Karl Williamson

Object Designer / Tweeting like it is 2007 and no one is watching.

[martin grasser @martingrasser]

Today we say goodbye to this great blue bird

This logo was designed in 2012 by a team of three. @toddwaterbury, @angyche and myself,

The logo was designed to be simple, balanced, and legible at very small sizes, almost like a lowercase "e", a 🧵

[Karl Williamson @williamson]

How Pyrex amassed a large fan base that treasure-hunts its cookware #objnews https://t.co/w943WX0zlP

[Karl Williamson @williamson]

How a designer’s chairs made it onto the set of a Hollywood blockbuster https://t.co/115oJL7dw1

[Karl Williamson @williamson]

This album of loopy guitar has been my jam for the last 3 weeks. There is only this EP and the artist is mislabeled in ⁦@AppleMusic so no recommendation magic. Wanting more Deep Green! https://t.co/VmD2l7bVf2

[Karl Williamson @williamson]

I thought “Sports Analogy” would be a good band name. Turns out Sports Analogy Judo is already a band on #SoundCloud. They sound like I expected - kinda into it.

https://t.co/JDnK8zPZct

[Karl Williamson @williamson]

Falling in love with Apple Music Classical. A playlist of classical music inspired by trains, yes please. https://t.co/EgxfhSc8Iq

[John Schwartz @jswatz]

My sustainability class just finished a module about disinformation. I had them write me a letter assuming they were flunking and arguing that they deserve an A, using the techniques of disinformation we discussed, like cherry picking, false experts and ad hominem. HOO-boy. 1/n

[Karl Williamson @williamson]

It’s a Supertramp kind of Sunday. https://t.co/zwQCv4ErCM

[Karl Williamson @williamson]

This exists. Have a good weekend.

DEVO Red Energy Dome Hat 80s Group Costume w/ Full Face Shield Clear // https://t.co/N0fRc84Vjh

[Karl Williamson @williamson]

From the AP, “bizarre, unreliable methods” // https://t.co/hVMOmIo6MI

[Karl Williamson @williamson]

What are those bubblegum pink tables with document stands? Po-Mo infrastructure pairs well with searching for non-existent election fraud.

[Karl Williamson @williamson]

Oh yeah, I’m so down with these color coded turntables.

[Karl Williamson @williamson]

Explain degrowth to a second-year design student. Give them a project that asks them to design with principles of Dieter Rams. #lessbutbetter

[Karl Williamson @williamson]

@STS_News @NewBooksNetwork Looking forward to what’s coming. I *truly* am excited.

[Karl Williamson @williamson]

What we’re really fighting about when we fight about gas stoves #objnews https://t.co/C1SE44dNM1

[Karl Williamson @williamson]

Debris from the bottom of my suitcase; proof I traveled to Guatemala to install DC powered art.

[Karl Williamson @williamson]

It’s the most wonderful season as a professor/department chair. The post-it notes are falling from my monitor like autumn leaves while the meeting agenda items grow thin. Winter break is knocking at the door.

[Karl Williamson @williamson]

[1] Yes, Pavlok as in Pavlovian responce.

[2] In the context of Neal's special its hard to wave it off as a misguided techno-solution to a social problem.

[Karl Williamson @williamson]

The shock watch @nealbrennan mentions at the end of his Netflix standup - the Pavlok - is a real thing. Its a benchmark for a Sr. design thesis I'm advising.
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"Change Your Habits and Life with Pavlok" https://t.co/OT0UEjbg8T