Category Archives: Design

The rule on lists of rules

It’s become de rigeur for blogs to publish lists of advice, or rules to live by gained from the author’s years of experience. After reading several of these, I’ve compiled my own list, a much shorter version. Don’t take advice/rules lists too seriously, they’re all made up of people’s personal experiences and aren’t law. Empathy [...]

Follow or Hide

Twitter has a new feature, similar to the Facebook recommend feature, where they recommend people you might want to follow. An acquaintance summed it up as, and I paraphrase from memory: “recommending people I’ve already chosen not to follow”. Out of curiosity I’ve been checking through their recommendations just to see if I’ve missed anyone, [...]

NASA reimagining

I’m on vacation, so I won’t spend much time thinking about this, but I absolutely love the NASA logo re-imagined by BaseDesign. It’s simple, which is already miles ahead of the current NASA logo, but I think it says much more. It has a timeless look, but at the same time is totally saying “this [...]

Rewards card wallet

So I was thinking about why my wallet is wearing a patch in my jeans, and I realize it’s because I am carrying about 20 cards, the majority of which I don’t necessarily need to carry, I just need the number. From there I figured the ideal way to fix this would be a phone [...]

Hello, Burrow!

Missy and I have launched the new Hello, Burrow site. This is our labor of love where we post sustainable design for your home. Follow us on your newsreader, or on twitter, and check back often. We try to post something every day. We think it’s pretty badass, and we’re working really hard to find [...]