James BuckhouseAugmented ImaginationAI = Augmented Imagination. It will not mean the death of artists, intellectuals, or anyone else. Instead, it will mean our rebirth.Mar 25, 202312Mar 25, 202312
InDesign StorybyJames BuckhouseDesigners at the Gates of HellTall, thin, and bent like a paper clip, Danish designer Andreas Weiland sat folded up on the bench on the far end of the sculpture garden…Apr 8, 20164Apr 8, 20164
InDesign StorybyJames BuckhouseStory MapRise from pixel-pusher to a product visionary with a new type of design document called a “story map.”Aug 1, 201414Aug 1, 201414
InDesign StorybyJames BuckhousePull the dawn from the nightHow to lead a creative lifeMay 19, 20141May 19, 20141
InSequoia Capital PublicationbyJames Buckhouse10-Steps to a Friction-Free App.How to improve your product experience to eliminate confusion and frustration for your users.Mar 22, 2019Mar 22, 2019
InDesign StorybyJames BuckhouseLearn How to DrawIf you can draw from your imagination, you can create the universe. But how to get started? Here’s a helpful list of resources for people…Sep 29, 2017Sep 29, 2017
James BuckhouseHow to Design for Near-Instant WowUse design to defeat the ticking clock of Customer-Product FitFeb 8, 2023Feb 8, 2023
InDesign StorybyJames BuckhouseHow to create a color storyApply cinematic color theory to your app, product, or startup.Nov 5, 20142Nov 5, 20142
James BuckhouseA brief, literary history of ARIn Borge’s On Exactitude in Science, he imagines a map as large as the territory it describes, covering the land entirely. The idea seems…Jan 19, 20231Jan 19, 20231
InDesign StorybyJames BuckhouseAugmented LifeWhat will it mean to live in an AR world?Sep 26, 2017Sep 26, 2017
James BuckhouseUsing AI when you can already paintRecently I trained an AI on my own paintings and then had it create a few more back for me in my own style. The results are both familiar…Feb 21, 20232Feb 21, 20232
InDesign StorybyJames BuckhouseIf you can draw these three shapes, you can draw the InternetLearn to draw what you mean; here’s how.May 19, 20153May 19, 20153
James BuckhouseHow to Battle the Problem-MonsterA few months ago, I gave a lecture at Stanford’s d.school on the terrifying (yet thrilling) call to do your life’s great work. Excerpted…Feb 5, 20231Feb 5, 20231
InDesign StorybyJames BuckhouseDesign is Not a ServiceLearn from Hercules — The Horses Sh*t Too QuicklyAug 26, 20151Aug 26, 20151
James BuckhouseMalibu VesuviusAs you curve around the road from LA towards Malibu, before you get to Kanye West’s Tadao Ando designed beach house, before you roll past…Apr 29, 20221Apr 29, 20221
James BuckhouseHow to Design Emotional ProductsJTBD + Emotions-To-Be-Felt. The famous Jobs-To-Be-Done framework helps PMs and Designers figure out what functionality to design, but…Jun 16, 2022Jun 16, 2022
InDesign StorybyJames BuckhouseTeleporting through the Emphasis EconomyArt History and the Future of AppsJan 30, 2014Jan 30, 2014
InDesign StorybyJames BuckhouseDesign starts with story.Every endeavor, every undertaking, every hope, every mystery, every product, every artwork, every romance, every skyscraper, every novel…Feb 12, 20211Feb 12, 20211
InDesign StorybyJames BuckhouseSeeing with Your Ears: Design and the Post-Visual EraIf you believe we are about to enter a post-visual era, where voice, gesture, and ML/AI guide our product experience just as much as the…Dec 15, 2017Dec 15, 2017