Pitaru Paterson

We're a research & development group with one foot in Montreal and the other in Brooklyn. Most of our time over the past 10 years has been spent trying to answer questions like:

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  If you were a counting robot with a family of ghosts living in your torso, what would be your favorite song?
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  What's the best way to understand & address risk when growing your money?
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  Is there any better place to teach people how to code than around the kitchen table?
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  How could one draw as freely in 3D space as they would with a ballpoint and a cheap piece of looseleaf?
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  What if we could sculpt sound as though we were throwing pottery?
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  Shouldn't there be a game that provides the same sort of tactile reward as popping a great zit?
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  Wouldn't it be wonderful if there was an easy way to send someone a handwritten email?
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  Could the process of creating animation ever be as immediate as playing a harmonica?
  (a flash oldie, sorry iOS users!)
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  What do choreography & programming have in common?
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  Can you bottle childlike delight?
  (a flash oldie, sorry iOS users!)
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  What's the ultimate paper airplane design?
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  What does it feel like right before you launch?

If you have any thoughts you'd like to share, or ideas about how we might work together, get in touch!

We'll leave you with 2 videos that resonate with us:
One of John Cleese on creativity, and the other of Rich Hickey on problem solving.

Yours Truly,

- James Paterson & Amit Pitaru