Toto Tvalavadze

Hi, I’m Toto—software engineer, fine-art photographer, gallery curator, and independent interface researcher.

This is my working notebook exploring photography processes, handbound books, creative systems, and humane interfaces—a place to log experiments, publish essays, and ship tools.

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The Flâneur is an even more meandering version of this website and perhaps the best way to follow me — Instagram is also a-okay too.

Projects

A few projects I’m proud of and focused on. See all 28 projects.

Plaintext Commons – Manifesto for keeping long-form knowledge in durable, human- and agent-friendly files.
Arrowhead CLI – helps AI agents and command-line tools make sense of your Obsidian vault
Unbound Notebook System – an analog notebook system that is friendly to thinking and exploration

Notes

2026-09

After the wedding celebration in Tbilisi, I feel like I’m a little past the halfway mark on the insane list of things I decided to do this year. I’m not into astrology in the slightest, but Ludo says it’s the Year of the Fire Horse, and, oh boy, it definitely feels like being strapped to one.

A weight is off my shoulders now that the party at Mutant Radio, one of our favorite places in the city, is behind us. I can slowly ease back into the rhythm of normal life. I miss photo projects, making physical things, and being in a studio. On the software side, though, I’ve been productive, which does keep the creative worm in my brain happy.

I still have a massive project ahead of me: moving out of Tokyo in January and wrapping things up there. For some reason, it doesn’t feel as hard as everything else I’ve done this year. And then there is Paris Photo, which I’m actually excited about. Onward, forward.

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