Writing

Essays

Occasional writing on design, craft, and how products get made.

Design Hermeneutics

A conceptual framework of how we come to understand a problem.

April 17, 2023

Designing Experiences: A Philosophical Exploration

The words experience, user experience, customer experience get thrown around a lot. Let's explore them a bit more.

February 14, 2020

Measuring Subjectivity in Interface Design

Assessing cognitive appraisals of interface designs using desirability studies and statistical analysis.

February 5, 2020

Methodology

On Human Centered Design, Lean, and the value of looking for design feedback sooner and more often.

January 30, 2019

Design Philosophy

On design holism: too many products, too little differentiation, and why innovation has to be systemic to matter.

January 15, 2019

Philosophy

Scientific reductionism has given us the false image of separateness. To address the wicked problems of the 21st century we need systems thinking, comfort with complexity, and knowledge held in context.

January 1, 2019

Strategy

On product/UX strategy: Feasibility, Viability, Desirability — and the relationship between brand and product experience.

January 1, 2019