2011: 5 Great Things
I tweeted, randomly, without thinking much about it, that I would do 5 amazing things next year. Then some people asked “what” and while I had some vague idea of what I’d meant, I thought I should...
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So you want to build community?
Part 1: Mark Dudlik is not in charge of this shit. Last year I wrote some angry letter. It spawned a whole awesome week of celebrating Phoenix designers and the work they do. And then, we did it again...
View ArticleTEDxPHXDC 2
The second TEDxPHXDC is a few weeks away and I wanted to take a second to explain whats going on with this one. While the event is meant as an outlet for the PHXDC, members of the Phoenix Design...
View ArticleMediocrity as a ceiling
Maybe I’ve just been so overwhelmed lately that I haven’t had a chance to step back and look at things, or maybe I’ve come to some sort of epiphany, but I think I’ve started to accept my limits. I...
View ArticleThe Next 6 Months
Things I’m doing in the next 6 months: My Day Job Opening a Museum Opening a Store Managing a 2 week design event. Making a book Dating Having sex with all of your mothers.
View ArticleA museum & a shop
I have been working on a few huge projects over the past year with Tanner Woodford and they are slowing sneaking out of our heads and into reality. We’re doing a couple short-term “pop-up” ideas that...
View ArticleAbout PHXDM
Here is the welcome letter we have posted next to the entrance of the Phoenix Design Museum. ____________ The Phoenix Design Museum is a pop-up concept meant to highlight Phoenix and its unique culture...
View Article28×28
In an effort to squeeze every last drop of productivity from the 18-20 hours I am awake each day, I’ve decided to start a project that is impossible for me to finish. Maybe I’m starting to feel old. I...
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Phoenix Design* Week
So, someone was nice enough to pass along a conversation that was happening on a facebook profile with privacy settings I couldn’t see. They passed along a screenshot, shown above with names removed...
View ArticleThe giant failure
28×28 was a huge failure! 1. Make 28 screen prints — I made one really bad one. Twice. 2. Read & review 28 books — Read 25, reviewed 0 3. Design on 28 vinyl toys — Lots of blank vinyl toys,...
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A goodbye note
A few of you know already, but I figured I should make it official at this point. I moved to New York a few weeks ago. I got a job offer I couldn’t refuse and had to get here quick. I am now at the...
View ArticleAngry Epilogue
It’s weird to be writing an angry letter to end my time as director of Phoenix Design Week, considering it was an angry letter that started the whole damn thing in the first place. We’ve come so far,...
View ArticleThoughts on AIGA
I’ve been an adamant supporter of AIGA for years, not just the Arizona chapter, but the organization as a whole. The group is the best and most important organization for the advancement of design and...
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So you want to build community?
Part 1: Mark Dudlik is not in charge of this shit. Last year I wrote some angry letter. It spawned a whole awesome week of celebrating Phoenix designers and the work they do. And then, we did it again...
View ArticleTEDxPHXDC 2
The second TEDxPHXDC is a few weeks away and I wanted to take a second to explain whats going on with this one. While the event is meant as an outlet for the PHXDC, members of the Phoenix Design...
View ArticleShelved / January 2014
Books I Bought Ten Years in the Tub – Nick Hornby Mcsweeney’s 45 The Difficulty of Being – Jean Cocteau The Parallax View – Slavoj Zizek S – JJ Abrams Critical Theory: A Graphic Guide – Stuart Sim...
View ArticleWe can put a man on the moon…
“We can put a man on the moon but we cant…” get people to stop using this statement as if it means anything of value. We put a man on the moon because of a nationwide interest to do so, because of a...
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A Panda Story
So, I am known for a few things now, it would seem: Design, hating weather tweets, self-deprecation and pandas. The last one may seem immature and girly, which whatever, I’m known for being those...
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The Cost of Design Week
This year, Phoenix Design Week registrations cost $125. Last year, they were $40. You might ask, quite rightly, why such an increase? We charged $40 last year by pulling a number out of the air based...
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So you want to build community?
Part 1: Mark Dudlik is not in charge of this shit. Last year I wrote some angry letter. It spawned a whole awesome week of celebrating Phoenix designers and the work they do. And then, we did it again...
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