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Words are how I see more clearly. Below are the essays I've been publishing and the books that keep reshaping how I look at the world. The shelf evolves as I read.

Recent Writing

Design & Product

Design for the Real World book cover
Design for the Real World
Victor Papanek
The Design of Everyday Things book cover
The Design of Everyday Things
Don Norman
Interaction of Color book cover
Interaction of Color
Josef Albers
Product Design for the Web book cover
Product Design for the Web
Randy Hunt
Thinking in Systems book cover
Thinking in Systems
Donella Meadows

Leadership & Culture

Atomic Habits book cover
Atomic Habits
James Clear
The Making of a Manager book cover
The Making of a Manager
Julie Zhuo
Steve Jobs book cover
Steve Jobs
Walter Isaacson
The Information book cover
The Information
James Gleick

Design Legends & Visual Inspiration

Designing for People book cover
Designing for People
Henry Dreyfuss
Designing Programmes book cover
Designing Programmes
Karl Gerstner
In Praise of Shadows book cover
In Praise of Shadows
Junichirō Tanizaki
NASA Graphics Standards Manual book cover
NASA Graphics Standards Manual
Richard Danne & Bruce Blackburn
Paul Rand book cover
Paul Rand
Steven Heller
The Secret Lives of Color book cover
The Secret Lives of Color
Kassia St. Clair