Thanks for stopping by my internet stoop. Here’s a snapshot of what's goin' on.
NOW
Founding a creative business school called Play Into Being
I'm pulling together (with the help of my partner Kristen) the school my younger self dreamed of. It's equal parts fun and serious project work. Most importantly to me, it has a strong focus on creative health.
RECENTLY
I’ve just come off 4+ years of applied design research at Relational.org. Where we produced a slew of playful remote collab practices, a bunch of collective media, and a few promising prototypes.
AWHILE AGO
I co-founded and design-directed Carbonmade, a simple and fun portfolio site builder which was used by a big portion of the creative internet at one point. I've also designed lots of software, done branding and community work for bands, made some talk shows, created popular art gifs, and generally tried to live artfully.
Current Quests
Questions and intentions directing my exploration
Coaching founders (reach out)
Developing a curriculum for a creative business school
Contemplating what it means to be creatively healthy
Building a membership community (interested?)
Doing a lot of inner work on being seen
Practicing designing for emergence
Recent Projects
Work I’ve helped shape and ship in the last little while
Relational
WIP
A self-funded social media design lab researching novel ways of organizing, communicating, and playing
Ponder
My work from 2000-2016 lives at
℘ dave.carbonmade.com
Side Projects
Smaller works for fun or collaboration or both
2020—
2016—2020
2008—2016
This site is built with Framer. Which I have mixed feelings about. It's a lovely piece of software and their pricing makes my teeth hurt.
I aspire to tend this place like a 🪴 garden. This is my first pass.
If while reading this you have the slightest instinct to get in touch:
DO NOT HESITATE
send an email to calculator at gmail dot com before the feeling wears off!
