Years ago, when I first encountered the idea of language, I couldn’t believe somebody thought it could be this important to me. There is something so fundamental—almost sacred—about the harmony in design that I highly adore. The richness of the designs, the way they transcend the physicality of this world—they are amazing.

But then, the completeness almost never is there. There are so many different components going into the systems that makes it almost impossible for anyone to control. However, there have been few who did better than others. Perhaps that is directly linked to the resources they had accumulated. The Church and the Apple company have perfected their language in the vertical sense. Also some about Pixar, and perhaps a few others who have their own:

• Languages

• Styles and philosophies

• Coherent design systems and an unified look and feeling

But almost more important than others:

• The complete authorship and control over their tooling

This isn’t something to be ashamed of if you are doing something trivial. But imagine a company the size of Pixar making their own animations. For them, having absolute control over everything means they can build a new movie without ever thinking about whether they can or cannot build—for them—any physical thing can be made. Apple is the same. If they ever wish to do something, they can because they have absolute control over all aspects of their graphics engine: fonts, language, interface, shaders, graphics pipelines. All of them serve one company.

Individuals exist with similar completeness. One I would say is Maestro Knuth ✦. With TeX and METAFONT, he has so much power. He has spent so much time making it that everything he touches shines his soul.

The same goes about Stephen Wolfram ✦, who as well has a personal style. While not as awesome as Maestro Knuth ✦, it is still there. But the actual potential next person is the Maestro Victor ✦. He is the one with so much personal everything:

• Philosophy of Language

• Interface

• Tools for Thought

• Technology

• Personal Operating System

• Personal Everything

I see this as a form of absolute completeness. Something I wished to have for a long time and have realized after the creation of the machine and annotation kit.