Parhelia [excerpt] from Paul Prudence on Vimeo .

Jon Kolko - Design Synthesis from Interaction Design Association on Vimeo .

I’ve been interested in navigation since I was a child. As a kid, I lived in an apartment building and had an indoor cat (who, poor thin...

"Do you like our owl?" "Is it artificial?" "Of course it is." — Blade Runner, 1982 Blade Runner is my fa...

Our assignment in Leslie Robert 's Design Writing class is to write a proposal for a robot to aid in species conservation at the Presidi...

On the way in to the studio today, I saw some gorgeous work tacked up on the walls of the main building. (Sadly, I forgot my iPhone at home ...

A fascinating article on imagining a less apocalyptic future for ourselves by Peter Lunefeld, graduate Media Design professor at Art Center ...

Cognitive Surplus: Creativity and Generosity in a Connected Age by Clay Shirky My rating: 5 of 5 stars Cognitive Surplus is the book t...

The Social Animal: The Hidden Sources of Love, Character, and Achievement by David Brooks My rating: 2 of 5 stars Ultimately the premi...

We've been exploring ways to tackle problems with design thinking and technology. While doing some research, I ran across this video whi...

What a wonderful idea—invite a group of visual artists to illustrate the most momentus moments in US history. One submission will be rele...

Ah! The euphoria of maximalism... See/buy jewelry designed by Apfel here .

Harry Potter ebooks have just been released at Pottermore.com and the publishing world is all abuzz. While I'm not a Harry Potter fan— h...

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Swiss minimalism meets Italian hedonism ! Check out more minimalist product redesigns here .

I must have 'process' on the brain lately, because everything I chance upon seems to be related to it. So I'm eating lunch and r...

I just popped over to Henry Sene Yee's blog to see what he's been up to. Turn out he's been up to some design mischief! Behold ...

This is a fascinating peek into the "hyper-rational" design process of the NYC firm REX Architecture. Presenter Joshua Prince-Ra...

I've written about MakeATX before , and yesterday evening I finally had the opportunity to meet its founders Kristen Von Minden and E...

In preparation for my move Austin to San Francisco—or more aptly, from 1,900 to 400 square feet—I've been getting rid of a lot of the st...

...and blog .

Who says contemporary art can't be exuberant?! I just adore the soundsuit sculptures of Chicago-based artist Nick Cave . His work is b...

These are cover ideas for a new project—a satirical novel about corporate backstabbing (literally and figuratively). Featuring deadly founta...

Busy, busy! Just got back from Design Ranch and my Small Talks with photographer Woody Welch is coming up tomorrow evening from 6pm to 8i...

A fascinating trip through Laurel's long career in interaction and game design. She currently serves as professor and chair of the Gradu...

This is great series of short videos on the topic of publishing from Stanford University. Unfortunately they are not producing any more of t...

Finally! The 2011 TEDx Austin videos are available online here . It's interesting to see how many times each video has been viewed in ...

Here are some pages from my current project. Just completed the layout today—yay! The medium brown color seen throughout will be a metallic ...