Blog archive

April 4, 2024

A weekend on San Francisco's Embarcadero

March 29, 2024

Inside arun.is · Table of contents

March 23, 2024

Daylight at the end of the tunnel

March 21, 2024

Why we crave healthier computing

March 14, 2024

40 years of the Mac at the Computer History Museum

March 7, 2024

Inside arun.is · Camera Illustrations

February 29, 2024

First family trip to Los Angeles

February 22, 2024

Design Ah! (デザインあ) · learning the fun of design

February 15, 2024

A week in Oaxaca

February 8, 2024

Apple Watch Ultra succeeds where Watch Edition failed

January 25, 2024

Does gear matter?

November 16, 2023

NorCal 2023 Mechanical Keyboard Meetup

November 3, 2023

What does “Shot on iPhone” mean anymore?

October 12, 2023

The secret formula for Apple's rounded corners

October 6, 2023

Mirage at Apple Park

June 16, 2023

The Huntington Botanical Gardens

June 4, 2023

Make Something Wonderful

May 4, 2023

Three books about Muji

April 13, 2023

A week in Palm Springs

March 24, 2023

RIP DPReview

March 16, 2023

ChatGPT cleaned up my podcast subscription mess

February 23, 2023

Shift Happens preview

February 8, 2023

Fort Worth’s world-renowned art and architecture

January 19, 2023

How the Xbox got its good looks

December 22, 2022

Three Books About Leica

December 8, 2022

Winter in the Bay Area

December 1, 2022

The Spanish designer in Dieter Rams's shadow

November 8, 2022

Returning to New Mexico with the family

October 19, 2022

A historical view on the Metropolitan Apple Watch face

June 28, 2022

The sensory experience of making coffee

June 14, 2022

Visiting two art gems outside New York City

June 7, 2022

Eight lessons from founding to Series C

May 17, 2022

One month of Zwift on a cheap stationary bike

May 3, 2022

Leica T · Eight years later

April 28, 2022

Inside arun.is · Writing

April 26, 2022

Drive My Car is a beautiful, picturesque film

April 18, 2022

Introducing arun.is 2.0

April 13, 2022

Staying at the TWA Flight Center

March 31, 2022

Mode Designs SixtyFive · a celebration of materials

March 10, 2022

The Evolution of the Desk Setup

February 15, 2022

How to use Automator to close all apps in one click

February 8, 2022

My transformative first trip to Japan · Part 4

February 1, 2022

My transformative first trip to Japan · Part 3

January 12, 2022

Spring Falls · A peaceful puzzle game about water and erosion

January 7, 2022

2022 Holiday giveaway

December 24, 2021

My transformative first trip to Japan · Part 2

December 9, 2021

My transformative first trip to Japan · Part 1

November 4, 2021

The history behind the World Time face for Apple Watch

October 8, 2021

Visiting the Bay Area's only Case Study House

September 30, 2021

Choosing a static site generator for a personal site

September 14, 2021

Tools for professionals, tools for amateurs

August 17, 2021

Two perspectives on the designer who Steve Jobs could not hire

July 17, 2021

Where to build and host your personal website

May 20, 2021

A weekend at the foot of the Golden Gate Bridge with the X100V

May 4, 2021

Wallpapers Inspired by iMac History

February 23, 2021

The Art of the Desk Setup

January 25, 2021

The iconic watches that inspired Apple Watch faces

November 20, 2020

A skeptic's review of Apple Watch

November 18, 2020

Go-to Mac apps and utilities

November 5, 2020

Kyoto, Japan

October 21, 2020

Icon designer Louie Mantia's take on traditional Japanese playing cards

October 13, 2020

Being in Taipei as the pandemic hit

October 6, 2020

INFOBAR · Japan's Iconic Mobile Phone

September 17, 2020

The untold history of macOS System Preferences

August 27, 2020

Shot on Leica Q · San Francisco and Sausalito

August 20, 2020

The deep work guide to Slack

July 28, 2020

The arun.is newsletter

July 23, 2020

The Three A's method for learning from other creators

July 21, 2020

Is the Pentax K-01 designed by Marc Newson any good?

July 14, 2020

Munich · Museums

July 9, 2020

Assemble with Care and the joy of fixing things

June 19, 2020

Introducing Dieter Rams Wallpapers

June 16, 2020

How I sort through a deluge of subscriptions

June 8, 2020

Struggling to contribute to BLM

May 26, 2020

Munich · Streets, U-Bahn, Olympiapark

May 19, 2020

How Jane Ko wrote and published her own guide to Austin

May 12, 2020

A quick stop in Amsterdam

May 6, 2020

The Grand Turo

April 24, 2020

Inside arun.is · Technology

April 21, 2020

See the best of Japan without leaving your home

April 12, 2020

The impressive variety of COVID-19 face shield designs

April 7, 2020

Inside arun.is · Design

March 10, 2020

Louis Vuitton City Guides

February 18, 2020

The Saratoga Classic & Cool Car Show

February 11, 2020

The 16-year-old Leica Digilux 2 is still a great camera

February 4, 2020

iPod speakers make the best smart speakers

January 7, 2020

Palma de Mallorca

January 2, 2020

Cannes & Monaco

December 17, 2019

Pisa & Florence

December 2, 2019

Rome

November 28, 2019

Naples & Pompeii

November 26, 2019

Barcelona

November 19, 2019

A Dieter Rams-Designed, Jony Ive-Loved Citrus Juicer

November 14, 2019

Leica Q3 Concept

November 12, 2019

Seeing Europe by Ship

November 5, 2019

Are you designing a map or a path?

October 27, 2019

Photos from NYC and Toronto

October 24, 2019

When an Architect Designs a Train

October 17, 2019

Japan · Fertility Festival

September 27, 2019

Japan · Museum Guide

September 19, 2019

The Clever New Design Technique in the iPhone 11 Pro

September 12, 2019

Japan · Cityscapes and Cars

August 12, 2019

Dieter Rams designed one of Gillette's most successful razors

July 19, 2019

Japan · Culture and Life

June 10, 2019

The new Mac Pro is a design remix

May 21, 2019

Charming Guanajuato, Mexico

April 23, 2019

Elements of Aircraft Safety Card Design

March 28, 2019

The Design of Apple's Credit Card

March 8, 2019

Shot on Leica Q · Portland

January 22, 2019

10 Year Challenge: How Popular Websites Have Changed

December 31, 2018

Exploring Hong Kong

December 20, 2018

Learning Design from Musicians

December 10, 2018

Exploring China's Fujian Province

November 19, 2018

Exploring Shanghai

November 9, 2018

Why are tech companies making custom typefaces?

October 23, 2018

A Weekend in LA

October 4, 2018

Rams, a Documentary Portrait of a Design Legend

September 17, 2018

Quick Visit to the Design Museum

August 6, 2018

Journey Through India

May 28, 2018

Rediscovering Apple's 1987 Identity Guidelines

April 13, 2018

Two Months with the Leica Q

February 15, 2018

Secure File Cabinet on My Mac

December 14, 2017

How I Built a Modular Bookcase

August 14, 2017

City Travel Guides · Honorable Mentions

August 7, 2017

The Best City Travel Guides

June 5, 2017

Your native language affects how you see this image