2012 marks the 40th anniversary of my favorite song from childhood: Three Dog Night’s “Black and White.” This thing became a national phenomenon, selling over a million copies and reaching number one on the Billboard 100. In late 1972 you could go nowhere without hearing this. My best friend David Glickman and I would clap [...]

Next year will mark the 10th anniversary of a project I loved. And one that has been loved by many in return. The Hershey Store, launched in 2002, has become a memorable destination for millions of visitors to Times Square. Businessweek refers to it as one of seven retail “Wonders of the World”. Although not a perfect [...]

The designer and author Christopher Simmons asked me to write something for his new book on socially conscious design thinking. I chose to describe a project we created that was sparked by a conversation I had with NASA astronaut Jerry Linenger. You can order Chris’s new book, called JUST DESIGN, at Amazon. My essay follows. [...]

Tad Toulis from Teague writes a smart post at Core 77: “Design discourse often strikes me as analogous to a family get together. It sets out well enough; optimistic with an undercurrent of reconciliation, but it can turn sour. A casual remark or offhanded comment cuts quick, unearthing volumes of unresolved conflict and lingering baggage. [...]

  For the first time in history, Americans don’t believe their children will enjoy a better life. This is bad news for business. The currency that sustains brands, businesses and governments is trust – and it’s never been in shorter supply. If the American consumer wrote a letter to management, it would go like this: [...]

I just finished watching “Hackers”, a old but still revealing documentary produced over a decade before the advent of the Internet. All the interviews were shot over a long week end in 1984, at the first Hackers Conference, hosted by Whole Earth Catalog editors Stewart Brand and Kevin Kelly, in Sausalito, California. The event was [...]