A few years ago, I began communicating with my sisters by sharing nothing but pictures. No words. Just raw, unpolished snapshots of moments—clouds, work, colors, even when someone was feeling down. These simple glimpses into our lives brought us closer. And one day, as I reflected on this, I wondered: ‘What if this exchange of pure, unfiltered moments could help break through the walls that divide us all?’

Thus, ‘Tworlds’ was born.

In an age where travelling the globe and information is more accessible than ever, the world feels smaller and more divided. Algorithms have created silos—echo chambers that reinforce our existing beliefs and push us further away from each other. We consume only the narratives we agree with, leading to a world that’s increasingly polarized, insular, and fearful of “the other.” Add to this the pressure to curate our lives for social media and the result is a culture of insecurity, comparison, and detachment.

‘Tworlds’ seeks to disrupt this.

Not through words. Not through politics. But through connection. Through the power of a shared moment.

“Any time we crossed paths with a stranger, we could stop to chat and that person was a stranger no more.”

— Rutger Bregman, writer of ‘Humankind, A Hopeful History’.

Have you ever wondered if, in some far-off corner of the world, someone is feeling what you’re feeling ‘right now’? ‘Tworlds’ helps you find out by connecting you to a random stranger through a shared #moment—an

unspoken snapshot of life in real-time, free from the distortion of filters or expectations.

“There are things known and there are things unknown, and in between are the doors of perception.”

— Aldous Huxley

Jim Morrison was inspired by the writer Aldous Huxley, explaining the band’s name, and their song ‘Break on through to the other side’, speaking about entering this unknown realm by breaking the limited perception of your mind and becoming free. 

Experience something or someone new.

Seemingly trivial encounters with strangers positively affect happiness, human connection, and belonging in our community. Therefore Tworlds will be a real social medium, because what is more social than starting a little conversation with a stranger?!

When we see the world through the eyes of someone else—especially someone we don’t know, someone whose life is different from ours—we

     

unlock something profound. A new perspective. A shift. And it doesn’t require deep conversation, just a simple shared moment.

Through ‘Tworlds’, you’ll meet people from different backgrounds, countries, genders and cultures, and it will challenge your assumptions about the world. It will help you realize that, no matter where we come from, we are all part of this shared human experience.

Your Tworlds community doesn’t grow because of curated friends, followers, or other algorithms, but because of coincidence and randomness. Growing an adventurous network of people who do not necessarily look, live, think, talk, or act the same as you—breaking through the socio-graphic bubble of our curated environment.

Curiosity brings us together. In a world where we are often encouraged to view others as “other,” ‘Tworlds’ reminds us that we are more alike than we are different.

“War exists because of a lack of context. Having no respect for each other.”

— Pharrel

Tworlds offers context—human context. These glimpses into each other’s worlds help foster empathy, respect, and, ultimately, peace. It’s a gentle antidote to the division we see in the world today. A way to make the unfamiliar feel familiar. 

A conversation starter.

You can use ‘Tworlds’ for many reasons:

• Curiosity: Wondering if someone, somewhere else, is feeling orexperiencing what you are.

• Empathy: Finding people who share your struggles or your joy,especially when you feel isolated.

• Inspiration: Discovering images that are made exclusively for you—unexpected, unique, and original. 

• Playfulness: Turning it into a game—whose picture captures the mostvibrant moment? Who has the best view while enjoying a cup of coffee?

Whatever the reason, ‘Tworlds’ is about discovery. It’s about connecting with people without the noise of preconceived judgments or biases.

“Talking to people who are different from us can be radically transformative.  It’s the antidote to fear.”

— Kio Stark, writer of ‘When Strangers Meet: How People You Don’t Know Can Transform You’.

She’s right. Every Tworld is an opportunity to challenge our perceptions, to break free from the walls we’ve built around ourselves, and to realize that people who seem different from us often share far more in common than we might think.

Empathy over Narcissism.

Unlike other social media platforms that center around self-promotion, ‘Tworlds’ is about ‘the other’. It’s about focusing on someone else’s moment, their life, their experience. And in doing so, it forces us to slow down, reflect, and consider a new perspective.

As you compare your own image with a stranger’s, you engage in a quiet, introspective exercise. Who are they? Where are they from? What is their story? What can you learn from this simple, unspoken encounter?

“Man will become better when you show what he is like.”

— Anton Chekhov

Now, More Then Ever.

In this moment of our collective history—when global crises, societal divisions, and political polarization shape our daily lives—the need for connection, understanding, and compassion has never been more urgent.

Tworlds wants to contribute to an overall sense of community by growing mutual understanding and respect. Every Tworld is a window into someone else’s reality—a brief glimpse into how we all live ‘in the now’. The little overlap of two lives, the connection, fosters harmony and compassion for our surrounding and each other.

Let’s start a conversation. Let’s break down the walls.

Two worlds, one moment.

About our Graphic identity

The power of Tworlds is not about the two worlds, but about this shared moment of similarity, the little overlap of two lives, the connection. This linkage is visualised by the hyphen. This stripe refers to the slash, the dash, comparing two things, making strong joints between two worlds, a break like in a poem, differentiation, coupling, a direction and a line between time and space. 

Lines, as drawn between two places, with different lengths and different angles visualise the many connections, distances and directions of the shared moments. The tworlds word-logo also contains different lines and even een slash. The clustering of dashes represents dialogue and the unifying force of all these shared little moments together. This cloud communicates Tworlds’ goal in a contextual yet festive and fun way. Tworlds is not about everyone on it’s own, but Tworlds is about everyone together, the world we share.

The entire identity is black/white. Tworlds is just the medium, the people who use tworlds will take care of the coloring in. Literally with their colored pictures, growing networks and dialogues, and figural because of the worlds behind. The combined image, the actual ‘tworld’, is also created by a modular line, by slicing both images so they really become one image, one moment.