In Spring 2020, sketchers from across California will join together to sketch the historic Alcala missions. Starting in San Diego in April and ending in San Francisco in May, urban…
When "metrics-gone-mad" makes the cover of HBR, it's time to pay attention. A chilling overview of how our love of metrics can lead to terrible outcomes. The article by Michael…
- On February 25, 2020
- By Kate
February 25th episode of What is Wrong with UX In this episode, Kate and Laura insist that, while designers don't need to know how to code, they do need to…
- On February 15, 2020
- By Kate
Like many people, I'm going through beloved possessions and de-possessing of them, buoyed by Marie Kondo's Konmari method and Swedish Death Cleaning. Because physical objects embody memories of people, places…
- On February 11, 2020
- By Kate
February 11th episode of What is Wrong with UX In this episode, Kate and Laura tell long winded stories about telling stories, bringing the drunken blathering to a whole new…
- On February 10, 2020
- By Kate
It's January! The time of year for the annual Tiny Sketchbook Project from the Brooklyn Art Library. This year I've been sketching memorabilia...on idea that's been knocking around my head…
- On February 9, 2020
- By Kate
Carnivorous plants fascinate me. Not only because of the creepfactor, but because they are wildly beautiful. The colors! The shapes! Other than admiring photos online, my only exposure to meat-eating…
- On February 6, 2020
- By Kate
The SF Bay Area Urban Sketchers headed to REI in Berkeley to get some viz on. Holy crap there are a lot of things in that store. I was intrigued…
- On January 28, 2020
- By Kate
January 28th episode of What is Wrong with UX In the interests of clarity, this episode should be called "The ROI of shouting about design and also contradicting each other"…
- On January 11, 2020
- By Kate
January 11th is World Sketchnote Day! Each year the sketchnoting community celebrates this day with the Pass The Sketchnote event. Participants across the world team up and "pass" a note,…
