Even in an automated world, creativity needs imperfection.

How removing friction from creative tools removes the meaning from creative work

Interface as social signifier.

My shifting view of creativity shows it grows from slow, deliberate practice, experimenting, failing, refining, not from instant results.

Where to build, where to borrow, and how to leave.

There’s a particular kind of panic that hits when you’re facing a creative problem, and the well just feels… empty. Every idea seems stale…

Why perfect design is failing businesses.

On judgement, context, and why AI makes taste more important, not less.

How a few fries, a piece of chicken, and a beginner’s mind became my first lesson in Joyful Design.

Maybe “mine” was never about origin. Maybe it was about what gets carried forward.

On opening a channel to the upstream conversation ─ notes for designers thinking through the age of AI