Having tried to put a finger on the design perspective I hold, I have come to the conclusion that simple, but effective solutions to little problems really excite me. This…
With a focus on products that solve the little insidious problems, this product came to my intention. While I am admittedly not a fan of the appearance of this product…
I have a special appreciation for cheap, unobtrusive solutions to little problems we face daily. Getting toothpaste out of a mostly empty tube of toothpaste is a common struggle for…
Apple prides itself the simplicity, elegance and functionality of its products– things that make up my own design sensibility. However their Touchbar for MacBooks, while superficially fulfilling the aforementioned criteria,…
It is true that often products that have been around a long time have prevailed because they are excellent solutions to the problems they are designed to tackle, but sometimes…
In the midst of this pandemic we are discovering bottlenecks in many of our systems that we wouldn’t have thought much of before (e.g. the lack of masks). That combined…
The COVID crisis has caused many massive companies to start operating more like the start-ups they once were. Amongst the unprecedented number of innovative products being developed in this time,…
https://www.fda.gov/consumers/health-fraud-scams/fraudulent-coronavirus-disease-2019-covid-19-products As with many of the innovations spurred on by the current COVID-19 crisis, this one isn’t really targeting a new-found need. Rather it is responding to the increased importance…
https://twitter.com/DG_Rand/status/1240010913270370305/photo/1 While this is not a product, if the results of this study could be replicated and withstand more rigorous analysis, I think it could certainly help in the designing…
https://www.thecrimson.com/article/2020/4/17/harvard-coronavirus-alumni-domestic-violence-task-force/ A friend of mine started the COVID-19 Task Force on Domestic Violence. The initiative aims to gather data on domestic abuse in this time when so many are especially…
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