The Journal

Essays, notes, and observations from the studio.

Typography

On the quiet authority of serifs

Why the most powerful brands return, again and again, to the typographic traditions of the printed page.

May 2026
6 min
Process

Designing the unsayable

Notes from a six-month identity engagement, and what photography taught me about restraint.

March 2026
9 min
Direction

Slow images, fast world

An argument for stillness in art direction, when every brand is shouting in motion.

February 2026
5 min
Branding

The case against the logo reveal

Identity is a system, not a moment. Why a logo is the last thing we should be looking at.

December 2025
8 min
Typography

Letters as architecture

Reading rooms, façades, and the spatial discipline of typesetting.

October 2025
7 min