About Me

I’m a product strategist and writer. In my day job, I’m Director of Product Strategy at frog design. I also write for Cnet on the Matter/Anti-Matter blog. This is my personal blog and does not represent the views of frog or Cnet. More details >

Recent Writing and Speaking

Interviewed by Jess McMullin of BplusD

Sustainable Design Seminar, Design Management Institute

Design Green Now, Bellingham, WA 

Panelist, UT Austin Sustainable Business Summit 

The System is the Product / Speaker at Inverge 2007 Conference

The System is the Product / Presentation to Silicon Valley PMA 

The Tragedy of the Commons, frog Design Mind

Entries in eames (1)

Saturday
04Oct

Eames on the Polaroid SX-70


I’m a huge fan of the films that Charles and Ray Eames did, they are great examples of how “designers” can have a kaleidoscopic view of, and impact on, the world. Here is the promotional film they did for the landmark Polaroid SX-70 camera.

Despite a film production process that, by today’s standards, is very primitive, and devoid of anything even remotely resembling CG, the film does a brilliant job of the main point: storytelling.