Topic

design criticism

A collection of 12 issues

For the love of good men and dogs.

I am a lucky girl. 2010 has been good to me, if only for the fact that I get to come home to a wonderful husband, a beautiful house with lots of white space and high ceilings, and exuberant, unconditional dog love every single day. And all that without my

Here comes trouble. Her name is Ada.

“Good designers make trouble.” – Tibor Kalman Ada Louise Huxtable wasn’t a designer, but she made trouble. About design. For designers. Sometimes, I’m ashamed by how much I don’t know. I think I’ve heard of Ada Louise Huxtable, but would never have been able to place her

"Critique" is a long-form verb.

In this article on The Importance of Critical Thinking, Lane Wallace talks about factors that affect reasonable, productive discourse: In my experience, there are two factors that seem to make the biggest difference as to whether or not two people can have a meaningful and productive discussion from different points

On Mixel and the Vacuum of Enthusiasm.

If I had a Facebook account (which I don’t because I grew tired of Mark Zuckerberg’s shenanigans and deleted it last month), I would download Khoi Vinh’s new Mixel app, just to try it out (but then again, maybe I wouldn’t: forcing users to login via

For the love of good men and dogs.

I am a lucky girl. 2010 has been good to me, if only for the fact that I get to come home to a wonderful husband, a beautiful house with lots of white space and high ceilings, and exuberant, unconditional dog love every single day. And all that without my

Here comes trouble. Her name is Ada.

“Good designers make trouble.” – Tibor Kalman Ada Louise Huxtable wasn’t a designer, but she made trouble. About design. For designers. Sometimes, I’m ashamed by how much I don’t know. I think I’ve heard of Ada Louise Huxtable, but would never have been able to place her

"Critique" is a long-form verb.

In this article on The Importance of Critical Thinking, Lane Wallace talks about factors that affect reasonable, productive discourse: In my experience, there are two factors that seem to make the biggest difference as to whether or not two people can have a meaningful and productive discussion from different points

On Mixel and the Vacuum of Enthusiasm.

If I had a Facebook account (which I don’t because I grew tired of Mark Zuckerberg’s shenanigans and deleted it last month), I would download Khoi Vinh’s new Mixel app, just to try it out (but then again, maybe I wouldn’t: forcing users to login via

For the love of good men and dogs.

I am a lucky girl. 2010 has been good to me, if only for the fact that I get to come home to a wonderful husband, a beautiful house with lots of white space and high ceilings, and exuberant, unconditional dog love every single day. And all that without my

Here comes trouble. Her name is Ada.

“Good designers make trouble.” – Tibor Kalman Ada Louise Huxtable wasn’t a designer, but she made trouble. About design. For designers. Sometimes, I’m ashamed by how much I don’t know. I think I’ve heard of Ada Louise Huxtable, but would never have been able to place her