public Project Notes • 9 min read Notes, 2023-04-10 Hillary Predko on the inverse relationship between building a makerspace and building anything else, and Apple's forays into production in India.…
paid Interview • 19 min read Bean to Bar Chocolate AMA with Samantha Luc Our AMA with traceability specialist Samantha Luc, former Head of Traceability, Tastings and Education at Soma Chocolatemaker.…
public Project Notes • 8 min read Notes, 2023-03-27 Hillary Predko on the infrastructural sublime, the Svalbard seed vault, and Buckminster Fuller's World Game.…
paid Interview • 9 min read Product Design AMA with Studio Neat’s Tom Gerhardt Our AMA with designer and product coach Tom Gerhardt, co-founder of Studio Neat.…
members Interview • 9 min read Rummage Sale Planet An interview with Adam Minter, author of Secondhand: Travels in the New Global Garage Sale…
public Interview • 10 min read For Good Measure An interview with James Vincent, author of Beyond Measure: The Hidden History of Measurement from Cubits to Quantum Constants.…
public Project Notes • 8 min read Notes, 2023-02-13 Hillary Predko on buildingsheds, reducing carbon emissions from steel production, and anonymously authored designs.…
The Prepared Archive • 8 min read 2022-12-19 Hillary Predko on muscle memory, Hudson Yards, and plutonium safety at Los Alamos.…
paid Interview • 9 min read States of Matter An Interview with material scientist Mark Miodownik In Stuff Matters: Exploring the Marvelous Materials that Shape our Man-Made World, Mark…
The Prepared Archive • 7 min read 2022-10-03 Hillary Predko on IMST's robot arms, Alberta's oil sands, and steeplejacks.…
paid Interview • 9 min read If you wish to make a toaster from scratch, you must first invent the universe. An interview with Thomas Thwaites. For his Master’s thesis project, Thomas Thwaites set out to produce a quotidian object…