The controversial role of proxies in product design

Art by Adam Quest

I once got lost walking less than a mile away from home.

“How is that possible?”, you (and my husband) ask.

I blame it on the fact that my phone died. But the truth is that I had become 100% reliant on GPS.

With each journey, I was unintentionally overlooking landmarks, local gems, and the pure richness of whatever landscape…