by Austin | May 2, 2019 | Automattic Design, Automattic Design Experiments
I recently shared a video I created (with the fantastic Caresse Haaser) that explored the spaces of the open web in contrast to the more closed environments that have dominated our recent online experiences. As part of that project, we shared the source materials on...
by Austin | Apr 19, 2019 | Automattic Design, Automattic Design Experiments, Design Stories
This post originally appeared on filippodt.com. Wikipedia defines a silver bullet as “a metaphor for a simple, seemingly magical, solution to a difficult problem”. Working in product development, I have come across my share of silver bullets and every time they end in...
by Austin | Mar 26, 2019 | Automattic Design, Automattic Design Experiments
We have a new microsite coming up at the easy-to-remember URL: materialdesignandautomatticdesigninfrance.blog There you can learn about a few easy ways to learn about the systems-thinking aspects of the Material Design system. So far we’ve posted about the...
by Austin | Mar 7, 2019 | Automattic Design Experiments
What is the world of the open web like, beyond the walls of dominant social media platforms? How do our experiences of the internet differ depending on where we spend our time and share our ideas? Come with us on a journey to explore the landscape of the web and get...
by Austin | Mar 6, 2019 | Automattic Design Experiments, Computational Design
The first thing a child draws looks like a circle. People spontaneously arrange themselves in a circle when they need to observe something close up, and this led to the origin of the arena, the circus, and the stock exchange trading posts. Bruno Munari, “La...
by Austin | Mar 3, 2019 | Automattic Design Experiments
Concept by Adam Becker and Brie Anne Demkiw Images by Marly Gallardo Text by Ian Stewart We call our design process “deep design” per a talk I gave at WordCamp Europe in 2018. It emerged from the realization that by being so technology-focused, we spent a...
Recent Comments