Chronologically

1. I deleted my Instagram account

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

   

2. Weeknotes 2024 W23

   A blueprint for a lovely week

3. 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/.

4. 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.

5. Metadesign For Murph — dConstruct Audio Archive

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

6. 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!

   

7. Weeknotes 2024 W21 W22

   Wait, what day is it?

8. 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.

   

9. Movement and flow

   My last minute submission for May’s #IndieWeb carnival hosted by @hamatti@mastodon.world on the theme of creative environments.

10. 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.