This is a work–in–progress account of my first quarter of working on my Master of Design thesis at the University of Washington. This is a project about online conversation. Specifically, this is a project about making comment threads, not only more meaningful, but more joyful as well. …

Bruno Latour’s “Where Are the Missing Masses? The Sociology of a Few Mundane Artifacts” is a playful and fascinating mediation focusing on the relationship between human and artifact. Latour argues that artifacts have, within themselves, the power to affect human action. Through humorous case studies, he demonstrates that because artifacts…

The field of design is evolving. For Elizabeth B.-N. Sanders and Pieter Jan Stappers, the authors of the paper “Co-creation and the new landscapes of design,” this evolution means blurring the traditional lines that separate the designer, researcher and “user.” This push is a result of a wide shift in…

Abstract The Design Thinking methodology is all but ubiquitous within the traditional design fields. In this paper, I argue that the implementation of the principles of Design Thinking into organizations outside of design, in this case, the NBA, stand to gain enormous benefit. This paper focuses on the three-point field goal…

Abstract Interaction with smartphone notifications has become a commonplace feature of human life. Notifications are uniquely positioned to exploit the human desire for information. Pairing this with their ubiquity, the efficacy with which notifications encourage engagement with detrimental activities often goes unnoticed. Through review of relevant literature, this paper aims to…