Artefact Cards Blog

DOTS - How do you connect ideas?

I'm really excited to have been invited to talk at Dots, a conference being put on by Brilliant Noise as part of the Brighton Digital Festival in September:"Dots is about...

"I write because I don't think we're done"

This brilliant video was sent over by both Ben Ayers & Digby Lewis (it must've popped somewhere yesterday I guess) - it's Oscar-winning screenwriter Dustin Lance Black talking about his...

Writing By Hand = Better Learning, More Ideas

There's a fascinating article in the New York Times, about the power of writing by hand rather than by keyboard (via Dougald Hine - thanks Dougald) The whole thing's worth...

Global Grid Testing: Argentina & Brazil

We launched the Artefact Cards Global Grids last week, a set that was initially inspired by the World Cup, but then morphed (as these things tend to around these parts)...

Artefact Interview - John Maeda

I'm utterly thrilled to kick off our next series of Artefact Interviews with John Maeda.  John is a Design Partner at Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers and previously served as...

How To Design Card Games For Workshops

Using the Artefact Cards during workshops and brainstorms has always been great, but lately I've been trying to push the boundaries a little more on just how playful that can...