My thanks to Artemis for this note. I was aware of Jan's situation, but the news of his death is no easier to accept. I first met Jan at the doctoral research conference in La Clusaz, where he plied me with Finnish Vodka. There was a glint in his eye that night. It was a look I was to see again and again, whenever I was struggling to understand and to deal with the powerful and (for me at least) unsettling ideas he was seeking to articulate into some coherent perspective on design. I will dearly miss those wonderfully illustrated lectures and his compellingly sardonic take on life, philosophy, and what many generously call design research. I lament your passing Jan. Vodka, and design research, will somehow never taste the same again.
Kippis Matey!!
--Sid.
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