NinetyNine Stories

  1. Beyond Chalk

    In 2018 we designed a simple shoe in order to have complex conversations. The carbon fiber plate, molded sockliner, industrial laces, seamless ton...
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  2. Intersectionality is a Shared Responsibility

    Early in my design career I learned to be an advocate for myself. Just because people say that they are supportive of you doesn’t mean that they w...
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  3. What Did I Design

    If you see the 400 followers I have on social media you’ll see that I’m not doing it right. Or at least I’m not doing it for the internet fame. ...
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  4. The Social-Cause Business Experiment

    It took 3 years after my last corporate paycheck to realize I didn’t need a job. Maybe even 4 years. No matter how well things were going, I kept ...
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  5. What's the Point?

    I am a terrible storyteller. Sorry. I went to engineering school in the ‘90’s. My idea of communicating a narrative is ‘show your work’. This is...
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  6. Mass Production on a Human Scale

    Seeing the People in the Sea of People Large scale production can be daunting. On my first trip to Asia in 1997, the lead engineer in Indonesia ...
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