Designing for, reflecting on,
human experience.
The WIP* digital garden of Jen Goertzen.
Autumn 2025
Season for new chapters and more layers.
I’m the keener who always looked forward to returning to school. Autumn always feels like a new chapter starting, even if it’s in the same book. This year, in particular, I’m starting a few new chapters at once: new job, new class, new swim goals. Read more on the Now page and watch for new posts in the Garden.
This season's illustration: Based on a recent observation. When the weather turns colder, when the days get shorter, the jackets slowly get longer.
Notes
Reflections on design, design in life, and life in design. Ranging from first scribbles to thoroughly edited drafts.
Projects, lists, outlines
Logs and snapshots of parts of my work and world, standalone but hopefully never static.
My experience in product design.
- Outline,
- Design
Presentations.
- List,
- Design
“Up to speed” book
Project
Walnut (beta)
Project
Library
Some books I've read, recommended, and abandoned.
Words Are My Matter
Ursula K. Le Guin
Braiding Sweetgrass
Robin Wall Kimmerer
The Wild Places
Robert MacFarlane
Dare to Lead
Brené Brown
English Pastoral: An Inheritance
James Rebanks
East of Eden
John Steinbeck
Bird By Bird
Anne Lamott
A Drop of Corruption
Robert Jackson Bennett
* Welcome to my work in progress.
You may have noticed there is more promise of content than actual content. I'm trying a new approach to this website where I'm sharing pieces sooner, even when incomplete—website included. I hope you'll come back to see how it's grown.