Painting by Johan Andersson, OpenSea Listing by Laurence FullerFYI: This is just a quick note, but honestly deserves a longer dialogue. There's a lot of contention around the hype, purpose, and future potential of NFTs. Whether it be around bubble speculation or meme economy shilling, I think the unmistakable thing is the rally of normies getting involved in financial markets at a rate unprecedented. Even for myself, diving deeper into the market in just the past few months, I've le...

Painting by Johan Andersson, OpenSea Listing by Laurence FullerFYI: This is just a quick note, but honestly deserves a longer dialogue. There's a lot of contention around the hype, purpose, and future potential of NFTs. Whether it be around bubble speculation or meme economy shilling, I think the unmistakable thing is the rally of normies getting involved in financial markets at a rate unprecedented. Even for myself, diving deeper into the market in just the past few months, I've le...

There’s a common thread between the works of all great designers. It’s that designing with a cultural lens is integral to everything — to have the level of deep understanding of the space you operate and the community your work serves to create the things that have the type of outsized impact they do. It's not all that novel of a realization, but it's something that I think because of its seemingly obvious nature, many have trouble articulating, understanding, and defending, includi...

There’s a common thread between the works of all great designers. It’s that designing with a cultural lens is integral to everything — to have the level of deep understanding of the space you operate and the community your work serves to create the things that have the type of outsized impact they do. It's not all that novel of a realization, but it's something that I think because of its seemingly obvious nature, many have trouble articulating, understanding, and defending, includi...

It's funny to think about a time when the concept was nascent. I remember creating UI style guides paired with a brand guide and then throwing it over the fence to let the developers figure it out. We've come a long way.Xerox Star 8010 Interface (1981)I've built many design systems from scratch, remixed a bunch, and worked with good (and very bad) ones belonging to some notable companies. Here are a few takes and tips that I can provide from my experience.Designs systems are on...

It's funny to think about a time when the concept was nascent. I remember creating UI style guides paired with a brand guide and then throwing it over the fence to let the developers figure it out. We've come a long way.Xerox Star 8010 Interface (1981)I've built many design systems from scratch, remixed a bunch, and worked with good (and very bad) ones belonging to some notable companies. Here are a few takes and tips that I can provide from my experience.Designs systems are on...

From my Zombie Zoo collectionHad a chat with one of my bffs recently whose an artist and wanted context on all the chatter around NFTs, web3, DAOs, etc... I entertained him with my limited but growing knowledge. Here are a few takeaway notes from our convo — apologies if it feels disjoined or doesn't make any sense. I was inspired and wanted to dump out my stream of consciousness. I’ll likely add to this list in the near future. Most of the bullets have the potential to be entire essays,...

From my Zombie Zoo collectionHad a chat with one of my bffs recently whose an artist and wanted context on all the chatter around NFTs, web3, DAOs, etc... I entertained him with my limited but growing knowledge. Here are a few takeaway notes from our convo — apologies if it feels disjoined or doesn't make any sense. I was inspired and wanted to dump out my stream of consciousness. I’ll likely add to this list in the near future. Most of the bullets have the potential to be entire essays,...