About Elxsis

Elxsis works at the intersection of computation and scientific imagination, developing visual research across dynamical systems, astrophysical data, quantum structures, and emergent mathematical forms. The studio treats models, simulations, and datasets as raw material, looking for structure, behaviour, and surprise.

Some work is developed for MXWLL, where experiments are published as part of a living library of visual research. Other work is developed for different contexts, including public screenings, exhibitions, and collaborations with institutions and museums. The aim is to build methods and works that can live comfortably on a phone screen, a website, or in a room.

Elxsis is led by Simon Tyler, a UK-based designer, artist, and illustrator. Since 2013 he has been developing research-led visual work through Atomic Printworks, now Axisophy, alongside publishing and illustration projects for Faber, Pavilion, and Laurence King.

Simon originally studied biochemistry and the history and philosophy of science, and continues to approach image-making as visual research, shaped as much by scientific curiosity as by graphic design.

Elxsis is closely linked to MXWLL, a digital platform built to present science with the care usually reserved for the best design objects. In practice, Elxsis can function as a studio source for computational experiments that are then published and evolved through MXWLL.

Elxsis also sits alongside Axisophy, which focuses on editioned works and print-led releases. These are different outputs with different audiences, but they share the same habits of work: systems thinking, iteration, and a preference for things that are built carefully rather than dressed up at the end.