My top five favorite animals are cats, red pandas, raccoons and squirrels; the fifth is still undecided.

I'm currently considering otters for the fifth spot, because of how much they enjoy the snow. Also considering sand cats, but I would like to think they're already accounted for in "cats". Just wanted to call them out, because they're amusing. Also abyssinian cats, because their eyebrows are such a small feature, and still add so much attitude. 

I'm very curious and hands on. I like prototyping because it's tactile. Creating iterations feels like playing when I can pick it up and mess around with it. I'm one of those people who touch all the shirts in a store, because if it isn't soft, it's not worth it. The best outfits are the ones that look good, but feel like pajamas.

I've posted my longer ramblings on Medium in case you happen to be curious about the process and how the project developed. 

 
 
 

What I'm currently reading

Speculative Everything: Design, Fiction, and Social Dreaming by Anthony Dunne and Fiona Raby
The responsibility of designers and the role of speculative design in social design. Kind of like thought experiments.

Metaphors We Live By by George Lakoff and Mark Johnson 
The connection between the way we describe things and how we interpret them, but better said than that.  

 

Books I highly recommend

The Fall by Albert Camus
About really being honest with yourself

The Tao of Pooh by Benjamin Hoff
Amusing, quick, thought provoking, light-hearted read (The author is really funny)

Jhereg by Steven Brust
About an assassin & he's pretty funny. 

Otherland by Tad Williams 
A world where VR is advanced and wide spread