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Thoughts on contemporary culture

Brand Guidelines in the Agent Era

October 9, 2025

Vibe coding is a big topic these days – as is the generic looking results that emerge. How do we talk to agents about design so they listen?

Meghan Newell

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AI and art production

December 26, 2024

We are defining a new way of thinking about ourselves as humans, new metaphors for how to describe our world. And as something is lost, we can hope that something is gained.

Meghan Newell

Is originality dead?

November 28, 2024

If something seems original, chances are you’re just not familiar with the references.

Meghan Newell

How I learned to stop worrying and love the robot...maybe?

September 20, 2024

It's finally here! Midjourney has gone from a parlor trick to actual software, with real (albeit specific) applications. A tear-down and prototype of features.

Meghan Newell

Where to put the “Climate” in Climate Tech

May 1, 2024

Recently I attended Emerson Collective’s Building a Consequential Climate Company event. I found myself laser-focused on an issue we frequently confronted at Watershed: How do we address the idea of “climate” in an atmosphere that has politicized the term?

Meghan Newell

A self-funded residency

March 15, 2024

Design is so compelling because it has that element of a puzzle to be solved - what will appeal? What’s successful? There are clues in testing and in research and in results. If Design is a puzzle, what is art? What do you say when no one else is listening?

Meghan Newell