In November Shop partner, Erin Lynch, had the opportunity to reach a personal milestone when he had the opportunity to interview groundbreaking web designer and friend, Jeffrey Zeldman. The piece, Focusing on a Flexible Future: A Talk with Jeffrey Zeldman, was the second in a series of three articles Erin put together for AIGA Portland in 2017 on designers who have transitioned from corporate jobs to start their own studios. In the article, Jeffrey shares some fantastic insights into his time as a designer, what it takes to be a successful studio owner, the role of risk in the life of a designer, and some of the pratfalls he’s experienced along the way.

Erin also took a few minutes to share some of his own thoughts on his interview with Zeldman. His piece, My Interview with Jeffrey Zeldman, goes into a bit more depth into his thoughts on talking with his friend and former A List Apart team mate.

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We recently finished a short piece on an unboxing of the Pocket Chip, a small $9 Linux-based computer in the same vein as the Raspberry Pi. We picked up the small form factor pc from a Kickstarter campaign designed to help get the Linux machine off the ground. You can read the full article on the WebVisions blog.

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A favorite aspect of our daily work is our opportunity to write. Through our ongoing series’ of essays and articles we strive to explore the fields of design, its practitioners, and the impact of design on (and its place in) history. Writing is something that we feel strongly about—an unenforced obligation as contributing members of this profession. Not all designers feel that pull—the need for written expression and exploration, and that’s all right. For us, though, it’s vital to practice.

Through our ongoing series’ of essays and articles we strive to explore the fields of design, its practitioners, and the impact of design on (and its place in) history.

We’ve been fortunate to team up with some amazing organizations over the past few years, producing some great content and having some amazing conversations with those on the bleeding edge of technology and design. Our most recent article for the conference series, WebVisions, is a short interview with NYC-based design anthropologist Amélie Lamont. The piece, Examining Cultural Need: Discussing Design Anthropology with Amélie Lamont, is now up on the WebVisions blog and their orbital publication on Medium.

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