About & Projects

The name of this blog is semeiotica, Italian for symp·to·ma·tol·o·gy (sĭm’tə-mə-tŏl’ə-jē) n. It’s the medical science of symptoms -or- the combined symptoms of a disease.

I am interested in the abundance and distribution of design concerns and their interactions.  Studying, organizing, and using them to facilitate better decision making towards positive futures constitutes what I call design ecology.  I look for opportunities to develop problem solve and catalyze organizational change at the intersections of public (whose) health, next generation infrastructures, decision support tools, education, and new media.

My goal is to recognize and leverage interactions between infrastructure, consumption, and meaning in order to create pathways for understanding risk and adaptation in diverse communities.  Accomplishing this means building knowledge-based cooperative networks across disciplines and social groups to reveal and manage uncertainty and opportunities in energy, water, climate change, and economic development.  I import and utilize a variety of tools, practices, and perspectives to reframe problems, implement solutions, and arrive at more robust ways of working and interacting at multiple scales.

For an overview of recent work, you can download a folio of cases (pdf 5.9mb).

Design Ecology

Endless Forms Engaging Evolution

Genomic Cinema

Learning Ecosystems

Organelle View

Silking Systems

Sui Generis

Distribution of Gene Duplicates

Sex and Parasites

Watercasting

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