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Thoughts on contemporary culture

Is originality dead?

November 28, 2024

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

Meghan Newell

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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