Designer, strategist & writer
How good things get made.
I write about design, strategy, technology, and the systems behind the things we make.
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I'm a three-time founding designer and experienced design leader, strategist, and writer interested in how good things get made, and how we can make them better.
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Patterns
Things worth noticing across design, business, technology, culture, and the world around us.
Patterns No. 4: Nothing expands their color palette in new product line
Nothing, the hardware tech company known for it's see-through designs on its smartphones and audio products, has been experimenting with a
Patterns No. 3: The War for Talent, LLMs are a Dead End, and Vacheron’s Louvre Display
On the leverage of talent, the cost of abandoning product development, why LLMs will not get us to AGI, and the audacity to do incredible things.
Patterns No. 2: Shoes & Bags, Hardware & Software, and K-Pop Design
On doing things differently, the lasting power of the Birkin, and design's cultural impact on the music industry.
Patterns No. 1: The State of Luxury Fashion in 2024
Looking at luxury fashion's down year, the strategies of the outliers in Brunello Cucinelli and Mui Mui, and the creative director carousel
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Perspectives
Ideas, arguments, and reflections on design, work, life, and the world around us.
The Art of Product Development is Finding Truths
Everyone focuses on what to build. Not enough on why.
Designer as Strategist
Design leaders today shape experiences, entire business strategies, market positioning, and organizational culture.
The Simulation Machine
Our imagination is incredible and we need to learn how to make it work for us and not against us.
Heaven is closer than we think
In the midst of tragedy, sadness, depression, or just the general ups and downs of life, our situations tend to make us focus on
What do you really want?
How can we know what we want? Perhaps this starts with who we already are. And who we are is a deep question in
Anxiety as Calling
I feel like I’ve just unlocked something monumental regarding my own relationship with anxiety. I was reading The Courage to Create, a book
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Playbooks
Practical methods and frameworks for making things better.
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Podcast
Short audio essays on ideas I’m thinking and writing about.
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