Design

The information asymmetry between you and the manufacturer — and the one actor who can close it

What happens when you run a battery electric vehicle for 400,000 kilometres in four years? The fleet data is just coming in — and it’s rewriting everything the industry thought it knew.

Why the world’s most admired luxury brands fail the only durability test that matters

What 300,000 kilometres actually does to a car — and why 'boring' wins

Why a Manhattan taxi’s odometer means more than a manufacturer’s press release

An exploration of AI's role in design, its strengths, limitations, and the importance of human judgment.

A five-part exploration of how manufacturers deliberately design products to fail, from the Phoebus Cartel to modern software lock-ins and repair prevention.

An exploration of the Tupolev Tu-104, a Soviet jet airliner that was essentially a bomber with a new coat of paint.

Breaking technological path dependency through biomimicry and deliberate ecosystem design, with modular standards, open-source models, and regulatory foresight to enable more resilient innovation.

How biomimicry solved Japan's Shinkansen tunnel noise crisis by redesigning train noses after kingfisher beaks, demonstrating how natural constraints can reshape technological evolution.