Published inBootcamp·PinnedOn Design — From Trash to Magic, an Odyssey About the Power of Emotion in DesignStorytelling is an incredibly powerful tool. It doesn’t matter how complicated a concept, a well-crafted story will transform it into something digestible and often something that one can carry with them throughout life. Good stories stick. A few days ago, I wrote my first article on emotion in design, explained…Design5 min readDesign5 min read
Mar 28, 2022If I’m What I Wear, I’m a Cheap, Ignorant Environmental Disaster.People often say things like your clothing says a lot about you and you are what you wear. And I always thought that in this case, I’m colorful, versatile, unexpected, and unique. …Fashion6 min readFashion6 min read
Published inBootcamp·Apr 13, 2021The ugly interfaces we all have to faceWhy are we all surrounded by very bad design that hasn’t changed much since its birth? We all know that there are two kinds of UI’s, the ones meant for end-consumers, a.k.a. B2C interfaces, and the ones meant for other businesses, a.k.a B2B interfaces. But there actually is a third…Design7 min readDesign7 min read
Apr 7, 2021On Design — There Are Two Types of Brands, But Only One Has a FutureIn the last decennia, a lot of things have changed with the speed of… the Internet. And although terms like brand and branding are relatively new in human history, they have a mystical aura around them. What exactly is a brand? What is branding? Is it a color, a logo…Branding12 min readBranding12 min read
Mar 1, 2021On Life — The Society that Chose Comfort & Convenience Over Happiness & PurposeA short story — Once upon a time, there was a society. A society that took great pride in being modern and progressive. It was so savvy and contemporary, that it often forgot all together where it came from. Or where it needed to go. The society loved surrounding itself with objects made by…Life12 min readLife12 min read
Feb 24, 2021On Design — People Have Changed, Brands Not So MuchBrands have become a ubiquitous entity in our lives. A study in 2007 stated that we are exposed to around 5.000 ads per day. That’s fourteen years ago. Guesses about the number of ads we see in recent days rest between 15.000 and 20.000. In this overly competitive overload on…Design7 min readDesign7 min read
Feb 14, 2021On Life — Can We Cure Cancer and Depression By Rethinking How We’re Looking at Those Diseases?What can the history of human diseases teach us about their future? And are there lessons to be learned from new fields of psychology and century-old eastern philosophy in how to handle the growing numbers of chronic and mental illnesses? So many questions, so few answers. I want to kick…Mind19 min readMind19 min read
Feb 8, 2021On Design — The Birth of Designer A.I.s and the Death of Designers as We Know ThemLooking back at the last couple of years, with more of a birdview on how things went and are going, I have to say… we, the digital folks, have been digging our own graves for quite some time now. …Tech10 min readTech10 min read
Feb 1, 2021On Design — Why Are We Overcomplicating the Branding Process?Ask 20 people what design means and you will get 30 answers. Ask them what branding means, and you will get 40. For some time now, design hasn’t been neither about simplicity, nor problem-solving, nor aesthetics. It used to occupy the sweet spot between science and art, taking enough philosophy…Branding10 min readBranding10 min read
Jan 29, 2021On Brands — the Good, the Bad & the Ugly. Tales from the Wild West(ern) Corporate JungleThere are three kinds of brands really. The ones with a mission to bring positive change to the world (the good), the ones that have no idea what they’re doing (the bad), and the ones that feed on what’s going on in society like a parasite feeds on its host’s…Brands25 min readBrands25 min read
