The self has been on standby recently. My unread emails badge is something to behold, the blog is looking cobwebby, the unread books are piling up, the knee is misbehaving. Need to get proactive about this, but also want to be gentle and forgiving while the kids are so young and sleep so ephemeral. Sweet…| Piper Haywood
Can’t believe I hadn’t come across Roy McMakin’s furniture before. I was scrolling through Bluesky the other day and Shannon Mattern had shared his article “Some Chests of Drawers I Have Known” on Untapped. His work, and that essay, catches in the throat.| Piper Haywood
Accidental pocket field recording at our best local pizza place.| Piper Haywood
Heads up: we’re hiring at the Eames Institute. For the Digital Experience Designer role, we’re looking for someone with a product and/or systems-oriented background that has major typographic, brand, and storytelling sensitivity. Ideally someone with a bit of code experience but a designer first and foremost, with real-world experience in both the cultural and tech…| Piper Haywood
Happy trails 💔| Piper Haywood
I came across a sparrow yesterday on the busy corner near B&A’s daycare on the way to pick them up. It looked like a tiny pile of leaves on the concrete, and people kept coming *this close* to stepping on it by accident. I realized what it was in exactly the same moment as a…| Piper Haywood
BB’s second snowman, just slightly taller than him! I think we’ve come a long way since last year. Next year, we’re going to work on our emotional reaction to the realization that other kids might take the carrot and the snowman will melt eventually. ❤️| Piper Haywood
I put BB to bed last night for the first time in a little while and asked him what song he wanted me to sing, as usual. He said, “I don’t want a song.” A| Piper Haywood
This is a mega-post about our daughter AB’s arrival a little over two months ago, with a bit about BB’s birth three years ago thrown in. I wanted to note| Piper Haywood