exploration and research

A collection of 46 posts

design process

The Nothing Burger

Imaginary nicotine and banana guns.

design process

An Inconvenient Convenience, Too Nice, And The Trap

Not a year in review.

visual helpers

Visual Scrap #14

The reading issue.

design process

Visuals to Words to Visuals

What happens to visuals when we need to turn them into words?

visual helpers

Visual Scrap #13

Some warnings have warnings.

exploration and research

Techy Feely

Tech’s signifiers are changing. Or are they?

photography

Two Lies And A Truth

Photography can be used to lie, tell a truth or sometimes just be silly.

exploration and research

Ideas For Your Week

Including an anthropomorphic sheet and an early physical form of PowerPoint.

exploration and research

Chicago Design Notes

80% design, 20% food.

exploration and research

Visual Scrap #12

Buying my lottery ticket so I can make boxes all day.

exploration and research

Friction

The friction shift changing what is easy and what is hard.

exploration and research

Visual Scrap #11

Calgon, take me away!

creativity

Nerds

Small, but important leftover thoughts.

exploration and research

Pointing The Finger

Not blaming you, just want to show you this salad.

design process

The Measurable And The Unmeasureable

When to throw away the numbers.

visual helpers

Visual Scrap #10

Sweeping out the cobwebs of my brain and my tabs.

technical

Visual Scrap #9

The cool tools edition.

exploration and research

Design Trends (Sort of)

Make your own.

exploration and research

A Pep Talk

We all need one.

creativity

Two Types of Creative Thought

One is work. One is relaxing.

exploration and research

Visual Scrap #8

Come procrastinate with me.

exploration and research

An Ode to the Copy Machine

Kinko's was my third place.

design process

McNuggets

Why we still need brands, the lost tip for presenting, and a call to not be average.

exploration and research

Leftovers

No work shit. Just soothing links to help your digestion.

visual helpers

Visual Scrap #7

Kind of the typography issue, but not entirely.