The long weekend gave me a short gap between busy university work to continue working on The Wind Writes project, which explores wind as an interaction agent within a more-than-human interaction design system. Over the past 5 days I’ve been out at the farm installing the weather station – pulling everything together and getting the … Read more
The Wind Writes. That’s the name I’ve given this project. It explores wind as an interaction agent – operating a digital interface through text – removing both human input and AI mediation from the interaction loop. An exploration of more-than-human interaction design, though I feel that term is somewhat of a misnomer, for interaction design … Read more
What if wind could operate a digital interface? I was having my usual morning coffee at the farm yesterday, looking out at the wind turbines in the distance as their blades slowly turned in tandem with the wind. It got me thinking about the qualities of wind. It’s invisible, yet it has an omnipresence – … Read more
At work, I spend a great deal of time where regenerative futures is discussed as strategy, aspiration and ambition. This Lunar New Year, I took two weeks break for some needed restoration – preparing myself for a very hectic semester ahead. Sitting with my army of chickens at the farm, I have been reading Design … Read more
It’s been a week since the massive tree limb fell off my gum tree. The powerful gusts last week managed to peel this massive limb off the tree. About 7 meters long. The sun finally came out by noon, I considered procrastinating (my neighbour said I’m the laziest farmer in the world) but eventually, got … Read more
If we’re not actively regenerating – are we really designing for the future? Been catching up on my never-ending list of farm chores. Yesterday, I spent hours cutting down massive fallen tree limbs that were wedged in the trunk of another gum tree. The cut logs will be put to good use – mushroom logs, … Read more
There’s a quote I like: “Man – despite his artistic pretensions, his sophistication, and his many accomplishments – owes his existence to a 6-inch layer of topsoil and the fact that it rains.” Paul Harvey said that. No matter how advanced we become, everything comes back to the land. I came back this weekend to … Read more
I’m not sure why, but the idea of nomadic and solitary life has always intrigued me. There has always been a quiet yearning to see it for myself – to understand it beyond stories or photographs. Each year, as the world slows down for end-of-year festivities, I retreat to my farm. It’s a space for … Read more