Poundbury, England — Modern Urbanism Modern metropolises are often divided into a grid system of single use zones with the perceived benefit of efficiency and functionalism. Apartment blocks, shopping malls, business parks and leisure areas are built and subsequently connected to each other by various means of transportation. Regardless of the perceived efficiency and economic…

Almost 2 years have passed since I commenced my Digital Nomadic adventure. During this time, me and my terrible sense of direction somehow managed to navigate to over 30 countries, spending a grand-total of 7 days worth of time on countless flights. Naturally, that’s allowed me plenty of time to…

Coca-cola began as a pharmaceutical product. Tiffany & Co. started life as a stationary store. Raytheon, which made the first missile guidance system, was a refrigerator maker. Nokia, who used to be the top mobile phone maker, began as a paper mill. DuPont, now famous for Teflon nonstick cooking pans…

Many people perceive user interface design to be more of an art, opposed to a science. However, Fitt’s law is a mathematical equation which helps quantify the usability of user interfaces. Not just computer interfaces, but physical interfaces such as door handles, washing machine dials and cockpit interiors... What this…

Product design is becoming more of an intensely fierce and competitive production. We’re living in a world today where there are thousands of small, agile companies with the single focused aim of being ‘disruptive players’ within their dedicated industry. Ultimately, in order to come even close to this competition when…

Invision has recently launched a free design tool called Invision Studio. I’ve had an opportunity to use it for a real-life project over the last couple of weeks. This tool was scheduled to be launched on 1st January 2018. However, I received my invite to use the Beta program only…

In short; Digital nomads are people who use telecommunication technologies to earn a living, and more generally, conduct their life in a nomadic manner. From my recent (and frankly, fragmental) experience, I would identify and summarise this lifestyle as one which is bespoke, crafted with care and moulded by the…

The exponentially wide variety of language currently being used to categorise designers excellence, is causing immense confusion, misinterpretation and the appearance of convolution when one attempts to express his/her design skillet. I’ve observed a tendency, especially due to the popular nature of the term “UX”, for many to under-appreciate the…

Antifragile: Things that Gain from Disorder Antifragile is a book by Nassim Nicholas Taleb and is the 3rd book of a four-volume philosophical essay, titled the Incerto. In this book Taleb explains why antifragility is fundamentally different from the concepts of resiliency and robustness, and uses a concept of a triad which classifies objects into the…