I design in loops. Also building @swarmloop
Vancouver
Joined April 2008
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Design isn’t disappearing.
It’s just getting harder to fake.
The shiny layer is getting swallowed by automation.
Good. That was never the real work.
Design isn’t pixels.
It’s clarity. Intent.
It’s the thinking underneath the doing.
Voice? No UI? AI agents?
Still design. Still human. Still messy.
Invisible doesn’t mean unintentional.
Less interface = more risk.
The fewer signals you give, the sharper your design thinking must be.
Templates won’t save you.
Prompting won’t save you.
Only clarity will.
Design isn’t dying.
It’s maturing.
It’s embedding itself deeper into the system.
where only the thoughtful survive.
Let them say design is over.
We’ll be too busy doing the real work.
FULL SHOW! Out now. Filmed it 25 years ago, edited it this year. Loved working on this project youtube.com/watch?v=JUkdWwNu…
Recently, I released Cardeo OS, an open-source repository for capturing ideas, projects, and working context outside AI tools.
My latest essay explains why I built it, how it grew out of Cardeo Root, and why I think owning your project context will become increasingly important. cardeo.substack.com/p/cardeo…
The Cardeo Archive is a living collection of more than 30 years of creative work from the Cardeo Creative studio.
It includes finished projects across design, writing, software, music, photography, and visual experiments, but it also reveals something that portfolios rarely show: the small ideas, sketches, prototypes, and in-between moments that eventually become larger bodies of work.
Rather than presenting only polished outcomes, the archive documents the process behind them. It offers a behind-the-scenes look at how ideas evolve over time, how patterns emerge across different mediums, and how seemingly unrelated projects often become connected when viewed together.
The archive continues to grow in both directions, with historical work being uncovered and new work being added as it is created. cardeo.substack.com/p/the-ca…
We keep asking whether AI wrote it. I think we're asking the wrong question. cardeo.substack.com/p/who-wr…
The Ethics of Camping by d.b.s. ... recorded 2001 @ Seylynn Hall in North Van Halen youtube.com/watch?v=HEs1wUES…
As recursive AI systems become more capable, I think the more interesting question isn't what they can automate. It's who should guide the loop. cardeo.substack.com/p/the-hu…
youtube.com/watch?v=jM3WWkzd…
Track 6 dropped today… Galleon’s Lap from Last Chance for a bad dance, Live at Seylynn Hall
On April 28th, 2001 d.b.s. gave their final performance. After playing hundreds of shows across the globe they ended where they began: in the suburbs of North Vancouver. Last Chance For A Bad Dance - Live At Seylynn Hall available July 2026.
Recorded by Cecil English and Corey MacGregor. Mixed by Jesse Gander at Rain City Recorders. Mastered by Stu McKillop. Filmed and edited by Matt Lambert. Additional camera footage by Matt Barber, Jacob Calle, Chris van der Laan, and more.
5 track from the film d.b.s. “Last Chance for a Bad Dance” dropped today… Track name is SURVIVE and this one was always one of my favourites to see live… Also had fun editing this one youtube.com/watch?v=ZpO-iYPH…
Forget automated loops… let’s focus on building creative operating systems cardeo.substack.com/p/buildi…
Forget automated loops… let’s focus on building creative operating systems cardeo.substack.com/p/buildi…
I am extremely stoked to be able to start to unveil a project I have been working on…
This is a 25 year loop in the making… On April 28th, 2001 d.b.s. gave their final performance. After playing hundreds of shows across the globe they ended where they began: in the suburbs of North Vancouver.
This is the first song we are dropping… there will be a couple more over the next weeks… then we are releasing the full show on June 26th when the LP is released
Recorded by Cecil English and Corey MacGregor. Mixed by Jesse Gander at Rain City Recorders. Mastered by Stu McKillop. Filmed and edited by Matt Lambert. Additional camera footage by Matt Barber, Chris van der Laan, and more.
youtube.com/watch?v=WyQNOEDZ…
A loop without human judgment is just a faster way to generate plausible nonsense. cardeo.substack.com/p/who-ow…
Released a new thing... Rapid Design System... Theme-First Governance for Fast-Moving Product Teams github.com/cardeo/rapid-desi…
