Apr 1, 2022Incubating + Iterating MotherbudThis is Part II of Motherbud’s story to date. For part one please go here. We solved two major problems during that time period. First, we weren’t sure what the long term vision would be for MotherBud without all of us moving to South Africa. This is when we received…Design3 min readDesign3 min read
Mar 22, 2022The Beginnings of MotherbudWe were applying up until the very last minute for the Hult Prize. Literally 10 minutes before the application was due we were finessing language about our globally distributed team. …Food3 min readFood3 min read
Jan 26, 2022Are Municipal Design Commissions a Model for Tech Oversight?Today, more designers than ever are considering how they can make a social impact. Those that work at major tech companies wonder what kind of impact they can have in preventing negative outcomes. …Tech4 min readTech4 min read
Aug 27, 2020My Podcast Guide 2020A breakdown of my favorite podcasts in production. Design Design Matters with Debbie Millman Debbie Millman’s podcast is simply put, amazing. I’ve listened to her for years, and she is a pioneer in the podcast space. My only gripe is that Design Matters is not available on Spotify. She has conversations…Podcasting7 min readPodcasting7 min read
Published in Design Caucus·Aug 11, 2020Introducing Design CaucusA 48-hour transdisciplinary design sprint focused on design activism I’ve written an introduction to the introduction as a retrospective open letter. This is how myself and members of the Design Caucus committee were feeling prior to the inception of DC. …Covid 195 min readCovid 195 min read
Published in Design Caucus·Jul 1, 20205 People you need for your Design Caucus TeamAdvice from the committee on forming successful cabals Our collective experience working on long term design projects, startup weekends, hackathons, design firms, competitions, and other contexts has given way to the following team considerations. Each suggested persona is not on their own enough to succeed, nor do we believe one…Design4 min readDesign4 min read
May 27, 2020A Semester with NASALessons from an intensive strategic design studio Today (5/27/20), NASA reaches a major milestone in the pursuit of commercial space. SpaceX will be launching NASA astronauts in their Falcon 9 rocket. It seemed like the right time to reflect on my experience of the past semester consulting for NASA on…NASA8 min readNASA8 min read
Published in The New Economy by Parsons School of Design·Dec 9, 2019Artificial Culture : New or Timeless?Algorithmic Impact on our Cultures We often think of culture as a sum of parts. Those parts being the people, actions, and outputs of some system. Information is woven in and out of the system at various points, and influences the people, actions, and outputs. …Search Engines3 min readSearch Engines3 min read
Published in The New Economy by Parsons School of Design·Oct 27, 2019What’s your grocery carrying strategy?A cocktail party perspective on resilient strategy design. Strategic Designer: For example, what’s your grocery carrying strategy? Both of you? Goldman Sachs Exec: What do you mean? Strategic Designer: I mean everyone has a general strategy for carrying the groceries inside from the store. Do you use both hands and…Strategic Design4 min readStrategic Design4 min read
Published in The New Economy by Parsons School of Design·Oct 21, 2019Strategic Design : Not a FadSo Listen Up Hiring Department Disclaimer: the people and events in this article are fictional, although the arguments and statistics are real, and this article is meant to function as a whole as a kind of fictional cover letter. Design. Such a buzzword. I’m sure you’re sick of hearing it…Design Thinking3 min readDesign Thinking3 min read
