Theory
Design at its intersections with sociology, philosophy, and cognition.
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🔓 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.
The Interface Behind (Liquid, Frosted, Tinted) Glass
The cyclical revival of “glass” as a sign of newness, technical sophistication, and innovation.
Letting Go of Geometry (Again) • Doubleshot
How type design made me see all the “fixed” logos on social media in a new, dimmer light.
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📚 Read This: “How humans became microplastic” on UnHerd
Plastic promised a world in which our inventive capabilities would be unbound and infinite. It’s easy to hear an echo (or a warning voice) of those proclamations today.
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Unpacking “Craft” in the Software Interface
The more I see craft mentioned as a power of design, the more I feel that a working definition is urgently needed.
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📚 Read This: “Neural networks & the architectural imagination” on Recessed Spaces
A piece of architectural criticism focused on the role of generative AI in the imagination of architecture and the ways that the technology elides questions about whose work went into the image.
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✨ AI-generated Screens and Matters of Taste ✨
Figma has added the sparkle emoji to our design tools. What does it really mean?