A web-native specimen sheet that prints itself in CMYK ink whenever a key is held. The first piece in an ongoing series of sound visualization studies that began with my 2011 thesis Hi Fi Lo Fi Wi Fi…
Why branding is the design discipline best positioned for the agentic era, and what that looks like in the workspace we are building at Workhorse.
A walkthrough of the stack behind thehonestape.com: Astro 5 with MDX, Payload CMS v3 for visitor messages, Cloudflare Pages and D1 for runtime, an on-page Llama 3.3 70B agent over the Hugging Face Rou…
An immersive reading app for scripture and wisdom literature, designed by conversation first and built on a public-domain corpus. A planting note before the full case study.
Running ComfyUI and AnimateDiff on a laptop. The stack, the recipe, and the work it makes.
Development is Design/Design is Development - exploring the changing relationship between design and development
Brazen Head by Abraham Garcia, Self-portrait. Imagine standing in a medieval laboratory, face-to-face, with a gleaming brass head. Its eyes flicker with otherworldly intelligence as it speaks, reveali…
Changing the ethnicity of a stock photo's subject using text prompts - tinkering as research in 2022
David Graeber and Herman Hesse influenced the director's new film - exploring civilization, patriarchy, and egalitarian societies
Introducing, Meaning Layer-Design Intelligence for Experts and Leaders As a fellow design, business, or technology leader, you and I share a common quest for fresh ideas and diverse perspectives. Perh…
Examining how brands can embody truth and authenticity in their design and messaging.
Thoughts on technology, capitalism, and design as the world transforms during the 2020 pandemic.
Tools and systems for successful remote design collaboration, written during the 2020 pandemic shift. Covers Slack, Zoom, Krisp.ai, Dropbox, Paper, and Figma workflows.
Reflections on graduate school application statements and sharing growth as designers. A collection of MICA GDMFA alumni statements.
In practice
