Will HolmanZip Tie Side Chair PrototypesI have been looking into zip ties for furniture construction for a few years now. The Zip Tie Lounge Chair went up for download a year and…Feb 2, 2016Feb 2, 2016
Will HolmanUser Innovation : On (Not) Making it in the Digital AgeLast week, I had the opportunity to share some of my trials and tribulations as a worker in the user innovation economy at a seminar at the…Oct 23, 2015Oct 23, 2015
Will HolmanCommunity TechnologyKarl Hess was a complicated man. Raised by a single mother in 30's-era Washington, D.C., he dropped out of high school and got into the…Aug 26, 2015Aug 26, 2015
Will HolmanStructures of ExclusionOn April 12th, West Baltimorean Freddie Gray was arrested, manhandled, and packed into a paddy wagon. Amateur video of the scene shows him…May 1, 20151May 1, 20151
Will HolmanHairpinned TableA few months ago, my cousin approached me about building a dining room table for her and her family. They had recently moved into a newly…Mar 25, 2015Mar 25, 2015
Will HolmanSearching For the Soul of the New MachineThis piece originally appeared in BmoreArtMar 10, 2015Mar 10, 2015
Will HolmanR CredenzaFor a little over a year now, I’ve been chasing around some concepts about flat-pack design: its history, its widespread adoption, and…Mar 1, 2015Mar 1, 2015
Will HolmanGuerilla Furniture DesignA little less than two years ago, I submitted my first manuscript, Guerilla Furniture Design, to Storey Publishing. After six months of…Feb 13, 2015Feb 13, 2015
Will HolmanThe Passive Solar Dome GreenhouseThe term “global warming” was first used in 1975, two years after the first oil shock slugged the U.S. economy. Four years later, a second…Feb 6, 2015Feb 6, 2015
Will HolmanThe Open Source ObjectThe term “planned obsolescence” was supposedly coined by Milwaukee-based industrial designer Brooks Stevens in 1954 for a presentation in…Jan 21, 2015Jan 21, 2015