Lab

A Maker’s Heart

I tinker with applying cutting-edge tech, making tools for myself and others, and occasionally writing.

Tools

Experiments

Web 1.0 & 2.0

Deep Cuts

Essays

2026
An Approach for Designing Trustworthy Agents
How might we build agents that people can trust?
2025
Beyond Vibe-Coding: A Strategic Framework for AI in Design
How AI can strengthen design influence, and practical methods for applying it in our process.
2018
Exploring the Future of HCI at Dynamicland
Reflections on visiting Bret Victor’s interactive experiment in Oakland.
2017
An Experiment in Personal Healthcare Protocols
How can healthcare plans be managed more easily?
2017
Envisioning Change in Science Communication
Thoughts on iteration, phase shifts, and stasis
2017
Known Unknowns and Unknown Unknowns
How do we describe what we don’t yet know?
2017
Blended Systems in Design & Biology
What can designers learn from chloroplasts?
2017
The Soul of a Design
Is it possible for design to have soul?
2017
Visualizing Levels of Confidence in Science Communication
How much do we really know?
2017
The Languages of Chemistry: A Review
We live in a chemical world. How are we currently describing it?
2017
Living, Breathing Products: Thoughts on Organic Design
Lately I’ve noticed some trends converging into a larger trend that might aptly be described as Organic Design.
2017
Coping with Complexity: A Design Perspective of Biotech and Science
The biotech world is a fascinating place to be right now.
2017
Aesthetic Biotech: Petunias, Iridescence, and Flamethrowers
For centuries, plant breeders have dominated the aesthetic plant domain, mostly through hybridization. Orchid breeders, the interesting…
2016
CCL Plant Bio: A space for plant biotech in the Bay
Around February 2016, I came across a WSJ article about a guy named Sebastian Cocioba, a self-taught biohacker in New York. It explained…
2014
Design Principles in Nature
What design principles lead to Nature being so incredible?

Patents