What is pattern recognition? Here are 7 perspectives: “Art is the imposing of a pattern on experience, and our aesthetic enjoyment is recognition of the pattern.” — Alfred North Whitehead “There are patterns because we…
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Passing time
Never looking back. Leaving your old self behind. Moving on. Why does it matter if you go back or not? The thought patterns, habits, and routines that got you to this point are not the…
A creativity exercise
This is one of my favorite exercises to stimulate creative thought. The instructions are simple: Compare and contrast the two pictures. Look for commonalities and differences. Leave your thoughts in the comments section.
Weekly Roundup: Designing for Resilience
This is a collection of articles that caught my attention this week with the theme of designing for resilience. Who’s talking about resilience? People working in psychology, government, information technology, climate change, architecture, product development,…
Expansion and contraction
I used to not like coffee. However, after being introduced to a café latte in architecture school, I never looked back. Once I started working, my relationship with coffee expanded exponentially. I began to notice the…
Flow state
This is a reprint of an article that was published during the summer of 2016. “There is an ecstasy that marks the summit of life, and beyond which life cannot rise. And such is the…