The DAO practice shares a similar concept with the ancient daoism philosophy in that it explores balanced ways to coordinate people and resources, promotes human-centered autonomy and empowers the community with ownership

feeling sidetracked while attempting to think about numbers living in a number world

The shower is a practice. The shower is also a space. A space occupied by the citizen through time. The shower is a site specific activity that involves the practice of cleansing within a distinctively designed and dedicated space. The verb to shower has preceded the shower as a noun along the times of human existence and urban development.

This short film captures the field condition of MIT as a continuous active process. There is always ground being moved, creating a field condition when various operations of different scales. The digging, the hammering, the building, and the dismantling. All the actions left traces and then were removed.

In the northern territories, food accessibility is not a problem that can be solely solved by engineers or the construction of a new grocery store. Culturally, foodways are networks. Caribou, berries, and fish entangle intergenerational Indigenous women; their pathways are vast and interconnected, forming expansive territories of land and water stewardship.

I was once taught that, as designers, we should never use a font size larger than 8pt. At the time, I was living with a medical condition that disrupted my cognitive functions in a way that made reading very difficult, but I still didn't pick up on the fact that a font size could disable me more than my condition.

Bitcoins, Fredric Jameson, the Cultural Turn, Po-Mo, and we all learn from Las Vegas.

The early to mid-20th century was characterized by large-scale planning schemes that sought to impose a shelter mindset onto Arctic lands. Architectural proposals and designs emphasized shielding against the harsh environment, completely ignoring the fact that Gwich’in has lived with climate for millennia. Those who argue that design can ‘give agency’ to a community have definitely not been there.

a tale of pedestrian crossing signs from around the world

A lover’s complaint, productively.

Image belongs to the poet’s project Petrophilia.

in this house we believe things that are too out there to display in liberal suburban neighborhoods

Welcome, here’s Another Image for you.

Conflicts and compromises

out of frame remains as a digital platform so that it not only mediates your personal discoveries and ambitions but also echoes your presence outward.

My Final Post for Stories of Food and Tech – Making a Cooking Machine! Come check out the complete machine setup & demo!