When solving wicked problems, a deliberate approach involves spending time to think about what can be made that will teach the most.

Prototyping is a strategic process where time, resource and making are woven together to reveal hidden insight.

Often times just a blog post about an insight or a coffee with a mentor leads to new breakthroughs.  I have a deep passion for tools that share creative processes and for sharing the processes that bring these tools to life.

Pursuing a career in the creative industries is hard, but we have so much to learn from each other. 

Without a process I wouldn't be where I am today. Discovered in a start up coop in Austin, TX, process has guided my path to studios in Echo Park, Venice, and Berlin.

Process is the most valuable tool a designer can craft.  

Cranes in the sky are a metaphor for an ecosystem in the midst of disruption.  From Austin, TX to Berlin, Germany universal conflicts of class, culture, and community emerge from the ecotones created by progress. 

I like to think of them as a 'BAT SIGNAL'
for design opportunity.

Whether its opening up a codebase to understand some obscure piece of middleware, or tracking down a subject matter expert to explain a complex process, learning to be a bootstrapping autodidact pushes my design practice forward.

I produced indie film in Austin TX. It's 1400 miles from LA. To get anything done, you had to take initiative, be resourceful, roll up your sleeves and teach yourself.