How To Pay Attention

20 Ways To Win The War Against Seeing

The Utopian UI Architect

An ex-Apple interface designer’s 40-year plan to redesign not just the way we…

52,000 Knots

One Man’s Journey Into the Craft of Tatted Lace

At six miles up

X to Close

The origins of the use of [x] in UI design.

The Timelessness of Snakes and Ladders

How a common children’s game has survived for centuries as a moral teaching tool

Where the Real Skyscrapers Are (Hint: North Dakota)

The tallest structures in the world are not…

The Transhumanist Who Would Be President

An interview with Zoltan Istvan

Muting the Freeway

How roadside noise barriers are designed to absorb sound and evade attention

Back Stage at the Machine Theater

A look at the theatrics guiding user interaction

The Kansas City Colonnaded Walk-up Flat

A History and Homage