I am, I am

I am having trouble introducing myself lately. I start with “I am a…” and when whatever of the following options come along, I cringe and twitch internally. Writer: Oh isn’t that soooo pretentious? Or did I just say that I am a hopelessly delusional loser? Am I trying...

Design through or design around

Every Apple fan has fantasized at least once in this post-Jobs era: Why can’t Jonathan Ive, the creative guru, Jobs’ right-wing man and best friend, the greatest industrial designer alive, take the helm? But as of now, there is no hint of him aspiring beyond the...

Lost in Transition

Gone are the days of China as the greatest economic miracle. It still is the world’s leading manufacturing country, but it is no longer growing at a two-digit rate per year, and that worries many people.* * Honestly, what is broken isn’t China’s economy but the...

How > What

According to my experience, the most frustrating aspect of customer communication is not dealing with complaints or negotiating a better rate or as we all imagine, doing what is told to do. It is being told How to do. The definition of “customer” might not be...

Buildings we grow

How Buildings Learn, a BBC series hosted by Stewart Brand, highlights one of the biggest hidden questions regarding our house: Why do we have to adjust ourselves according to the place we live in? Citing numerous examples, Stewart Brand (the guy who was in charge of...