Decoding the world of culture, design, and marketing.
Part-Time People Person
"That's what I wanted to commemorate: the way our lives intersect with the people around us…"
She’s Not There
"Moscoso’s genius was to give sculptural form to the negative space between his letter forms…"
Falling Angel
"Though our actions may be predetermined by forces we cannot perceive, Paradise Lost teaches us, while plummeting towards our fate we can at the very least swerve."
Making Sense
"It’s an almost compulsive need to keep asking why, again and again, without settling too quickly on answers."
Liminal Roots
"A personal reminder that I carry rootedness with me wherever I go…"
California Braille
"Typefaces read with the hands can be just as complicated as those read with the eyes."
The Song of the Butterfly
"A declaration that my neurospiciness isn’t a flaw; it’s the power source of my unique perception, creativity and way of life."
Making Sense
"Semiotics is clever and brilliant. It doesn’t need to try so hard to sound clever and brilliant."
In the Untethered
"My daily reminder that I am exactly who I think I am: an unconventional woman."
Akzidenz-Grotesk
"A stark, proto-Brutalist typeface totally out of step with the times, it was a revelation."
Session: Semiotics in Latin America
A session on the unique uses of emotion, color and dissonance in Latin America.
The Soft Machine
"Cut word lines — Cut music lines — Smash the control images — Smash the control machine"
Kalinga Redox
"For a tourist like myself to get a traditional tattoo from Apo Whang-Od's successor involves reduction or oxidation…"
Making Sense
"Semiotic researchers tend to be good people — perhaps because they share a fundamental openness toward understanding cultures other than their own."