Field notes from the studio

The Journal.

Slow takes on craft, code, motion, and the projects that taught us something new. Updated when we have something worth saying.

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The case for editorial typography in 2026

Why we keep reaching for serif italics in a world drowning in geometric sans.

Generative ads: where craft still wins

AI can produce a thousand creatives in an hour. It still can't decide which one matters.

Why we ship every site on Astro now

From Next.js to Astro: what we learned shipping a dozen marketing sites this year.

Designing Lumen Co.'s D2C launch system

A scalable design system for a beauty brand launching across web, packaging, and Meta ads.

The 12 principles still rule motion design

Disney's animation principles, recontextualised for product UI and web micro-interactions.

Building 3D web scenes that don't kill performance

How we use Three.js without tanking your Lighthouse score. Real numbers, real trade-offs.

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