Concorde (a story of making meaning)

As I sped through security in my own line and walk into the Concorde lounge, the air was noticeably charged with excitement—and there were only four others there, so far. By the time the lounge began to fill with people and I was snacking on hors d’oeuvres and...

Patrimonia Hoy (a story of making meaning)

It finally feels like home. Two years ago, I got on the bus in Michoacan, to head to the Mexico City barrio where my uncle Miguel, his family, and half the people I grew up with have established themselves. My friends Jose and Rodrigo introduced me to Carolina a week...

Build a Bear (a story of making meaning)

It’s my daughter’s birthday. Gina is seven and has always had a thing for stuffed animals. She, and her best friend Meg, love to stage melodramas with their toys, giving them names, detailed characteristics and roles to play in an imaginary world of their creation....
SONY Tradecomm interface

SONY Tradecomm interface

In 1994, SONY hired vivid to design the interface for a stock trading system within General Magic’s MagicCap OS for the SONY-branded device to use this system. It was a very limited interface (a small screen with only 4 levels of gray) but a fascinating device....
Kellogg’s Cereal Mixer

Kellogg’s Cereal Mixer

In 1998, working with some of the most fun professionals ever (especially Steve Gundrum and Davis Masten), vivid was hired by Mattson to work with Kellogg’s on an online customer cereal store. This system allowed anyone to create custom cereal using hundreds of...