experience design
The Poetics of Place: The Work of Mariam Issoufou
The work of Mariam Issoufou shows how meaningful places emerge through restraint, climate, and care. Designing with everyday life rather than over it.
experience design
experience design
The Experience Landscape 2026: Designing for Meaning, Not Scale
A reflective essay on experience design in museums, public space, and landscapes, focusing on attention, intimacy, place, and meaning.
experience design
What is Experience Design?
A clear perspective on experience design as the shaping of meaning, memory, and the total experience: not just touchpoints or moments.
experience design
The Human-Scale Principle: Telling history people can feel
Most history is told at the wrong scale.
We tend to tell it in the largest units available: centuries, world
experience design
Beyond the Glass Case: Five Ways to Turn Exhibits Into Living Worlds
Most people don’t lose interest because topics are boring. They lose interest because topics are presented in old, linear
experience design
The Quiet Sublime - Designing public spaces that move people without saying a word
Some places move us without saying a word. The quiet sublime is the courage to design for feeling. To create tension and meaning in the space between.
experience design
Shared Wonder: Designing public spaces for connection
We live in an age of perfect personalization. Our feeds, our headphones, our preferences all tune neatly to “just me.
experience design
Heritage is a verb
Exploring heritage as a living practice. How communities, memories, and small acts of care keep culture connected and evolving.
experience design
Genius Loci - How to let places speak
Human-made spaces that listen to their surroundings. Structures that reveal what’s already there, connecting people gently to the spirit of place.
experience design
Grassroots Innovation: How to Create Space for Curiosity and Innovation
Part 2 - Creating the conditions for everyday innovation to thrive
experience design
Grassroots Innovation: Solving Real Problems from the Ground Up
Part 1 - On how curiosity at the edges is shaping the future of innovation
curiosity
How Questions Shape Our Thinking
How different types of questions shape our minds and influence the way we engage with the world.