on a kettle
One small switch. A connected system.
From generation to appliance
A tour of the physical route.
When evening demand rises
What keeps a changing system balanced?
From midday solar to evening light
Follow energy through conversion, storage, and time.
Move a load, change the peak
Explore flexibility without confusing power with energy.
5 ways into water
Fill a glass of water
From a landscape to your kitchen
Follow water after the drain
Collection, treatment and the two paths out
When a water pump stops
A simple storage experiment, carefully bounded
Where does rain on a street go?
Trace runoff, shared capacity and the receiving water
From seawater to the tap
Follow the fresh-water stream and its less visible counterpart
5 ways into internet
Load a page on your phone
A request across a network of networks.
When a network path breaks
Redundancy helps only when it is usable.
Why the second visit can be faster
The trip that does not need repeating.
Send a photo while moving
Radio is the first part of a much longer trip.
Why a fast link can feel slow
Separate capacity from the waiting between actions.
5 ways into urban rail
Take a train across the city
Follow the passenger, then reveal the systems underneath.
When a longer stop travels down the line
Follow a small change through a connected timetable.
Follow a train’s energy
From the electricity supply to acceleration, then braking.
Before the first passenger boards
Follow a train from preparation to its first useful departure.
After heavy rain, before normal service
Follow water through the railway’s connected dependencies.