Designer. Educator.
Austin, TX, USA
Joined March 2009
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Quick poll: what's your fave prototyping tool for teaching/enabling non-designers to make...prototypes! (Of any kind) Reply here...
My thoughts on #designtoolkits originally published by @utsdct (but now in the rather Dutch #ScalaSans ;) Behold and beware! jonfreach.com/essays/2018/10…
Thoughts/techniques on an increasingly important but elusive characteristic of design today: Legitimacy. jonfreach.com/essays/2016/6/…
My brief essay on the importance of making time to capture the texture of a place during field research. Clients won’t ask. Do it for them and your team. jonfreach.com/making/2016/12…
My brief thoughts on some fundamentals of urban design that have served me/my teams well (and continue to inspire). We are better wayfinders than we think. #kevinlynch #in ... jonfreach.com/essays/2016/6/…
And still trending...my short essay (2016) on #designresearch in practice. Wicked problems, short project schedules, small qualitative data sets, and the possibilities of data ... jonfreach.com/essays/2016/6/…
Me & LincolnNE Mayor @ChrisBeutler talk prototyping for the @BloombergCities #MayorsChallenge. @frogdesign coaching!
66 Ways We Differ — Essays on Design kudos to @karapecknold for the tip. I made it prettier. jonfreach.com/essays/2018/3/…
Oldie but still a goodie, I think. Photography as a research method: @frogdesign #frogDR: fastcodesign.com/3027684/how…
See what I've been working on with @BloombergCities #mayorschallenge; Proud to support these great Champion Cities!medium.com/@BloombergCities/…
And here’s my article: Behold and Beware, Design Toolkits | School of Design and Creative Technologies designcreativetech.utexas.ed…
Honored to be a contributing author to this new journal: Design Reader | School of Design and Creative Technologies designcreativetech.utexas.ed…
I'm with @BrandonVDixon. @realDonaldTrump must stop using tweets to criticize free speech he disagrees with. That's unAmerican.
Sunday morning signage, neighborhood taco run instagram.com/p/BKyIyWRA37k/
Countdown to tonight’s class @UTAustin. Topic: What IS design? With @frogdesign @apuchek & @katielinglis finearts.utexas.edu/feature/…
First official “office” at #UT School of Art/Design. But this is not where design happens. Good colleagues though.
