How to Make The Internal Business Case for Investing in Branding
Most brand projects fail before they start — not in the design, but in the meeting where someone has to explain why it matters to a finance director.
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Designing Annual Reports People Actually Read
An annual report is the one document a company is legally required to publish and morally required to make bearable.
Notes on Typography for Product Interfaces
Interface typography is judged at 14 pixels on a phone in sunlight. Everything else is theory.
What a Design System Is For
A design system is not a component library. It is an agreement about what the product is allowed to look like.
The Quiet Power of a Good Grid
A grid is a promise to the reader that the next page will behave like the last one.
Choosing a Serif for the Screen
Serifs on screen used to be a compromise. High-density displays changed the maths, but not the rules.
How We Run a Brand Sprint in Two Weeks
Two weeks is enough to decide what a brand is. It is not enough to build it — and confusing the two is where budgets go to die.
Photography Direction for Small Brands
Photography is the most expensive thing a small brand pays for and the first thing it gets wrong.