Stranger than Friction
Friction is neither the silver bullet nor the enemy, just as an easy, frictionless future might not be the utopia we can make it sound like. Intentionality. It’s what we crave.
Beyond the Bait
The question for brand leaders is pretty simple: will you be an early adopter and lead the shift away from addiction-based engagement, or a laggard clinging to a failing model until it completely collapses?
Unknown Unknowns
“…there are known knowns; there are things we know we know…there are known unknowns; that is to say we know there are some things we do not know. But there are also unknown unknowns—the ones we don't know we don't know.”
What About Trust?
What comes to mind when you hear about declining levels of institutional trust? Is it numbness? Overwhelm? Paralysis? A general sense of “well obviously, but what exactly can I do about it?”
A Guide to Being Solution-Oriented
Be less shit and more solution-oriented and we can start to right some wrongs. Think big by starting small. And it’s never too late to start.
The problems aren’t for posting, they’re the work to be done.
The World We Were Born Into No Longer Exists
What aspects of our present world do you want to no longer exist in the decades to come? What alternative can you build towards? What needs to be true today to create that future?
The New Rules of Engagement
When existence feels chaotic, creating smaller circles of trust becomes a means for survival. Control through community. Agency through back-channel belonging.
The Future isn't Inevitable, it's Intentional
When 70% of young people report feeling worse after spending time online, that's no longer a niche experience. That's pretty massive design failure.
The End of Escapism
There’s real opportunity in designing systems people can connect and benefit from within, instead of just consuming from. That can look like circular supply chains, mutual aid models, or shared ownership platforms.
It will feel messy. It will take time. And best to start small. But it’s something we can build - together.
What the Dark Mode missed
“Everything starts to look like everything else—not because of shared meaning, but because the system demands it.” Kyle Chayka, Filterworld
The Power of Quiet Influence
After over a decade of desperately seeking virality, we’ve reached a point where there are entire agencies promising it by design. To which I ask: if anyone can buy virality, why bother?
Curiosity as a Strategy
What if the most powerful strategy isn't having all the answers, but asking better questions?
Literacy is in Decline. Here’s how we Revive it.
Seeing such a data set can feel shocking and overwhelming, but change is a constant and we can always turn things around. That’s not to say it can be reversed overnight, afterall, the decline itself was over the course of a decade. It will take some time and effort. But we also can’t sit back and wait for policies or schemes to come into effect. We can’t let literacy become a luxury.
Creating Community in a Fragmented World
Empathy is not built via fragmented content. All we do is create content for fragmented landscapes. Take care what technologies you use, because your consciousness will, over time, come to be shaped like those technologies.
What Would it Take to Change Your Mind?
When we approach transformation with rigid certainty, we limit possibilities. When we approach it with flexible thinking, we expand them.
Content Strategy 101: Breaking Free From Beige
A proper content strategy is really not about hitting arbitrary posting quotas or being everywhere, all the time. It's about creating long-lasting narratives that resonate deeply. It's about understanding that sometimes the most strategic move is to say less, but say it better.
The Rebrand of Upcycling
The case for rebooting our perception of the word left in 2010. Language shapes reality. Our vocabulary choices influence perception, which drives behaviour.
Optimise for Fun
Fun works. As frivolous as fun might seen from the perspective of ‘These Uncertain Times’ or circularity in a climate crisis, serving up fun is the essential glue to stick our fragmented communities back together and to get people interested in pushing past all that apathy.
Talking About Revolution
Our approach to sustainability communication feels stuck between goblincore inducing doom-scrolling and corporate buzzwords. While shock tactics emulating PETA's campaign playbook certainly get attention, they're about as effective at creating change as trying to put out that fire with a strongly worded email.
Modern Problems Require Ancient Solutions
Both the fashion industry's current challenges and our brainrot epidemic stem largely from disconnection and a failure of imagination—from nature, from communities, and from future generations.
The Seven Generation principle offers a path to reconnection.
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