MattMarchand

About

Head of Design at Gecko Robotics & aspiring children's book author. Background in Industrial Design. When I'm not holding a pencil, or standing at a whiteboard- you can find me in the garden elbow deep in soil, or biking around town with my family.

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Fun Fact· Struck by Lighting, 2007

Based In· Pittsburgh

Favorite Book(s)· Lonesome Dove, The Dark Forest, Name of the Wind

Never· Bored

Spirit Animal· Butterfly

Raised In· Arizona

Smashburger· I make a mean one.

Celebrity Encounter· 2003, Michael Jackson

Favorite Sport· Surfing

Education· BSID, San Jose State University

Fun Fact· Struck by Lighting, 2007

Based In· Pittsburgh

Favorite Book(s)· Lonesome Dove, The Dark Forest, Name of the Wind

Never· Bored

Spirit Animal· Butterfly

Raised In· Arizona

Smashburger· I make a mean one.

Celebrity Encounter· 2003, Michael Jackson

Favorite Sport· Surfing

Education· BSID, San Jose State University

Work

2018 — Present

Gecko Robotics

project · 2026

Dick's

project · 2022

Sketchbook 2024

project · 2024

Rū Baby Carrier

project · 2017

Work Archive →

Journal

May 3, 2026

Matrix Learning Co.

“9 blocks — building from first principles, across every domain.”

Apr 25, 2026

Recap

“Shortlist of work to format and add to this portfolio. ”

Mar 27, 2026

Filming in Guam

“Long Flights. Fast week. Documenting Gecko’s impact onsite by highlighting the customers. ”

Mar 27, 2026

Scale It

“Scaling Critical Infrastructure”

Mar 22, 2026

vIIIbecoded

“If you are reading this, the code even compiled too.”

Dec 30, 2025

Quotes 2025

“Choose those constructions which, without straining, reduce things to the greatest simplicity. Truth is ever to be found in simplicity, and not in the multiplicity and confusion of things. It is the perfection of all God's works that they are done with the greatest simplicity. Issac Newton”

Aug 21, 2025

Beauty is Truth

“If given the chance, I'd probably dash all hopes of a dope like me getting past the tricker parts of theories in math,”

Dec 31, 2024

Quotes 2024

“Another affordable way to add a drop of loveliness to the world was not to change it but to change how one saw it. The Sympathizer, Viet Thanh Nguyen”

Dec 31, 2023

Quotes 2023

“There were two things they agreed upon wholly and that were never spoken and that was that God had put horses on earth to work cattle and that other than cattle there was no wealth proper to a man. - Cormac McCarthy, All the Pretty Horses”

Nov 12, 2023

Quotes 2022

“What I'm looking for, I suppose, is balance, and that is a moving target. Balance is not a passive resting place — it takes work, balancing the giving and the taking, the raking out and the putting in. — Braiding Sweetgrass”

Jun 1, 2021

G.P. Sketchbook 2020/21

“Sketches surrounding work and life, penciled into a Gingery Press journal with a yellow .9mm Pentel somewhere between the beginning of 2020 and the middle of 2021.”

Mar 22, 2021

Quotes 2021

“Collection of quotes from 2021”

Jan 20, 2021

The Word is a Sword

“...before they believed, and walked on the sea, they took a class on wetness, and grew content to read.”

Jan 1, 2021

Sketchbook | 2020

“View the sketchbook flip through below, or purchase a copy for $20 through Blurb.”

Aug 1, 2020

Blurb Bookstore

“Process books and sketch compilations for sale through Blurb.”

Jul 22, 2020

Rainbow 01

“Collection of colorful images from Savee. I don't normally use more colors than Black White and Red, but I sure appreciate a good rainbow palette.”

Jul 22, 2020

Humans 01

“Humans rock.”

Jul 20, 2020

Beige 01

“I have been enjoying Savee as a tool to collect images from around the web. I find myself collecting a lot of beige images.”

Jul 15, 2020

Bandanas and Ceramics

“Collaboration with Stone + Sparrow Studio”

Jul 1, 2020

Plants, yoga, skateboards and drones

“Some shots from Monday night...”

Jun 1, 2020

The Cowboy Reader

“Reading the words of old cow punchers was a refreshing breathe of hot, gritty, prairie air.”

May 20, 2020

Growth Gif

“I've been exploring animation since I was a kid but this was my first time back in a while.”

May 15, 2020

Atlantis

“I love Atlantis, even though it's a rumor of a rumor.”

Apr 15, 2020

Canon Powershot

“Perhaps the greatest changes won't come to the cameras, but to how we process, distribute and consume photos.”

Apr 10, 2020

Mandlebrot Cactus

“Suddenly Mandelbrot's infinite abstractions seem more attainable visualized as the plump arms of cacti.”

Apr 5, 2020

Earth Explorations

“Some recent screenshots from explorations across Google Earth.”

Apr 1, 2020

ROAM App Prototype

“Today I came across this prototype for the ROAM app, from one of my senior thesis projects in May 2019.”

Mar 25, 2020

Recent Travels

“We might not be leaving home any time soon, but we can still travel through Google Earth.”

Mar 22, 2020

Quotes 2020

“Collection of quotes from 2020. ”

May 9, 2018

Valley Grind

“Used to be orchards, lining the valley Now it's just graveyards for silicon souls. Don't let them add your life to their tally. Cuz IPO bells always take a toll.”

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