I have finally finished 7 articles on the Time Scalable Design Process, the guide for every designer to assure their work is both professional and thorough, regardless of the context of the design project. It’s an approach similar to the checklist approach of surgeons or airline pilots as worked out by Atul Gawande in his…
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Value Driven Design: Holistic Value for Successful Design
I recently added to my series on the timeless scalable design process with an article about Value Driven Design (VDD). VDD is a specialization of the design process for business and organizations where delivering value is the key result of the deign process. The article is available here below: https://www.keen.design/en/design-blog/value-driven-design-a-timeless-scalable-process-for-designing-and-producing-multi-dimensional-value A summary of this article…
Finally! Gnocchi Romana a great simple piemontese (?) dish
After several failed attempts, I finally was able to make one of my favorite delectable dishes, “Gnocchi Romana.” Unlike the name, it is believed to have originated in Piemonte; and unlike the more famous cousin, Gnocchi, it is not made with potato flour but rather semolina. I tried several times to make this in the…
Marlene Dietrich and Pre-code films
This past year I have had a fascination with pre-code films–actually the entire arc of the pre-code films that dared to take on subjects that are politically incorrect even today, and the fall of the strict enforcement of the code and its eventual release (only to have it reinstitute in this decade). Especially interesting is…
Scalability in the design process
The second article in the series on the Timeless Scalable Design process has been published. I invite you to read the article here: Scalability in the Design Process. The first article covered the common misconceptions about the design process and how the design process is currently misunderstood in a way that has led to unprofessional…
One Way Passage and the Pre-Code Hollywood
I see design from many different angles and one of them is how different mediums deal with constraints. Since I feel mastering constraints is the most important (and most liberating) task for the designer. One of my fascinations with the cinema is the effect censorship had on Hollywood, especially examining the pre-code films, which seemed…
The Goldberg Variations Introduction
Now that all three books of the trilogy are out, it’s over due for me to give a summary of these three amazing books. In a short summary I would say The Goldberg Variations trilogy follows Jamie Goldberg from adolescence through early adulthood in 1970s and early 1980s Detroit. In Volume I, Jamie struggles with…
Slings and Arrows, the kink coming out novel is out!
Buy on Amazon Buy discounted direct from the publishers Buy from Barnes & Noble Finally the journey of Jamie Goldberg and its kink climax is complete. It’s been a long journey: I started this book project back in 2014, 10 years ago. Many things came and interrupted Jamie Goldberg’s voyage from adolescence to adulthood; not…
The Trilogy, is completed: Slings and Arrows, is available today!
Buy on Amazon Buy discounted direct from the publishers Buy from Barnes & Noble It’s been a long journey: I started this book project back in 2014, 10 years ago. Many things came and interrupted Jamie Goldberg’s voyage from adolescence to adulthood; not least was the passing of my beloved husband, Morris Taylor, COVID, the…
Something AI can’t beat: The Design Process
Contrary to much press, AI is not replacing design, it is rather ferreting out the incompetent from the real designers. I will write more about that phenomenon in a later post. For now, suffice it to say one of the biggest differentiators–and why AI will never replace design (though it is quickly becoming an indispensable…