Writing

Exploring ideas through writing — from design philosophy to cultural commentary, this is where thoughts take shape and evolve.

Vibe Coding is Design

Development is Design/Design is Development How designers interact with development is changing, as is how developer's interact with design. A...

Artificial Intelligence, Automatons, and Brazen Heads

Imagine standing in a medieval laboratory, facetoface, with a gleaming brass head. Its eyes flicker with otherworldly intelligence as it speaks, re...

Bootlegs: Turning Photoshop Fails into Fashion

New tools, new glitches, new gateways to innovation Hater's gonna say it's Photoshop. Every new digital tool shapes our design process wi...

Four Books that Inspired Francis Ford Coppola's 'Megalopolis'

David Graeber and Herman Hesse Influenced the Director's New Film Sometime last year, I saw this post on Francis Ford Coppola's Instagram....

Meaning Layer: Design Intelligence and Insights

Introducing, Meaning LayerDesign Intelligence for Experts and Leaders As a fellow design, business, or technology leader, you and I share a common...

State Your Purpose!

A few weeks ago my friend Greg, who has been working with Workhorse as a freelancer since we started the company, told me that he was applying to M...

Progressland

Progress was more than a promise in America's postWorld War II era — it was a vividly painted portrait of the future. Whether it was Westinghou...

Branding and the Truth

“Three things cannot be long hidden: the sun, the moon, and the truth.” — Buddha In the process of revising the Workhorse website, we’ve been doi...

The Future is Now

As the world collapses around us, my thoughts regarding technology, capitalism, and design have come more into focus, so I wanted to share some int...

Working Remotely

It’s been interesting to see people that have never worked remotely be thrust into remote work all of a sudden because of the current health situat...