Friction is a reminder

Much of the design industry's work is centered on making life as simple as possible, but what happens when that idea is taken too far?

Low-lying ethereal clouds clashed, nearly at eye level, with the mountains ahead of us; those covered in emerald green trees, thick grasses, and dotted with barely-intelligible specks of white, which I knew to be sheep. The obsidian asphalt complemented a vibrant, earthy color palette that any Scot would be familiar with. As a passenger in the back seat…