Skills for the (Near and Far) Future

Skills for the (Near and Far) Future

While the air in the room is mostly being eaten-up by comments, declarations, and discussion of AI, this is merely the latest in a long line of machine and digital automation (and, therefore, transformation) of work (and play!). For so long, people with their eyes...
Miscellaneous Identities (school years)

Miscellaneous Identities (school years)

Altos Art (1980) vivid Media Series (1985) Clinton Auto Leasing (1988) Eric Glader (1984)   LA Zoo (1986)     Syndecrete (1985) Skandinavisk (1986) Angst Inc (1986) Sendmail (a997)
Colleague computer (school years)

Colleague computer (school years)

This was a student project from my last semester of school. I did an independent study with Andy Ogden at Art Center College of Design about developing next-generation computers to respond to specific needs in the Information Age. My theory was that few computers were...
Checker Taxicab Project (school years)

Checker Taxicab Project (school years)

In my industrial design graphics class, we were given the assignment to design an identity and exterior graphics program for the Checker Taxicab Company. I chose to do something “retro” and developed a program that extended to the stationary, uniforms, and interior. I...
Macmobile: The Automobile as Appliance (school years)

Macmobile: The Automobile as Appliance (school years)

What would the Macintosh equivalent of an automobile be like? This was one of my senior theses at Art Center College of Design. The idea for Macmobile was that cars should become as easy to use, care for, and live with as appliances. They should be smart and capable...
Media Center 8000 (school years)

Media Center 8000 (school years)

This wasn’t one of my projects at ArtCenter but I wanted to enter the UNISYS Design Competition (I won Honorable Mention that year, and the only person to ever win from Art Center, I believe). So, I did it as an independent study project. It’s obviously...