Visualize Value
Founded 2019, New York City.
Take complex ideas and make them simple enough to act on.
Visualize Value started in January 2019 as a daily practice: one black-and-white image distilling an idea about leverage, value, or independent thinking. Published on Instagram and X, the visuals spread without ad spend or distribution deals.
The practice became a product line. The Daily Manifest, a single-page planning system, was the first product. Courses on leverage, positioning, and proof of work followed. By the end of 2020, VV had done over $1 million in sales. No agency, no gatekeepers. Ideas, presented clearly, shared freely.
In 2021 the visual practice evolved into fine art on Ethereum. 1-of-1 pieces led to larger experiments: Checks, an onchain composable artwork that generated over $250 million in secondary volume. Opepen, an open-source art protocol with 16,000 tokens evolving through community consensus. Generative work with Red Bull Racing and Art Blocks. A silver sculpture with Asprey. Silver gelatin prints shown at Paris Photo. Monoprints auctioned at Christie's.
Jack Butcher
b. 1988, Swindon, England. Lives and works in Tennessee.
Conceptual artist and founder of Visualize Value. His practice examines markets, scarcity, consensus, and the mechanics of belief through visual systems that function as both explanations and critiques.
Studied graphic design at the University of Wales, Cardiff. Moved to New York in 2010. Spent the next decade at agencies creating work for brands like Ferrari, Showtime, and Godiva. Eventually ran his own agency with his wife Celia.
Good clients. Good work. Bad model. Every dollar required another hour. The agency was successful, but the model wasn't. He was building someone else's leverage while depleting his own.
In 2019 he walked away and started Visualize Value. The work has since been shown and sold at Christie's, Art Basel, Paris Photo, and Sotheby's. His projects have generated over $1 billion in Ethereum network sales since 2021.
Common questions
What is Visualize Value?
A studio that takes complex ideas and makes them simple enough to act on. Courses, visuals, art, and tools. Founded in 2019 by Jack Butcher.
Who is Jack Butcher?
Conceptual artist. Studied graphic design in Cardiff. Spent a decade at NYC agencies. Started Visualize Value in 2019. Work shown at Christie's, Sotheby's, Art Basel, and Paris Photo. Projects have generated over $1B in Ethereum network sales.
Are the courses free?
Start with The Fundamentals of Value — completely free. The full course library is available with a VV membership ($9/month).
What does "build once, sell twice" mean?
Package your knowledge into a product you create once and sell repeatedly. Divorce your time from your income. The opposite of trading hours for dollars.