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A photographic journey through the design principles of a whimsical wonderland.

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I admired Om Malik and his writing for my entire adult life, then had the fortune of knowing him. A remembrance of a friend, mentor, critic, and guide.

I look at the Japanese symbols that carry meaning entirely on their own.

When Japan broke up its national railway in 1987, the new companies agreed on one thing to keep the same.

Today I'm introducing a new project called Daily Designer with daily quotes from designers I admire.

Everyone may be dunking on the Ferrari Luce, but I'm not sure it would have ended any other way.

A week in Lijiang — ancient towns, medicinal hot pot, and architecture that looks more like Tibet than China.

Spend enough time with Love Hultén's work and you start to feel like you're mapping an alternate world — one built from wood, electronics, and a very particular kind of whimsy.

Japan's power grid has a fracture running through it that no one has ever fully repaired. East and west run on different frequencies.

Dali in Yunnan may be the best place I've ever visited — better than the Mediterranean or Southeast Asia. Here's why almost no one in the Western world knows it exists.

Apple and Porsche both figured out the same secret that the cheapest product in the lineup can be the most exciting. It just takes a little intention.

I fell in love with a camera Leica discontinued. Four years later, it's still in my bag — and nothing has come close to replacing it.

My process of using AI to enhance my writing without giving up control.

Kunming was the best first impression of Yunnan with its mild weather, delicious food, and rich history.

A look at the without thought workshop catalogs by Naoto Fukasawa and how observation is so important to design.

Shanghai is my home base in China — and this time, I finally figured out why. A few days, a handful of places, and a tension I didn't expect to find running through all of them.