The Mission Stencil Story
A street-art version of a “choose your own adventure” story, the project unfolds on the streets of the Mission District in SF, each stencil connected to the next by arrows and using the surrounding streetscape as illustrations.
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Driving directions, the Indian way
A post on RouteGuru, an Indian startup that has taken cues from Indian culture and created a landmark-based directions site. “Take the 2nd left turn at the roundabout, pass by the taxi stand on the right.”
Beware of the research attack
A design researcher is intercepted by another researcher on the London Tube. “Today I was subjected to a Research Attack. A Research Attack is when a researcher attacks you for information, like a detective interrogating a suspect.”
The Use of Design Research in the Creative Process
“Of course, the fundamental problem with the rush to gather as much research as possible to please the client or address our own nagging insecurities, is that insights gained from research can only be as good as the questions they were designed to answer”
Hello
John is currently thinking and designing in San Francisco.
Projects
Message Muni
A simple and forgiving text messaging service for San Francisco Muni arrival times.
DSButtons.com
DS Buttons are an invitation to play.
Collaborators
Adam DuVander
of WifiPDX and Simplicity Rules fame.
Josh Heumann
Polaroid alchemist extraordinaire.
Sean Madden
The Pixelnomad.
Name Redacted
Qué mysterioso.
Tom Watson
Stays up late over at 110am.