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A dark architectural grid illuminated with blue and orange light.

The Grid Remembers

A field note on why old layout grids keep resurfacing in new work, whether the designer intends it or not. Old structures outlast the projects that first put them there.

A plant-filled design studio desk with a laptop, desktop computer and printed materials.

Redesigning a Publisher's Visual Identity

A representative case study on rebuilding a small publisher's visual identity with no budget for a full rebrand. The brief was modest; the constraints did most of the shaping.

A design book, smartphone, drawing tablet and stationery arranged on a yellow and black surface.

In Defense of Boring Layouts

Predictable layouts are unfashionable and, quietly, correct — a short defense of structure over spectacle in editorial design.

Restraint, Practiced Quietly, in the Overlooked Corners of Contemporary Design

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Restraint, Practiced Quietly, in the Overlooked Corners of Contemporary Design

A feature on restraint as a design discipline, and why leaving something out well is harder than adding it in confidently.