“The hypertrophy of information likewise trends to interfere with our enjoyment in the repetition of a work. For the presence of information as a factor in literature has enabled writers to rely greatly upon ignorance as a factor in appeal. Thus, they will relieve a reader’s ignorance about a certain mountain in Tibet, but when [...]

Sottsass – Rams
Ettore Sottsass (operational method, reflexive principle): Italian designer who was part of the Memphis Design Movement in the early 80’s. All about the perspective of the designer and people in their circumstances. In this view, products won’t sell w/o an emotional component. He was concerned with tribalism and factions in an audience.
Dieter Rams [...]

“Emotion is the state or capability of having a feeling aroused to the point of awareness.” ~D. Buchanan
Much of design today is about the rational and logical aspect of the artificial world – not so much discussion on the emotional aspect (more blogging on this topic to come).
I’ve noticed a lot of concept maps start [...]

Please forgive the title of this entry. I want to express my thoughts about completely different matters.
First, I want to talk about Philadelphia. I was there yesterday for an interview and forgot what it was like. I was there for about 5 years of my life going to school. It’s a great city.
I had heard [...]

Despite how many times I’ve tried to explain to my wife what it is I do as an interaction designer, she seems to always have a hard time transferring what I do to others. Perhaps it is natural that designers are defined by what we make, so rather than explaining things to people, it’s just [...]