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The current design of this website is determined by an algorithm. It uses live weather and astronomy data from our location in Oxford, UK to create a unique & unrepeatable composition.
Wind
The wind speed is 5mph, so the typography is a little bit distorted.
Time
It's 18:36 – this determines the primary colour and the position of the gradient, and because it's nighttime the colour is dark rather than light. Today's date, the 8th of February 2026 causes the contrast to shift and the gradient is rotated too. The gradient is also affected by sunrise at 07:35 and sunset at 17:02.
UV
The UV index is 0.3 so the colours are not very saturated.
Weather
The condition is Rain so the composition is very blurry, the gradient is darker and less saturated. There's a 75% cloud layer to match the sky.
Credits
This website was designed by Jake Dow-Smith Studio.

Our journal

Fig's Journal is a space for sharing the research and development of our projects and providing insight into Fig’s wider activities and interests.

Commissioned artists JC Niala and Eleanor Greenhalgh will be publishing reflections on their creative process and sharing work-in-progress throughout the year.

More about us
Journal — December 2025 The Waiting List – Book Launch
Journal — July 2024 Article Published on Greenspace & Us
Event — October 2023 Lumigraph Tinctoria – Natural Dyeing Workshop – October 22
Article — October 2023 Resilience & Renewal
by Rosie McLean & Patrick Mannion
Article — May 2022 JC Niala – Reading & Interviews – Videos
Article — May 2022 1918 Allotment Book Launch & Discussion Event – Videos
JC Niala with 'Portal: 1918 Allotment' publication at the Old Fire Station, Oxford, March 2022.
Article — March 2022 Growing Connections
by JC Niala
Seedling pots made from pages of 'Portal' book in window of the Old Fire Station, Oxford.
Article — March 2022 Sowing the Seed
by JC Niala
Still from Benjamin Huguet's collaborative film with JC Niala at Elder Stubbs
Article — March 2022 Books, Bacteria and Good Byes…
by JC Niala
Events — March 2022 JC Niala – Exhibition, Book Launch & Discussion Event
Page spread from 'Portal: 1918 Allotment' by JC Niala
Article — March 2022 Keeping Allotments Going
by JC Niala
Produce from the 1918 Allotment we shared with the audience at reading events in 2021
Article — February 2022 Nature Journaling: bringing the outside in
by JC Niala
Montage used in forthcoming publication Portal: 1918 Allotment
Article — February 2022 Growing Losses
by JC Niala
Heart shaped pin cushion owned by Miss Beatrice E. Stevens who died in the influenza pandemic of 1918–19, while serving with the French Red Cross in Europe. Courtesy of Museum of English Rural Life. Object 55/782.
Article — October 2021 A Seasonal Break
by JC Niala
Participant at Elder Vernacular workshop, Sept 2021
Article — October 2021 Of Waters and Plants
by Nor Greenhalgh
Pears advertisement from Punch magazine, July 1918. Courtesy of the Catherine Procter Collection.
Article — September 2021 Hidden Figures
by JC Niala
Events — September 2021 Elder Vernacular Events >> Oct – Nov
Laura and audience at the 1918 Allotment
Article — September 2021 Here’s Paradise Instead
by Laura Theis
Reading to audience at the 1918 Allotment
Article — September 2021 A Harvest Exchange
by JC Niala
1918 Allotment entry to the 'vegetable display' category of the Elder Stubbs Vegetable Show and winner of 'Best in Show'. Basket included turnips, beetroot, squash, potatoes and carrots.
Article — September 2021 Best in Show
by JC Niala
Events — August 2021 Artist’s Talk by Eleanor Greenhalgh Aug 14 // Poetry Readings by JC Niala + guests Aug-Sept 2021
Edgar Kiewe's bottle of 'brightest Oxford ochre'. Oxfordshire History Centre.
Article — August 2021 Of Coloured Stones
by Nor Greenhalgh
Article — July 2021 Opening up – to visitors
by JC Niala
1918 Allotment plot (nearest) and neighbouring plots on Elder Stubbs Allotments, July 2021
Article — July 2021 Boundaries – Imagined and real
by JC Niala
Article — July 2021 Plots Beyond the Fence
by JC Niala
Tiles emerge from the pit fire ashes.
Article — July 2021 Of The Earths
by Nor Greenhalgh
Article — July 2021 In The Blood
by JC Niala
First strawberry of the year on the 1918 Allotment, June 2021
Article — July 2021 The Right to Wellbeing
by JC Niala
Allotment Movement in WW1 (Postcard), 1917. Artist Unknown. Garden Museum Collection (No. 1999.481)
Article — June 2021 Allotments & their diverse folk
by JC Niala
1918 Allotment plot on Elder Stubbs Allotment, Oxford, April 2021
Article — June 2021 Being Outside the Box
by JC Niala
Article — June 2021 Elder Vernacular: Beginnings
by Nor Greenhalgh
Elder Stubbs Allotment, June 2021
Article — June 2021 A Lot of Healing
by JC Niala
Seating, log and rhubarb on 1918 Allotment, Elder Stubbs Allotment, May 2021
Article — June 2021 Battles with Nature
by JC Niala
Plot sign on Elder Stubbs Allotment made by Andrew Little, 2021
Article — May 2021 Dig for Vitality
by JC Niala
UK school children at work on an allotment allocated for wartime vegetable production on school playing fields. Horace Nicholls (1918). Imperial War Museum Q30855.
Article — May 2021 A 1918 Allotment in 2021
by JC Niala