6. Back to school

Time feels squishy since the pandemic. Minutes speed up and slow down in whatever way is most inconvenient, and things keep blurring together. If I'm not careful, I can wake up to find a week, summer, or year has passed.

That is why I started exploring Cartograph in the first place. I felt there was a need for a new and easier way of recording one's life - some method to help me and others experience things more deeply, reconnect with loved ones, and learn and grow over time.

Cartograph is an interactive art-journaling tool that helps you learn about yourself, reconnect with your loved ones, and grow from your experiences.

So, as I start the final year of my grad program, I am excited to embark on an Independent Study (advised by Karen Reuther) to develop Cartograph into an immersive and impactful whole-product experience. I will conduct user interviews, design and develop a completely updated version for Cartograph, and build around ten prototypes for people to test and experience. This will help me realize my goal of launching a small-scale production run of Cartograph sometime early next year.

If you have ideas based on your journaling/note-taking/mental health practices or would like to test Cartograph's newer version, send me a note! I would love to hear from you.

- Max

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I will be raffling off one Cartograph (around $125) later this semester. If you want to participate in this raffle, press the button below and join at a paid level to support my work and enter for the chance to win!

7. Self///made

Learning more about how people cultivate deep and healing relationships with themselves and design the life they want This past week I interviewed multiple friends and colleagues for my research on Cartograph. Even though my conversations were pretty organic, my goal was to learn a little more about how people

5. Flatware II

My steps to a diet reset: ritual water fast, carved eating utensils, and dietary commitment devices. You can read the first Flatware post here. The Craving Mind You are what you eat. Or, potentially, what you don't. Over the last week, I used my "Eat Sheet"

4. Flatware

The first steps in my diet reset: a ritual water-fast, hand carving eating utensils, and healthy-eating commitment devices Food has always been something I turn to when stressed or anxious. Big deadline? Eat 3/4 of a bag of chips. Upcoming emotional conversation? Order a pizza and stay in the

3. (Re)Starting

After a busy school year, I am re-focusing on my personal design practice and plan to share weekly updates on my work. I would love it if you followed along! Short Update Grad school, it turns out, is a ton of work. My program - Harvard's Master of

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7. Self///made

5. Flatware II

4. Flatware

3. (Re)Starting