by Matthew | Mar 15, 2023 | art, design, news, op.ed
Image: Image transfer of the Apollo Lunar Landeer We began this journey through the first phase, Understand, and follow up that post with the second chapter, of three, as we look at the techniques and practices used within the product & user experience discipline....
by Matthew | Feb 28, 2023 | news, process
Image: View from inside the cockpit of the Millennium Falcon As we look at the techniques and practices used within the product & user experience discipline, we can look at the macro level concepts of: Understand, Define, and Validate. These are considered by...
by Matthew | Feb 9, 2023 | art, illustration, news
Illustrated portrait of Natalie Portman reprising her role as Jane Foster. This time in Marvel’s “Thor: Love and Thunder” as Lady Thor – directed by the one and only brilliant mind of Taika Waititi. This illustration was created using a couple...
by Matthew | Feb 2, 2023 | news, nonsense, op.ed
Image: Mother, the computer used on the Nostromo to guide the team in Ridley Scott’s “Alien”. Copyright 20th Century Studios (The Walt Disney Company) Beware the “charm offensive”! Over the course of my career I have seen lots of personal interaction...
by Matthew | Jan 31, 2023 | art, design, news, op.ed, process
Design should not dominate things, should not make architecture and decoration out of them. Things should be made to accompany man and serve his well-being. Alvar Aalto I have said this for years and many times before, art is a statement. Art can exist on its own....
by Matthew | Jan 30, 2023 | art, design, news, process
“A society grows great, when old men plant trees in whose shade they know they shall never sit.” Although this phrase is often attributed to a ancient Greek proverb, its exact source is unknown. It is a popular quote that is widely used to emphasize the importance of...