Process
Five User Interviews Beat a Hundred Opinions
How I talk to real users in a single week.
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Makers
Portland Furniture Maker Graham Pell on Slow Joinery, Local Wood and Chairs That Outlive Us
From a small Central Eastside shop, Pell builds about 60 pieces a year. He explains why he refuses to go…
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Interviews
“Models Before Computers”: Inside the Studio That Still Builds Everything by Hand
Okafor Lindqvist makes a physical model of every project. Here’s why.
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For Job Seekers
How to Answer “Tell Me About Yourself”
Present, past, future — in two minutes.
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Interviews
The Staircase as Sculpture: Five Stairs Worth Climbing
From spiral to cantilevered, the most beautiful staircases of the year.
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Behind the Scenes
Five Questions With the Director of “Saltwater”
On small budgets, big feelings and shooting on a real ferry.
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Interviews
Architect Maya Halden on Building Less and Listening More
The founder of Studio Halden Rowe talks about sites, silence and saying no.
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Interviews
Landscape Architect Renata Solis on Designing for Drought, Hail and a Mile-High Sun
The Denver designer plants for the climate the city is getting, not the one it had. A conversation on water…
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Interviews
Portland Furniture Maker Graham Pell on Slow Joinery, Local Wood and Chairs That Outlive Us
From a small Central Eastside shop, Pell builds about 60 pieces a year. He explains why he refuses to go…
Read more