Oliver’s daily(ish) blog on creativity, regenerative design and practical philosophy drawn from across my teaching, writing and collaborations. Sign up for his weekly digest by clicking here and choosing the appropriate button.
- A book of interdependenceThe Pattern Book for Regenerative Design is built around three mindset shifts: interdependence, abundance, and emergence. These are foundational to regenerative design and my aim in writing this book has been …
- How do you write a book for ten different audiences?You start by imagining the people who are going to read it. Some readers will be interested in exploring regenerative design for themselves. Others will be looking for ways to …
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- Find the pattern of practice for your audienceDesigners are teachers. We take people on a journey that gets them to say, “Yes, that’s what I want.” Good teaching is rarely about setting out the whole picture. It’s about …
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- Why a book about patterns?We see patterns, We think in patterns, We create patterns. A pattern is something that repeats, A drum beat, An oscillation. Patterns make things regular and therefore intelligible, Patterns help …
- I’m back (with a book)
It’s been 47 days since my last entry on For Engineers and Other Humans, and since then I’ve been working on something that feels pretty big. So here’s the announcement: …