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The Fiction of Frictionless
Concrete scenes that build into a challenge to one of product design’s central assumptions: that less friction is always better.
Essays on technology, work, and being human, selected from 2017 to 2026.
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Concrete scenes that build into a challenge to one of product design’s central assumptions: that less friction is always better.
Small tools and experiments, made for learning and curiosity.
Live · Web tool
A little randomness goes a long way. Spin a wheel, pick a name, or make teams for your next class or workshop.
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An atlas of human achievement and experience, across nine domains. From cities and craft to ideas and the natural sublime.
Live · Interactive 3D
Take an automatic watch apart in 3D. Explore its layers, inspect the mechanism, and see how wrist motion powers the hands.
Conversations on product practice and what comes next.
186 books and counting. Haruki Murakami turns up most often.
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