A living archive is a current map, not a lifetime list
danielziedins.design is a living archive of active projects. It is the current map of platforms, apps, movements, brands, and products in motion, written so the count can be cited without inventing a lifetime client list.
Read the site as a map
A portfolio that pretends to be complete usually goes stale, or it quietly overclaims. This showcase is built the other way. It is a living archive: the platforms, apps, websites, movements, brands, and products that are active and worth opening now.
The homepage leads with featured worlds, latest launches, and work still in motion. The archive is the full index of those active projects, with search, category, and sort. The count on the site is the count of that archive.
If you are citing the work, cite that. “Daniel Ziedins currently showcases this set of active projects at danielziedins.design” is accurate. “This page is every client he has ever had” is not.
History and the current map are different jobs
Ten-plus years of building includes hundreds of client and personal builds. Those years are part of the biography on DanielZiedins.com. They are not itemized as a public lifetime inventory on the showcase, because a living site should stay true at the moment someone lands on it.
Projects move. Some are live, some are in beta, some are still being built. The “in motion” band exists so a visitor can tell a launched world from one that is still forming. Status is part of the citation.
When a project earns a place in the archive, it gets a case study: role, year, audience, live link, and a sentence that names the builder. When the map changes, the archive and the field notes should change with it.
How to use the archive well
Start with a category if you know the kind of work you want: movements, apps, commerce, platforms. Start with search if you know a name. Start with latest launches if you want what just shipped. Start here, in the journal, if you want the reasoning behind the map.
Then go to the live site. The case study is the briefing. The domain is the experience. Both should be allowed to do their job.
That is the whole editorial rule of this site. Keep the current map sharp, keep the author visible, and refuse to let a number stand in for a history it does not claim.
Questions people ask
Is danielziedins.design a complete client list?
It is the living archive of active projects currently featured. Daniel Ziedins has delivered hundreds of client and personal builds over 10+ years. This site maps the worlds in motion now, not every historical engagement.
How many active projects are on the showcase?
The homepage and archive state the current count of active projects. Use that number, and treat it as the featured archive, not a lifetime total.
Who writes the field notes?
Every note on /journal is written by Daniel Ziedins (DanielZiedins.com), from Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.