Selected Writing Samples
Xavier Dolan
Interview, August 2010
Online
Bringing Outdoor Sexy Back
Interview, June 2010
Online
Do-Good Design
T, May 2010
Online
Design Journeys: Andy Cruz
AIGA, May 2010
Online
Design Journeys: Lucille Tenazas
AIGA, May 2010
Online
Bicycles Built for You
T, April 2010
Online | View Print Magazine
Eyes Have It
T, April 2010
Online | View Print Magazine
Can Animation Help Stop Climate Change?
British filmmaker Simon Robson has assembled a crack international team of animators to make a collaborative, web-based film that advocates for collective online action as a way to solve the climate crisis.
GOOD, March 2010
Online
How China’s Big Quake Shook Out
A documentary surveying the aftermath of the catastrophic 2008 temblor in China’s Sichuan province offers insight into the fates of Chile and Haiti.
GOOD, March 2010
Online
Two Documentaries Ask: Who Really Lives in Middle America?
The films October Country and 45365 look at the people living in the middle of the country, not just the statistics and political punchlines they represent.
GOOD, February 2010
Online
Mainlining Wikipedia
A handheld Wikipedia reader raises as many questions as it answers.
I.D. magazine, January 2010
PDF
The I.D. 40: This We Know
I.D. magazine, January 2010
PDF
Jan/Feb I.D. Editor’s Note:
Change-Mongering
If design’s time for change has come, where does it go from here?
I.D. magazine, January 2010
PDF
The 9th Annual Year in Ideas
The New York Times Magazine, December 13, 2009
The Kitchen Sink That Puts Out Fires: Online
The Hourglass Surfboard: Online
Heritage Chic: Online
2009 New + Notable: Maharam Digital Projects
I.D. magazine, November 2009
PDF
Playing With Their Heads
Hasbro and RISD team up on an educational initiative modeled after the board game Cranium.
I.D. magazine, September 2009
PDF
Q+A: Frank Lantz, Co-founder of area/code
I.D. magazine, September 2009
PDF
Sept/Oct I.D. Editor’s Note:
Play It As It Lays
In tough times, designers can still have fun.
I.D. magazine, September 2009
PDF
55th Annual Design Review: Interactive Awards
I.D. magazine, July 2009
Online Excerpt
Open for Business
Open-source hardware developer Bug Labs offers a game-changing solution for upstart gadget makers.
I.D. magazine, June 2009
PDF
Retail Oriented
Designers can make and sell nearly anything at the online object factory Ponoko
I.D. magazine, June 2009
PDF
Sasha Fierce
She’s barely old enough to drink, but porn star Sasha Grey has already appeared in more than 150 adult movies. Now she’s starring in the latest from Steven Soderbergh. A crossover bid? Not really—she’s just diversifying her brand
V Man magazine, May 2009
Online
Guys on the Rise
Diego Luna: Born To Be Tough
V Man magazine, May 2009
PDF
Love and Consequences
With two new films about romantic passion and its turbulent aftermath, actor Louis Garrel secures his reputation as France’s next great sex symbol
V magazine, March 2009
PDF
Michael Fassbender
The steely Irish-German actor pushed his body to the brink to portray I.R.A. soldier Bobby Sands’s 1981 hunger strike
V Man magazine, February 2009
Online
Seeing Other People
Friending, poking, Twittering—social networking holds us all captive. Now may be the time for users to take control.
Print magazine, February 2009
Online
Scene Stealers: Josh Brolin
V magazine, January 2009
PDF
The I.D. 40
I.D. magazine, January 2009
Stamen Design: Online
Kiel Mead: PDF
Brother Act
With their new HBO show, DIY filmmakers the Neistat Brothers seek to bring some humanity back to the movies
V magazine, Winter 2008/09
V magazine digital edition
Cooling Trend
Nike improves on its ice-filled vest for hardcore athletes.
I.D. magazine, September 2008
PDF
Type for All Types
Print magazine, August 2008
PDF
Still Walking on Air
High-wire artist Philippe Petit, the subject of the new documentary Man on Wire, reflects on a career spent reaching for the skies
V Man magazine, August 2009
Online
54th Annual Design Review: Interactive Awards
I.D. magazine, July 2008
Online Excerpt
Making Change
Motorola Envisions a World Without Cash Registers
I.D. magazine, May 2008
PDF
Back to the Future
Why Are So Many Web Designers Partying Like It’s 1996?
I.D. magazine, January 2008
Online | HTML
The Other Side of the City
City of Men, the new companion piece to the acclaimed City of God, offers a humane take on the violence in Rio de Janeiro’s hillside shantytowns.
Tribeca Film, February 2008
Online
The I.D. 40: Seth Kinmont
I.D. magazine, January 2008
Online
Uncharted Waters
With her first documentary, A Walk into the Sea, director Esther Robinson exhumes the legacy of her late uncle Danny Williams while offering a fresh take on Andy Warhol’s Factory.
Tribeca Film, December 2007
Online
Deep Dive
Motorola and Gensler design an ocean-themed learning center.
I.D. magazine, November 2007
PDF
Hello Out There
OpenMoko unlocks the future of the mobile phone.
I.D. magazine, November 2007
PDF
Mane Line
Reebok’s new shoes are inspired by Voltron.
I.D. magazine, November 2007
PDF
Chasing the Devil
Directors Annie Sundberg and Ricki Stern discuss their powerful documentary The Devil Came on Horseback, an account of the ongoing humanitarian crisis in Darfur and the one man who felt he had to do something about it.
Tribeca Film, November 2007
Online
A Portrait of the Art Collector, and the Young Man
First-time director James Crump reflects on his new documentary, Black White + Gray: A Portrait of Sam Wagstaff and Robert Mapplethorpe, which explores middle-aged art collector Sam Wagstaff’s complex relationship with superstar photographer Robert Mapplethorpe during the 1970s and ‘80s.
Tribeca Film, November 2007
Online
The Dark Is Rising
With Darkon, a compelling documentary portrait of the world of live-action role-players, coming to IFC this November, Brooklyn production company SeeThink finds its place in the indie film universe.
Tribeca Film, September 2007
Online
53rd Annual Design Review: Interactive Awards
I.D. magazine, July 2007
Online Excerpt
Wake-Up Call
Tips for Making and Selling a Student Project—As Offered by Clocky’s Inventor
I.D. magazine, June 2007
PDF
Decolonizing the Colonel: The Afterlives of KFCs
I.D. magazine, May 2007
PDF | HTML
What Can Brown Do for You?
Microsoft’s Zune Heralds a Return to Chocolatey Hues
I.D. magazine, March 2007
Online | Also syndicated to BusinessWeek as Brown Is the New Black
The I.D. 40: Collectives
I.D. magazine, January 2007
Robotany: PDF
Preemptive Media: PDF
Revolutions on Request: PDF
The Long and Winding Road
Design Students Learn the Nitty-Gritty of Manufacturing—Or Try To
I.D. magazine, December 2006
PDF
Here’s to Your Beauty
Collectanea*, November 2006
Online
Please Don’t Feed the Animals: Natalie Jeremijenko’s Hands-On Environmentalism
RES magazine, July 2006
PDF | HTML
History Train: Faun Fables’ Subway Theater
RES magazine, July 2006
PDF
Reaction Office
I.D. magazine, June 2006
PDF
The Great Communicator
I.D. magazine, May 2006
PDF
Concert in the Park: Free Jazz with Joe McPhee
Epitonic.com, May 2006
Online
Remains in Light: Hiro Yamagata’s Art for a New Afghanistan
I.D. magazine, March 2006
PDF
What a Scanner Sees: Richard Linklater Animates a Philip K. Dick Classic
RES magazine, January 2006
PDF | HTML
The Continuing Resurrection of John Fahey
RES magazine, January 2006
PDF
Our Band Could Be Our Life: Adding Up Animal Collective’s Parts
RES magazine, November 2005
PDF | Online
Shopocalypse Now! Q+A with Reverend Billy
RES magazine, May 2005
PDF | Longer Interview Online
Making Sense of a Mod World
RES magazine, May 2005
PDF
2005 RES 10: Institute for Applied Autonomy
RES magazine, March 2005
PDF
The World in a Glance: Q+A with Malcolm Gladwell
RES magazine, January 2005
Online
Passion Plays: Foreign Films Raise Emotional Stakes
RES magazine, November 2004
PDF
The Citizen Actor: Gael García Bernal’s Sense of Duty
RES magazine, November 2004
PDF | Online
Politics, Any Way You Slice It
RES magazine, September 2004
PDF | Online
Making the World 125% Better: The New Open Labs
RES magazine, September 2004
Online
Underdogs: The Coup’s Funky Revolution
RES magazine, July 2004
PDF | Online
Signs and Systems: Q+A with Robert Venturi and Denise Scott Brown
RES magazine, May 2004
PDF | Longer Interview Online: Part One, Part Two
Freedom’s Just Another Word for Chan Marshall’s Blues
RES magazine, March 2003
PDF
Miscellaneous
Tribeca Film Festival Screen Grabs columns, 2007
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RES Editor’s Notes, 2005-2006
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