Eighty-seven Thursdays.

The Forty-Hour Logo

A studio shows its whole sketchbook for one mark. Plus: why “it looks simple” is the expensive part.

Loud Quiet

Restraint as a feature. The interfaces that win by leaving things out, and a museum-label masterclass.

Hand-Set

A week at a letterpress shop reset how I think about kerning. Plus a font pairing that never misses.

The Demo Is the Spec

Prototypes that argue better than documents, and the case for shipping something embarrassing on Friday.

Greyscale First

Designing in black and white until the layout earns its colour. A small habit with outsized results.

Repair Culture

The joy of fixing instead of replacing — software, furniture, and the things we let break on purpose.

Margins

White space is not empty. A field guide to the breathing room that makes pages feel expensive.

The Index Card Studio

How three illustrators plan whole books on a corkboard. An ode to thinking with your hands.

Slow Tools

In praise of software that doesn’t want your whole day. The case for apps you can finish using.

The Good Default

Most people never change a setting. So the default is the design — and almost nobody treats it that way.

Texture

Why flat design got lonely, and the careful return of grain, paper, and a little honest noise.