Aichaku (ahy-chaw-koo) is the Japanese term for the sense of attachment one can feel for an artifact. When written by its two kanji characters, you can see that the first character means “love” and the second one means “fit.” “Love-fit” describes a deeper kind of emotional attachment that a person c…
Co-founder of Razorfish, Craig Kanarick, shares his thoughts about how the Web was and how it became. He also introduces us to his philosophy on hybrid designer/developers, his love for creativity as being more than defined in just one way, and he tells us how he started out with his first job out of college as a consultant to Tangent in the construction of the first clickable banner ad on the Internet.
In March 2019 I presented the Design in Tech Report to a spirited group of folks assembled at SXSW. The report put a spotlight on computational design’s need for inclusive design, and it closed on the topic of addressing imbalance. It’s a largely visual report so it’s best experienced in video form. But I recognize … Continue reading "S1 E3 of Aichaku Podcast / Design in Tech Report 2019 at SXSW"
In 2015 I hosted a Kleiner Perkins event to present the 2015 #DesignInTech Report at Uber HQ together with moderators Creighton Hicks and Jackie Xu interviewing Andrew Crow, Catherine Courage, Bob Baxley, and Sarah Oppelt. We covered topics of design in enterprise, design and business, and design within the entire Silicon Valley ecosystem. The master … Continue reading "S1 E2 of Aichaku Podcast / 2015 Design In Tech Event in Silicon Valley"
In May 2018 I had a convo with Jamie Myrold about design in the technology industry at 99u. I ripped the audio from the video and have added it here in podcast format. You can see it in full video form over on 99u. If you’re curious how to deploy your own podcast on a … Continue reading "S1 E1 of Aichaku Podcast / Jamie Myrold × John Maeda"
In September 2018 I had a convo with my friend Diego Rodriguez about design in the technology industry.