Artefact Cards Blog

Sixty Second Sketches

Yesterday, we started a wee thing; Sixty Second Sketches. Basically, it's about drawing more. We draw quite a lot anyway; often those wee drawings are exploratory, little probes reaching out...

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...

Superheroes, Origin Stories and Artefact Cards

My talk today from Best of Britannia, a show of the finest in British Design and Manufacturing.  It's about Origin Stories, both from the perspective of the retelling of Superhero...

New Box - our final prototype

After what must be nearly three months of work, we've cracked the new box prototype.  To say we're delighted would be an understatement. Into production very soon, expect them in...