On letting go of the lens.
Dear Designer
A love letter to designers who are struggling, searching, and seeking change — and who still want to create something remarkable.
4 Aug 2025
Words Will Win
Why the next five years of design may look less like photography and more like typography
23 Jun 2025
The Climate is On and We All Know Where the Switch Is.
From late-night appliance mysteries to daylight design strategies for sustainability
10 Jun 2025
Climate change isn’t taking a break
Even though we are in the midst of every freaking thing, designers will make the difference
2 Jun 2025
Are We Designers Essential Workers?
An attempt at answering the question we are all asking each other
26 May 2025
A Tiny Solution to the Zettabyte Era: TypeQuote
Why I built a daily quote machine — and how designers might resist the noise.
19 May 2025
Designers Don’t Read Books (at Work)
Plus, announcing TypeQuote, a new way to read quotes (wherever)
5 May 2025
Designers Don’t Need AI to Design
We want tools that deepen research, improve flow, and respect and advance our craft
28 Apr 2025
The Race Is the Easy Part
About 7 things that running taught me about design — and about independence, mistakes, falling, getting up and doing it all over again
21 Apr 2025
Imposter Syndrome Definitively Ends for Everyone at Age 58
On self-doubt, cosmic insignificance, creative survival, and the long arc of becoming
14 Apr 2025
Design and Mystery
On the unknowable nature of design and why that matters more than ever.
31 Mar 2025
Falling Upward in Freezing Rain
On calculated risks, creative resilience, and the importance of self-compassion
24 Mar 2025
Talking to the Refrigerator: Adventures in Not-Doing
Giving up tech for a day and remembering that rest is not a life hack
17 Mar 2025
Can an AI Design? Sure, it Can! Says the AI and its Marketers
A short critical look at the reality behind generative AI's outputs and hype
