☕️ Doubleshot • Reframing Design Rationale
The first doubleshot newsletter, with practical advice on reframing your design rationale and a bit about the theory of metaphor in the interface.
Design at its intersections with sociology, philosophy, and cognition.
The first doubleshot newsletter, with practical advice on reframing your design rationale and a bit about the theory of metaphor in the interface.
The irony of recommending this essay on Interface Café, which is hosted on Ghost, a CMS platform, is not lost on me.
A quick book recommendation: What Things Do, Philosophical Reflections on Technology, Agency, and Design by contemporary philosopher of technology Peter-Paul
From Le Corbusier to Figma, “design is, at its core, a permanently subject-oriented discipline.”
On an infinitely scrolling, algorithmically generated list, scrolling past something is about the least intentional thing one could do.
Connecting historic conceptions of adaptable design with contemporary visions, looking toward a truly adaptive future.
I’ve talked to designers, developers, users, coworkers, and strangers about the theory and the practice behind mutative design and Selene’s nascent mutations.
Project Phoebe Phase 2: Dynamic contrast, and a mutative engine.
Design shouldn’t just adapt to screen size. Context isn’t all about adding more information.