The Soular Lab
is the blog + laboratory of Arial Robinson.
created to produce physical artworks and facilitate conversations that inspire and educate black creators.
specializing in print + physical + musical matter.
Founded on the principles of exploration, documentation and reflection. Where creativity roams within no boundaries and authentic stories are the force behind each project, no matter the medium. Collaboration is invited and self-consideration is encouraged. Black experiences are just as impactful as they are imaginative. A New World Laboratory powered by the sun.
in layman’s terms “we just trying shit”
Take The Toolbox.
Take The Toolbox.
INTRODUCING…
TOOLBOX KITS
The Toolbox Kit is a structural stationery system that equips creators with an ecosystem for the expanding mind. The tools featured in this kit were designed to turn internal cosmos and fleeting inspiration into long lasting realities. Bringing gravity to your chaos and streamlining workflow, these tools transform raw, ancestral sparks into organized masterpieces while keeping child-like creative play entirely uncompromised.
For the artist who finds their groove in the ink of the night.
Organize your orbit, align your systems. The toolbox kit is a structural stationery system that equips creators with an ecosystem for the expanding mind. The tools featured in this kit were designed to turn internal cosmos and fleeting inspiration into long lasting realities. Bringing gravity to your chaos and streamlining workflow, these tools transform raw, ancestral sparks into organized masterpieces while keeping child-like creative play entirely uncompromised.
Kit includes:
Toolbox Journal
Clipboard Notepad
Launch List Pad
Orb Post-it Notes
Soular Lab Pencil Pack + Sharpener
All kits are produced and assembled in the US after purchase.
Please allow up to 3 weeks for processing + shipping + delivery.
For the artist that radiates the brilliance of a light.
Organize your orbit, align your systems. The toolbox kit is a structural stationery system that equips creators with an ecosystem for the expanding mind. The tools featured in this kit were designed to turn internal cosmos and fleeting inspiration into long lasting realities. Bringing gravity to your chaos and streamlining workflow, these tools transform raw, ancestral sparks into organized masterpieces while keeping child-like creative play entirely uncompromised.
Kit includes:
Toolbox Journal
Clipboard Notepad
Launch List Pad
Orb Post-it Notes
Soular Lab Pencil Pack + Sharpener
All kits are produced and assembled in the US after purchase.
Please allow up to 3 weeks for processing + shipping + delivery.
For the artist that rises with the glow of dawn.
Organize your orbit, align your systems. The toolbox kit is a structural stationery system that equips creators with an ecosystem for the expanding mind. The tools featured in this kit were designed to turn internal cosmos and fleeting inspiration into long lasting realities. Bringing gravity to your chaos and streamlining workflow, these tools transform raw, ancestral sparks into organized masterpieces while keeping child-like creative play entirely uncompromised.
Kit includes:
Toolbox Journal
Clipboard Notepad
Launch List Pad
Orb Post-it Notes
Soular Lab Pencil Pack + Sharpener
All kits are produced and assembled in the US after purchase.
Please allow up to 3 weeks for processing + shipping + delivery.
For the artist that disrupts the quiet of space.
Organize your orbit, align your systems. The toolbox kit is a structural stationery system that equips creators with an ecosystem for the expanding mind. The tools featured in this kit were designed to turn internal cosmos and fleeting inspiration into long lasting realities. Bringing gravity to your chaos and streamlining workflow, these tools transform raw, ancestral sparks into organized masterpieces while keeping child-like creative play entirely uncompromised.
Kit includes:
Toolbox Journal
Clipboard Notepad
Launch List Pad
Orb Post-it Notes
Soular Lab Pencil Pack + Sharpener
All kits are produced and assembled in the US after purchase.
Please allow up to 3 weeks for processing + shipping + delivery.
The Lab Is Expanding.
The Lab Is Expanding.
Coming To Substack.
The Reflection Department is Evolving.
Instead of just broadcasting from behind the scenes, this new space opens up a real dialogue around creativity, the reality of being a working artist, and the underlying narratives behind everything we build.
It’s an open notebook for my evolving studies, deep dives, sharing resources and final reflections on the projects and stories born inside the lab.
Department Index
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“THE RESEARCH & EXPERIMENT WING”
Idea workshop + collection of objects, photos, and words, to encourage the creators of the lab to leverage experiences to learn something new and/or contribute something new to the world.
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“THE ARCHIVE”
Photographic archive + documentation of the experiences & experiments of the lab.
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“THE NEWSROOM”
A written conclusion + reflection of the projects, stories, and experiences of the lab.
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“THE CONVERSATION HALL”
Space dedicated to celebrating the concept of collaboration, its benefits, and its products.
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“THE EXPERIENCE WING”
An experiential hall that highlights of various projects and bodies of work completed by The Soular Lab.
This department is a culmination of the Exploration, Documentation & Reflection Departments.
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“IN THE FIELD”
Physical & digital events hosted and/or featuring Arial Robinson, the Director of The Soular Lab.
Under construction.
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“TOOLS + SOUVENIRS”
Physical objects crafted and/or recommended by the lab with the creator in mind.
Rent & Shop the objects of the lab HERE
archive.
archive.
entering the dispatch zone.
I Gave My First Public Lecture Style Talk & I Didn’t Puke.
To close out March I gave my first public lecture style talk at NC State University. A year in the making, discover the full process it took to prepare & present, along with the the full lecture footage.
