Who will taste the cherries? • Doubleshot
What are you measuring? How does your measurement influence how you think about the thing being measured?
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☕️ Interface as Environment • Doubleshot
Part of the work I’ve been doing during the hiatus centers on the role of the interface as an environmental facet of our lives.
Humanity Will Always Be The Reference • Doubleshot
The “human edge” is simply humanity itself.
Design’s Problems • Doubleshot
Does imagining our work as a set of solutions lead to a misinterpretation of the conditions of its origin?
The Creative Impulse • Doubleshot
The tension around what creativity is, and why generating art isn’t it.
Let’s Talk About Tools • Doubleshot
The assemblage of tools not only implies something about which tasks should be possible, but also how they should be carried out.
Predict the Present • Doubleshot
Is there something more behind the desire to know the future (or speak it into existence)?
🔓 True is Better Than New • Doubleshot
I’ve always been a big believer in actively cultivating the individual perspective as a part of good design rationale, and it’s even more on my mind now.
Express Yourself • Doubleshot
This time, I’m focusing on the launch of the Material 3 Expressive updates from Material Design.
Design Space and the Generative Spectrum • Doubleshot
Untangling some of the abstract and ambiguous possibilities of designing with AI.
Letting Go of Geometry (Again) • Doubleshot
How type design made me see all the “fixed” logos on social media in a new, dimmer light.
Staying Creative with Design Systems • Doubleshot
Staying creative with a design system means knowing when and how to break it.
The Sparkle Emojis are Here • Doubleshot
The phrase “make designs,” I would argue, does not describe what occurs when the button is pressed.
Tension • Doubleshot
The most interesting explorations are those that show something unexpected: a constellation of system features that creates a slight unbalance or a new focal point in the composition.
Reframing Design Rationale • Doubleshot
The first doubleshot newsletter, with practical advice on reframing your design rationale and a bit about the theory of metaphor in the interface.
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