Written by Laurel Hechanova and Patrick DiMichele Are you running out of non-pandemic things to talk about with friends, family and colleagues in your remote happy-hours, messaging apps and video chats? We were. So we made a random question generator for ourselves to keep conversations flowing and fun. …

(Last updated Friday, April 3, 2020. We’ll continue to update as we get further in the process. Please note that this does not constitute any kind of legal advice.) You may have heard of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act, the giant domestic relief and stimulus aid…

Thoughts on the second first year of Goodmaker — Written by Laurel Hechanova and Patrick DiMichele It’s daunting to go out on your own but, as we’ve found over the past year, it can be pretty great. …

Written by Laurel Hechanova and Patrick DiMichele “All technology is assistive technology.” — Sara Hendren, design researcher, Olin College of Engineering The handle on your cabinets. The brightness slider on your phone. A zipper pull. The tear notch on a bag of chips. Stairs. Most things are designed with some…

Written by Laurel Hechanova and Patrick DiMichele Over the past few years we’ve facilitated a lot of workshops. For clients, for coworkers, and even for each other. Each of them has been planned and structured very carefully and thoroughly. …

Written by Laurel Hechanova and Patrick DiMichele As designers we’re often tasked with giving each other feedback. Sometimes, even if literally no one has asked us, we feel a very strong urge to give feedback anyway. (See, for reference, any brand relaunch.) If you’d like your feedback — particularly your…

Written by Laurel Hechanova and Patrick DiMichele The two of us are pretty particular about our software setups. We’ve both gone through several email clients, calendars, cloud-based notebooks, journals, to-do list apps and photo storage systems. As such, we’re pretty happy when we find stuff that gets the job done…

How to run a tighter ship and make better use of everyone’s time — Written by Laurel Hechanova and Patrick DiMichele We’ve all been there: Sitting around a conference table, our eyes shifting from person to person as we try to figure out exactly what we’re all together to accomplish. …

Written by Laurel Hechanova and Patrick DiMichele We’ve teamed up on countless design projects in the 10+ years we’ve known each other. Our collaboration spans work at three different companies, has focused on a range of industries, clients and challenges, and has involved working both side-by-side and 2,000 miles apart. …