How to use it

Start here

DuoHand works the way a studio works: you say what the collection has to do, it comes back with directions, you argue, it builds. This is the shape of a run.

  1. 01

    Start a collection

    One body of work, holding the brief, the directions, the models, the sheets and the deck.

  2. 02

    Give it the brief

    Answer its questions. What you leave vague it asks about rather than guessing.

  3. 03

    Choose, and kill the rest

    Say which direction and why, and what is wrong with the others.

  4. 04

    Let it build

    Modelling and layout run on your machine through Bench, and every step that writes or runs asks first.

  5. 05

    Take the files

    They land in your folders, in the formats your workshop already uses.

Getting more out of it

Three habits that pay

  • Say why, not just no

    A reason travels to the next piece. A bare rejection teaches it very little.

  • Bring your archive

    Old collections tell it how you decide faster than any brief can.

  • Give it a whole chapter

    It works better on a job with an end than on one message at a time.

Questions

While you work

Can I stop it mid-job?

Yes, and you can refuse any single step when it asks.

Where do the files go?

Into your own folders, on your own machine.

How do I know what it cost?

Every answer carries its price, and long jobs report as they run.

Open it and start

A brief, or a photograph of something you have already made.