Some thing I learned from my friend Sean, who is a Japanese woodworker: the notion of honesty of materials. For example, if it is not wood, don’t make it try to look like wood. For example, the interior of cars should not simulate fake wood.

Even some thing I thought about the new iPhone Pro, with the stainless steel edges: even though I hate how shiny it is, untreated stainless steel is more honest. That is the purity of form, rather than coating it with another material.

This is why I really hate fake leather, a.k.a. “pleather”. If it is plastic, just let it be plastic. Real leather should be real leather, fake leather or “vegan leather “should not be a thing. Also this is why “fake meat“ is such a bad idea. Why are we trying to make soy beans taste like ground beef? Shouldn’t we just enjoy soy beans for the sake of soy beans?