PinnedPublished inBootcamp50 new-ish oblique-ish strategies for designersTactics to be more creativeOct 28, 20211Oct 28, 20211
PinnedPublished inBootcampA 5-Step framework for better “bad idea” brainstormingQuick tactics to be more creative, more quickly.May 20, 2022May 20, 2022
HalfoweenA holiday held 6 months after Halloween (technically on the non-existent April 31st) in which revelers dress in half-themed costumes. Past…May 27, 2024May 27, 2024
Honda’s new autonomous driving patent helps passengers see more.A patent from my time at Honda was just approved! It’s called ‘Method and system for controlling autonomous vehicles to affect occupant…Aug 21, 2023Aug 21, 2023
Honda patents a floating structure that cleans the oceanIt’s called ‘Apparatus and method for aggregate collection’, and the inventors are Varun Gadh (that’s me!), Robert Rangel and Christopher…Aug 20, 2023Aug 20, 2023
“Ruffage Draft”A very rough (raw) draft that you’re meant to digest and turn into something else.Jan 5, 2023Jan 5, 2023
Silentaneous: /ˈˈsī-lən-ˈtā-nē-əs/Collectively making no sound as a group or at the same time — as in, “We set about performing this affinity map exercise in a silentaneous…Oct 24, 2021Oct 24, 2021
4 courses I reference every day as a designer (with resources + links)Guess how many of them are design classes.Aug 5, 2021Aug 5, 2021
Yet another saying about qualitative vs. quantitative researchBecause there aren’t enough.Feb 11, 2021Feb 11, 2021