Journal
How the thing is made, what the materials do, and how to choose. Each piece answers one question completely and stops.
Why a case for a folding phone is two cases
The constraint is not a design preference. It falls out of the shape of the object.
ReadDoes MagSafe work through a case?
Everyone asks whether it works. The useful question is whether it lands in the right place.
ReadWhy clear phone cases turn yellow
It is chemistry, not quality. Anyone claiming otherwise is selling something.
ReadHow to clean a matte case without ruining it
The failure mode is not dirt. It is the thing someone used to remove the dirt.
ReadChoosing a print for a phone you take into meetings
It is not about being plain. It is about what a pattern does at two metres.
ReadWhat a folding hinge actually tolerates
The hinge is the part everyone worries about and the part a case can least afford to touch.
Read