Conway's Law Melvin Conway was a computer scientist and in 1967 observed that organizations design systems that work the way they communicate. The systems themselves look like the hierarchies that created them. Organizations which design systems (in the broad sense used here) are constrained to produce designs which
Earlier this summer the Pope published his encyclical on AI, which is when we learned what an encyclical even is (basically a super researched religious book report). The title is Magnifica humanitas: On Safeguarding the Human Person in the Time of Artificial Intelligence. Magnifica humanitas means "Magnificent Humanity"
When we start working with Shopify clients, one of the first things we do is make sure they have all their settings configured. Here are 4 things you can check that will quickly make your store display better in search, sharing, and to customers: 1. Notification Settings. These are all
A designer's World Cup picks The world united through football, yes, and those jerseys! Our favorite teams brought amazing design inspo to the World Cup (even if they left in the quarterfinals). Norway The typeface for the Norwegian jersey, Taakeferd Condensed, is based on an ancient runic alphabet
We're still talking about AI, of course. I was at the User Experience conference in Lisbon last month and the conversation was navigating AI as user experience designers – defending our sense of truth against the impacts of AI. My biggest takeaway was the title of this newsletter: "
New York Magazine says In 2026, We Are Friction-Maxxing (paywall): an orientation toward friction is really the only defense we have against the life-annihilating suction of technologies of escape. Scan Club says Patience is trending in 2026: For a long time, being online looked like hitting the gas
Shopify recently announced they're now including the B2B features from Shopify Plus on all Shopify plans. We’re still exploring the changes, but it looks like all the features we think of with wholesale (pricing, personalized content, minimums) will all be available. We've been building customized
Angie is the owner and founder of bobo design studio a lovely stationery shop in Palm Springs, CA. Shopping in her store is like folding a paper airplane and then climbing aboard as the pilot, flight crew, and first-class passenger. Angie says “our goal is to encourage and enable
From one of our favorite movies, Bill Murray's post-transformation speech is such a hopeful view on the cold dark days: When Chekhov saw the long winter, he saw a winter bleak and dark and bereft of hope. Yet we know that winter is just another step in
Happy New Year from the team at Hardage + Hardage! We hope you had a wonderful holiday season and that there's a clear and bright road ahead for 2026. We're still polishing our resolutions – one of which is to be more consistent with our newsletter :) If your