An example of a simple grid workshop and the results it yields.
Category: Now Now
Making Messaging Personal
Messaging one another in one of the many varied platforms has become an accepted part of everyday modern society.
Project X
The Krissi Xenakis project (Project X) was a sprint-style workshop envisioning a product or service 50 years in the future.
You can diagnose cancer
Whether someone wants to be surrounded by family and friends in their home, next to a significant other on the beach, or by themselves in fast food parking lot, Diyagno allows users to control who is with them and how they learn about their condition.
Info Matrix
Why is condensing information into a matrix so satisfying?
That one time when we did a workshop
Making the studio a more beautiful place, one conditional workshop at a time.
CACE 2018 | Design as a Tool of Cultural Preservation
A presentation entitled “Design as a Tool of Cultural Preservation” originally recorded at CACE 2018, explains the design process and outcome of the “I AM A MAN” VR exhibition design proposals.
Privacy & Access
A quick look into the connections between smart devices and the affects of anonymity on the web.
Don’t be an Optimist
Are humanity’s self-generated problems so wicked that we need superintelligent machines to solve them?
Color as information
“Color isn’t necessarily the thing that you look at; it’s the thing that makes you sense something that is hopefully emotional”
All talked out
“As long as you are moving forward”…
Kudos to the #Classof2020
Kudos to NC State College of Design sophomore Graphic Design students for the exceptional work they did for the “I AM A MAN” VR exhibition design proposals.
Tool Use
“Even though humans are the animals that shape tools, it is in the nature of tools and man that learning to use tools reshapes us.” -Alan Kay
Reddit for research
I’ve been using Reddit, and other online community forums, for my thesis user research on adults newly-diagnosed with type 2 diabetes and their food shopping experiences.
Surface Level Utterances
What are the possible ways in which AI could impact language?
Rotate your thinking
As designers, can we create deliberate processes that grant continued creative pursuit, allowing space for ideas to unfold?
Bitter Sweet
What could we do as designers to bring attention to, and advocate for much needed action to be taken against slavery in Africa?
Sh*t don’t change until you…
As we rethink and redesign the culture of graphic design, what character traits should we cultivate?
Neither Here nor There
Operation opt-out: Optima’s typeface baggage.