A stylistic breakthrough, but a dead-end.

The turning point in Apple and computer design.

I’ve started doing a series of short videos about how I use Capture One Pro, the photo editing/cataloging software I use these days.

Was it the first laptop? Or the first tablet?

Today Olympus launched a new camera to celebrate its 100th anniversary. It did the same thing in 1988 for its 70th birthday, yet the two cameras couldn’t be more different.

According to the Wall Street Journal and The Verge, the iconic Motorola RAZR flip-phone might be making a comeback later this year. Some 25 years later, could this return as a $1,500 (not a typo) “flagship” phone?

James Ball’s stylized and lightly animated photographs of 70’s and 80’s vintage desktop computers.

HP has introduced a new leather-clad laptop that brings back memories of the Psion 7.

After a lengthy hiatus the RSS feed for Mass Made Soul is now back!

On the 50th anniversary of the Whole Earth Catalog, remembering Jay Baldwin and his amazing workshop in a converted RV.

Time capsule images from the Akihabara district from my first visit to Japan in 1990.

I had a great team giving a talk about Mass Made Soul this week, hosted by the Industrial Design and MDes Product Design programs at University of the Arts, as part of the DesignWeek Philadelphia program.

Creator of a dynasty

A visual history of early PC design

Brave, but not a success

Vintage advertising

The accountant’s cult hero

The trend-setter that shouldn't have existed