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Motivation

a year ago 2 min read

What drives you? The other weekend, I kicked a piece of the railing on our back deck and it disintegrated; I was compelled to fix it. It took me all weekend, and I

Empathy: Not Just for Users

2 years ago 4 min read Design

I was reminded by a few different but curiously similar events over the past few weeks of a simple but striking fact: The vast majority of people do not understand design. At least

Architecture, Design Process, and the Bauhaus

3 years ago 4 min read

A few thoughts on the Bauhaus exhibit at the Harvard Art Museum: on process, fidelity, and art and design.

The Everyday Magic of Models

3 years ago 8 min read Design Connections

An ode to the value and power of modeling: from the simple calendar, to architecture, to poetry, to computer science, all the way to the progress of civilization.

A Process Has No Name

3 years ago 7 min read

Thought of the week: there is power in a name. And there is perhaps even more power in no name. I was inspired last week by one of John Cutler's tweets, as I