These words, which pass through your consciousness as you read them, as they passed through mine as I write them, are divine. They are divine in so far as all words are divine. All language is sacred when exchanged with the living language of others; constitutive others who also have…

Why not swat that fly? Perhaps it bugs you, as bugs are wont to do. Perhaps it agitates around you, as it invades your space without any declaration or consent. No further justification is necessary for its summary execution. And just as you are about to carry out the capital…

Interviewer: Thank you for agreeing to do this interview. Before we begin, what is your preferred pronoun? CEO of Elephant: I could be anyone. Interviewer: OK then, let’s start by discussing the remarkable rise of Elephant, and its widespread appeal and adoption. CEO of Elephant: In…

Imagine a restaurant where the staff create meals that are works of art; where the dining experience is a product of the satisfactions of their labor, and the food is crafted and served with care, empathy, and joy. The patrons take similar satisfaction in the experience. The food nourishes their…

These prototypes are sketches; quick explorations and validations of ideas. These sketches, like all sketches, are capable of describing the complete but abbreviated contours of a concept, while also offering space to work out the parts of that concept that are as of yet incomplete. Sketches make concepts concrete, giving…

Every spring I teach a design studio in the School of Engineering at Brown. The class is a project-based studio course where students learn to translate their ideas into physical objects through iterative prototyping, critique, and the development and documentation of their creative process. Working with one’s hands, mind, and…

Ezekiel is one of the most enigmatic books in the Tanakh. For centuries upon centuries, it has inspired the mystical imagination and given commentators a speculative framework to contemplate the meaning and purpose of exile, while attempting to interpret the Image and Spirit of G-d. It can also be read…

Interviewer: Thank you for agreeing to do this interview. Before we begin, what is your preferred pronoun? CEO of Elephant: I could be anyone. Interviewer: OK then, let’s start by discussing the remarkable rise of Elephant, and its widespread appeal and adoption. CEO of Elephant: In…

An Incomplete Design Taxonomy — Design is never finished, never complete. Every design project is an iteration on a much greater process that has been unfolding since our ancestors first learned to use tools. Every design strategy is the culmination of that historical process, from which all creative disciplines emerge. But this endowment of creative…