12
Jun
On tools as epic creations.
I am a toolmaker. But I am also an epic creator. I use tools to cook. To photograph. To write.
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12
Jun
On the design of everyday culinary things.
The kitchen is and always has been a place of tools. As such, there’s a lot software designers can
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12
Jun
Letters from Paris: Why don't we build like this anymore?
The Notre Dame. Sacre Coeur. L’Hotel de Ville. Places des Vosges. The Saint Michel Fountain and the Louvre. The
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12
Jun
On Whisky-Centered Design: Designing the Glencairn Whisky Glass
TASTING whiskies can be a clinical, prosaic task, nosing and assessing, jotting notes, reconsidering, lips compressed in concentration, brow furrowed.
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12
Jun
Ode to Common Things.
by Pablo Neruda.
I have a crazy,
crazy love of things.
I like pliers, and scissors.
I love cups, rings,
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12
Jun
Designing Delight: The best user experiences are multi-dimensional.
Delight. A dimension of human emotion, equal parts happiness and surprise, it’s a word used a lot in design.
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12
Jun
Massimo on Semantics, Syntactics, Pragmatics.
In his introduction to the Vignelli Canon, esteemed, prolific designer Massimo Vignelli writes, “I thought that it might be useful
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12
Jun
On maps, storytelling, and us.
I love maps, for they are portraits of places. Maps of the Puget Sound, the Chesapeake Bay, the eastern shores
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12
Jun
Friday, October 18th. The shoes I wore to meet the architect.
1 How to draw a line.
Architects use different lines for different purposes, but the line type most specific to
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12
Jun
On what software designers can learn from Japanese knife makers.
From Kinfolk, Volume Eight: The Cutting Edge, by Ethan Kawasaki.
The knife is unequivocally the most important tool in the
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