writing

These are various writings and presentations that I have contributed to or presented.

bridging tradition and tech: taking a novel and multigenerational approach to modern footwear design w/eqlz

Overview
Credit: co-authored with aaron cooper and brett golliff
year: 2025
description
Presented at Stride 2025 in Portland, OR - this presentation outlined a combinatory design approach between three designers and how we developed performance basketball footwear for EQLZ. Major topics of the presentation related to Computational Design and digital innovation strategies include biomimetic performance, design for motion with motion, and a 1:1, Zero-translation design pipeline.

beacons: sensing innovation in a world of change

Overview
Credit: modelab (co-authored with evan greenberg)
year: 2023
description
“The adjacent possible is a kind of shadow future, hovering on the edges of the present state of things, a map of all the ways in which the present can reinvent itself…it captures both the limits and the creative potential of change and innovation.” - Steven Johnson

'Beacons' is a talk that was presented to James Madison University and the University of Oregon exploring the adjacent possible within computational design in the real world.

Tackling the Design Crisis

Overview
Credit: modelab
year: 2023
description
'Tackling the Design Crisis' is a blog post highlighting the paradigm shift impacting the world of design as we see it today. Increased complexity, volatility, and an abundance of technological tools and processing power have created an environment not unlike that which plagued the 1960's era of computer programming. The ROI of design has becoming less sustainable despite advances in technological capabilities. This paradox is created because the fundamental way in which companies design has remained unchanged since the dawn of the digital age.
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