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Essays on craft, practice, and the uncomfortable questions that make design better. Honest, occasionally opinionated, never lorem ipsum.

Essay · 2024-11-08

On Ugliness as a Design Tool

Good design is often described in terms of beauty, harmony, balance. But some of the most powerful work I've made started with an intentional ugliness — a friction that made people stop.

Practice · 2024-09-12

The Brief Is Not the Question

Every brief contains a question that isn't being asked. Finding it is the actual job.

Craft · 2024-06-20

Notes on Editorial Rhythm

What I've learned from twelve years of designing for print about the pace at which information should move.