👋 Quick Note: Back from parental leave
What to expect next from me.
Hey there,
For the past six months I took a break from writing & working following the birth of my son Theo.
However, I didn’t take a break from thinking.
Thinking about Design. Thinking about careers. Thinking about what might be next.
So after a lot of thinking, I want to get back to creating.
Specifically, I want to pivot my writing a bit. I want to write less about what I’ve done, and more about what I’m learning, what I’m thinking, and what I’m doing.
Not as a stream of consciousness, but rather the highlights, and what the lessons mean for the practice of design.
A few topics I want to explore:
What Design-specific strengths will future-proof my career?
If we design fewer interfaces in the future, what capabilities matter more?
If there will be more design founders in the future, what will they be doing?
I want to start this journey by exploring a topic that has eluded me for a good chunk of my career:
What is Branding, and why is it such a mystery to most?
I hope you’re still interested in these topics. If not, please unsubscribe below.
If you are, awesome! Let’s learn together. 🙌
-Mat
Because I can’t help myself, I’ll probably still be including a song with each post again. 😅