Compassionate Design
I've been thinking a lot about the concept of compassion lately, and about how it relates to my work as a designer. It's a tricky concept. When you look for…
Hope
Hope is a concept with which I have a conflicted relationship. I'm a hopeful person, very much a "glass half full" type. Despite my optimism, I always cringe a little…
The Future of 3D Printing
My recent post about 3D printing argued for the idea that it's a technology that will soon produce some, but not all of the goods we use. So if that's…
3D Printing
3D printing has been getting a lot of buzz recently, its evangelists have been cranking up the rhetoric with some pretty heady predictions of a brave new world of home…
Product Licensing Gone Wrong
– Follow-up
My post in response to Bob Parks piece for Bloomberg Businessweek, The Greatest Running Shoe Never Sold and my comment left on the article comment thread received a very thoughtful…
Personal Projects
Ideas are what creative people in any profession are all about. We can't help ourselves. We're always observing and analyzing and coming up with new and better ways to do…
Design/Build
image credit: Ethan Labowitz Design/Build is a trend that I'm seeing more and more in the environmental graphics work that I do. Clients are increasingly looking for the turn-key approach…
Product Licensing Gone Wrong
A tale of invention, greed and bad timing: The Greatest Running Shoe Never Sold by Bob Parks for Bloomberg BusinessWeek. The story shines a light on some of the best…