design

12
Jun
On guarding your innermost.

On guarding your innermost.

Wet torrential. Flashing light. Cozy in a coffeehouse. Justin, MacKenzie, Melissa and I, designers and artists we, reflecting on how
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12
Jun
On pocket symphonies and ear candy.

On pocket symphonies and ear candy.

I agree with Rob Walker: Radiolab is a beautiful thing. An experiment in auditory aesthetics (kind of Fluxus-y), its unique
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12
Jun
When you're in love with a beautiful dog.

When you're in love with a beautiful dog.

Photos by Callie Neylan. This is Mies, the younger of my two Weimaraners. To make a long story short, he
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12
Jun
How a pretty thing inspires me to write.

How a pretty thing inspires me to write.

It’s always winter when I write. Beautiful, calm, soothing white winter. As a child growing up in Colorado, there’
3 min read
12
Jun
On Kant, aesthetics, and consumption.

On Kant, aesthetics, and consumption.

I’ve been bantering back and forth with designers about aesthetics in design, via this fascinating discussion. Someone suggested that
1 min read
12
Jun
Cmd-Z, white space, and the alpine interface.

Cmd-Z, white space, and the alpine interface.

I like to write about unconventional user interfaces. Like cities and ski resorts. I don’t know about you, but
4 min read
12
Jun
Nasty Golden Retrievers and the MFA.

Nasty Golden Retrievers and the MFA.

I love that I get home before Will sometimes now that I no longer spend three hours a day on
2 min read
12
Jun
Rhetorical appeals in interaction design.

Rhetorical appeals in interaction design.

Once you start looking for connections, connections spontaneously pop up to say hello. For my presentation last week in Boulder
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12
Jun
Here comes trouble. Her name is Ada.

Here comes trouble. Her name is Ada.

“Good designers make trouble.” – Tibor Kalman Ada Louise Huxtable wasn’t a designer, but she made trouble. About design. For
2 min read
12
Jun
On the undesigned vs the aesthetic.

On the undesigned vs the aesthetic.

I’ve been trying to perfect my latté art for months. Like anything that looks really easy, it’s not.
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