exploration and research

A collection of 56 posts

visual helpers

Visual Scrap #18

😜 Should I start a separate Lego newsletter? jkjkjk

exploration and research

Info vs Direction, Demountable, and Social Futures

🧱 I am all-in on the newest luxury purchase.

exploration and research

Squaring the Squircle

🫥 A brief history.

exploration and research

Visual Scrap #17

🎉 Only fun things, please.

case study

Designing Another Scam

🦝 Or three.

exploration and research

Do We Value Art Anymore?

Art is what we do, not what we say we do.

exploration and research

Visual Scrap #16

I cannot stop saying "tomb baboon."

exploration and research

Over-Platformed

We are drowning in platforms. And those platforms are keeping us on the hook.

exploration and research

The Short Skirt/Long Jacket Problem

Passing along information without understanding it.

exploration and research

Visual Scrap #15

Currently obsessed with...

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.