The studio & its crest
Curiosity, given
something to do.
1799 is Adam Turner’s independent software studio, home to projects as different as a local-events explorer, vocabulary games, and tools for working with AI.
The name comes from the year the Rosetta Stone was discovered. Translation is a useful way to think about the work: taking an idea someone can describe, but cannot yet use, and making it work in the world.
A small world inside an oval
The crest was conceived as something an accomplished artist in 1799 might have made: a limited palette, hand-worked lettering, and every element contained within its border.
A ship in port stands for exploration. The Rosetta Stone brings language into the picture. A meteor shower turns our attention upward; an old-fashioned lynx keeps watch below. A balloon carries a discreet nod to Montgolfier, while the parachuting woman recalls Jeanne Labrosse.
The motto is idioma universal — “universal language.” It is an original, modern crest, not a claim to an inherited coat of arms or a studio founded in 1799.
The work, rather than the template
Each project gets its own character. Suumer should feel like an invitation to go out. VocabuQuery should feel like a game worth playing. The studio’s job is to make the software serve that purpose.