The world we’ve built for ourselves is efficient and convenient, but also seemingly out of tune with everything around us and in us. This newsletter is my search for a better way to build things.

My first explorations were as “An Engineering Self-Study”, written during a sabbatical in which I started straying from what I’d been taught. Here are some of my favorites posts from that time:

The second period was a failed attempt to put everything I learned together into a product — a new kind of facemask for ice hockey goalies.

In this third era, I plan to build a kayak that moves like a fish. How? Why? Read on to find out.

Thanks for reading,

Surjan Singh


Want to get in touch? Email me at surjan@fastmail.com.

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