This is an open desk where any member of EDGE(s) can share the experiments and explorations that defy categorization

Writers

Stepping Out to Leap Forward

Innovation requires stepping out of your comfort zone. These are some concrete practices for how to get comfortable working in new ways.
Jun 3, 2025
4
min read

The Pragmatism of Courage

Courage is about staking your life on a possibility.
Jan 6, 2025
13
min read

Modalities of Search

The different typologies of finding things
Sep 4, 2024
15
min read

What are we really looking for?

Past, Present, and Future of Search: Part 1
Aug 17, 2024
7
min read

AI is getting emotional. Is this supposed to save the digital economy?

On retention and intimacy in a non-boring sense.
Jul 18, 2024
8
min read

In Search of Novelty

Unlearning Through Constraints
Jun 6, 2024
7
min read

Figproxy: A Free and Open Tool to Connect Figma and Arduino

Figproxy enables rapid prototyping of tangible user experiences by allowing Figma prototypes to talk to the external world. This article dives into what it is and why I made it.
May 6, 2024
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Poetic Algorithms

Emotional resonance in AI-Generated film and sound
Dec 12, 2023
7
min read

Thomas Overthun Looks Back at 30 Years at IDEO

Grishma Rao talks with Thomas Overthun about his design legacy
Nov 28, 2023
12
min read

How Do We Discover New Things?

Letting in the angels, spirits, subconscious, muses and dreams
Nov 7, 2023
7
min read

Can You Create A Renaissance?

Thinking about the conditions for creativity to thrive
Oct 30, 2023
5
min read