Collecting

1. I deleted my Instagram account

   Starting the slow process of removing myself and my data from these giant tech platforms.

   

2. PaperNet Boarding Pass

   A fantastic example of playful design and elevating the value artifacts based on the context of use. By Brian Suda and the creative folks at https://optional.is/.

3. The Clearleft Podcast: Measuring Design

   The smart folks at Clearleft and co. discuss what can, can’t, should and shouldn’t be measured of design and user experiences.

4. Metadesign For Murph — dConstruct Audio Archive

   John Willshire’s musings of designing for a future we can’t see from 2015 dConstruct conference.

5. A wild walk with Charlie

   I had a wonderful morning hike around with Charlie Peverett appreciating the flora and fauna of Lewes. We chatted about the upcoming Content Rising conference, some of the sustainability and regenerative projects he and Tasmin have been doing at Wilsome. It’s lovely to reconnect with people making some positive change in the world. Inspired!

   

6. A solution seeking a problem

   Kyoto based pottery studio Asahiyaki uses ~1000 pieces from its 400 year collection to train an neural network to generate new ideas for pottery pieces. Interesting but I can’t help but notice the affect on the design process as described by Matsubayashi Hosai the studio director.

   

7. One Scientist Painstakingly Establishes a Chronology for More than 100 Surviving Prints of ‘The Great Wave’ by Hokusai

   Capucine Korenberg’s astonishing scientific research study into the chronology and composition of over 100 Hokusai’s ‘The Great Wave’ impressions.

8. Testing out webmentions for Reilly and me

   Tap tap… is this thing on?

9. May origami fold

   I spent this afternoon with some lovely people folding origami and chatting. This month’s fold was a modular design called a cyclone. We also made a spinner while waiting for our teriyaki chicken lunch to arrive.

   

10. Recycling day reminder

    Happy Friday folks! Don’t forget it’s recycling day today! Here’s a fun and friendly reminder of what can and can’t go into the recycle bin https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TgFya8mV5ds ♻️