Humility, a designer’s essential value—that has a nice ring to it. What about humility, an office manager’s essential value? Or a dentist’s? Or a librarian’s? They all sound great. When humility is our guiding light, the path is always open... Read more
I am a creative. What I do is alchemy. It is a mystery. I do not so much do it, as let it be done through me. I am a creative. Not all creative people like this label. Not all... Read more
In reading Joe Dolson’s recent piece on the intersection of AI and accessibility, I absolutely appreciated the skepticism that he has for AI in general as well as for the ways that many have been using it. In fact, I’m... Read more
I offer a single bit of advice to friends and family when they become new parents: When you start to think that you’ve got everything figured out, everything will change. Just as you start to get the hang of feedings,... Read more
Picture this. You’ve joined a squad at your company that’s designing new product features with an emphasis on automation or AI. Or your company has just implemented a personalization engine. Either way, you’re designing with data. Now what? When it... Read more
Ever since I was a boy, I’ve been fascinated with movies. I loved the characters and the excitement—but most of all the stories. I wanted to be an actor. And I believed that I’d get to do the things that... Read more
After years of internet scrutiny, memes, and vitriolic podcasts, it’s official: Disney’s Snow White remake debuted as a box office disappointment. With studio estimates pegging the film’s opening at around $43 million in the U.S., the new musical comes in... Read more
After battling deep into the heart of a desolate city to retrieve the kidnapped President of the United States, Snake Plissken (Kurt Russell) hands over a cassette tape at the end of Escape from New York. The tape, we’re told,... Read more
“In another time, in another place… the world has been poisoned.” So opines the introductory wall of text in O’Dessa. Marketed ahead of its release as writer-director Geremy Jasper’s new rock opera fantasia starring Sadie Sink and Kelvin Harrison Jr.,... Read more
Come to the New York exhibit Syd Mead: Future Pastime, featuring the familiar yet fantastical work of the artist behind Blade Runner, Aliens, and TRON. “Robert Wise enlisted Mead’s talents for Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1979). Steven Lisberger brought... Read more