A classic optimist describes the glass as “half full”, a classic pessimist decribes the glass as “half empty”.1 I am a convert to a digital lifestyle, “a world of the electron and the switch, the beauty of the baud”2 . Our lives and our memories are limited only by the containers in which we put […]

When I was little, I went through a phase in which I had but one purpose: become an Inventor1. To me, Inventor was a perfectly clear career path, right up there with Train Conductor and Cooker-Man2. Inventors were uniquely qualified to create something from nothing, responsible for dreaming up new and fantastic things. In the […]

This post is the first in a series about my influences, entitled People Who Get Me. Chromeo gets me. First – just listen to this: Now, let’s take a moment to appreciate that David Macklovitch and Patrick Gemayel perform under the names “Dave 1” and “P-Thugg”, among my favorite stage names of all time. They […]

For the past four years, I’ve participated in Carnegie Mellon’s annual themed entertainment competition, Booth. It’s a rewarding and frenetic effort that culminates in building structures like these: Each booth features a themed game, and we produced original video games each year. The game team is headed by a game chair, typically with one key […]

Last fall, my friend James1 and I were talking about the general state of design and why certain types of bad design exist. This blog post is born out of that conversation.   Good design is not an inevitable future. There is this viewpoint espoused by many designers that the world will be a much better […]

What if instead of falling apart, things instead began to fall together? This blog will primarily be a place for me to collect thoughts about design, life, and my approach to both, as well as some occasional WIP shots or random projects.