How Tube Amps Work: Premier Guitar

  Happy to have written, illustrated and photographed the cover story of this month’s (August 2013) issue of Premier Guitar magazine. The article gives a part-by-part description of tube amp technology using my favorite amp, a 1960’s Vox AC4. It traces the guitar signal through every component, from pickup to speaker. And it gets into...Continue reading

Medical Packaging Innovation blog

Over the last few months I’ve been writing a series of blogs for Medical Packaging Innovation. My posts are here: MPI: Dan Formosa. The site is new, just started up earlier this year. Some lively discussions are going on. For my topics, the definition of “technology” elicited quite a bit of discussion (is it “technology”...Continue reading

Include 2013, Hong Kong

I was in Hong Kong earlier this month giving a talk and workshop at the Include Asia 2013 conference. Usually held in London, the conference focuses on design for all – it was a first for Hong Kong. My keynote talk covered a range of topics, but with the underlying idea that “questioning everything” is a...Continue reading

agideas: Melbourne

John Barratt (photo) and I spoke at the Business Breakfast at the agideas event in Melbourne. John spoke about his work at Teague, and the development of the interior of Boeing’s 787 Dreamliner. The agideas team put together a really nice (and very complimentary) brochure, drawing a very receptive early-morning crowd. The World’s Most Innovative...Continue reading

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