What a Designer taught me about Experience
What if experience is not about what you know? Recently, I sat down with Industrial Designer Philippe Guichard for a conversation on On Experience. Given I’m a former architect, we naturally talked about design and creativity. Plus, we talked about ego, failure, culture and comic books. But the biggest insight I took away wasn’t really about design […]
What a Shark Attack taught me about Experience
A woman was attacked by a shark at Coogee Beach this week (14 June 2026). Nearby was Charlie Vercoe, an experienced paddle boarder and surf lifesaver, who helped her to shore. This struck me as an extreme example of experience in action. We often think experience means, I’ve done this before, but life rarely happens […]