Defining Craft
When you consistently put in the time, attention, and effort to make something the best version of what it can be, you’re showing how much you care. Craft is dedication and respect for the invisible work.
How design is governance
At a fundamental level, all design is governance. We encounter inconveniences in our products & services every day which are actually the result of governance decisions made on behalf of customers during the design process.
The aesthetics of our new fictions
Visual symbols are powerful ways to make social constructs – from fashion to government, feel legitimate, trustworthy, and familiar. What's the role that design play in reshaping our society?
Ethics in times of growth design
Can growth design be truly ethical?
Can a bridge be unethical?
Designs have ethical consequences, but ethics are not always part of the design process.
The vanishing designer
The rise of customer-obsession mantra and data-driven culture cultivated a generation of designers who only take risk-free and success-guaranteed steps towards the inevitable local maxima of design monotony. Where do we go from here?
Documenting the world of design through the lens of curiosity and awe.
Stories on past, present, and future
Beyond form and function: Design is poetry →
“Elevating designs above just form and function.”
Articles Design & Craft
Genderless design is a myth →
“How to deconstruct the gender binary in design and make space for genderfluidity”
Articles Design & Society
Portugal by Sebastião Rodrigues’ pencil →
“Among the many historical readings that can be made of graphic design in Portugal, one of them will undoubtedly be based on the personal journey of Sebastião Rodrigues....”
Articles Design & History
A brief history of the numeric keypad →
“There’s no logical reason why telephones and calculators use different numeric keypads. So why do we still follow the same convention?...”
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