Designing for, reflecting on,
human experience.
The WIP* digital garden of Jen Goertzen.
Summer 2025
Starting something new.
I first published the “WIP Garden” a year ago but then didn’t have the time or space to tend to it. I got as far as setting aside space in which I might grow personal work, but no further. Since then I’ve moved countries, started a new job, and, most importantly for me, found my way back to creating for the sake of creating.
Over the last months I’ve found some momentum in creating and I’m looking forward to sharing more of that with you here. It’ll be slow—I prefer creating over sharing, if I’m honest—but the garden is here now and I want it to grow.
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.