Andy Polaine
Collaborative long form writing – the story behind the book
A few people have asked me about the process of writing our book on service design given that the three of us are in different countries and all have different …
Writing
ALA Article on Service Design Beyond the Screen
As usual I’m behind the curve, but this time I’m behind myself, which is weird. I don’t think I’ll psychoanalyse that too much more. I …
Storytelling for Designers
As a design educator I watch and read a lot of project presentations. I worked out the other day that I must have seen at least 2,000-3,000 student projects in …
Draft. Write Better.
Draft is a way for writers to collaborate online writing in Markdown with version control. It’s very straightforward so far, which is probably a good way …
Ten rules for writing fiction – Part Two
Ten rules for writing fiction (part two) The second of The Guardian’s series on rules for writing from a survey of established authors. (Part one is here, …
Desktop columns online - onlab
Desktop magazine are republishing some of my previous Foreign Policy columns for their website. It’s good to see these get a new lease of life. The first …
The Virtues of Imperfection
I have enjoyed all of Jonathan Franzen’s books, in particular The Corrections, his novel about the complexities of family relationships, careers and, for …