The Curious Engineer

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Ralph Ammer

ralphammer.com

Welcome to my creative world. Here you’ll find my writings, drawings, animations and more.

Essays / personalGeneral

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Posts
40 from 25 May 2016 to 28 Jan 2026
Posting
now and then (1 in the last year)
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personal blog
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2026 1

  1. No more boring drawings!

2025 2

  1. Thomas Aquinas — The world is divine!
  2. Xunzi vs. Mengzi – Are People (No) Good?

2024 6

  1. Henri Bergson — Why we live in the past
  2. A quick beginner’s guide to animation
  3. Edmund Husserl — Consciousness
  4. How infographics work
  5. Aristotle — How to live a good life
  6. Immanuel Kant — What is Beauty?

2023 5

  1. The Creative Playground
  2. Immanuel Kant — What can we know?
  3. How to see beauty
  4. The perfect drawing tool
  5. David Hume — Why we change our mind

2022 5

  1. How to draw ideas
  2. The Creative Switch
  3. J.J. Gibson—The meaning of the world
  4. What is a picture?
  5. So… this is a job?

2021 3

  1. Why study Philosophy?
  2. René Descartes – How to be certain
  3. Confucius – Why we need rituals

2019 2

  1. The Book of Change
  2. Ludwig Wittgenstein – How we speak

2018 5

  1. A lightbulb is not an idea!
  2. Life-friendly design!
  3. 5 more drawing exercises
  4. Seeing vs. reading
  5. Make me think!

2017 6

  1. A quick beginner’s guide to drawing
  2. Stop taking pictures and start drawing!
  3. Don’t change the subject
  4. Why lies thrive in mass media
  5. Is it worth the trouble?
  6. But what do you want to say?

2016 5

  1. Now I get it!
  2. Interaction Design is dead. What now?
  3. “Is it good enough?” is the wrong question
  4. Is Perfection Boring?
  5. Don’t think big!