Brand & Digital Design
Working notes on briefs, design systems, and the practical side of getting brand work shipped.
Design
The curious case of the orange buttons
I spent years learning why orange is hard to work with. When a friend ignored my advice and used it anyway, I realised the problem wasn't the colour; it was that I'd never actually explained myself.
Design
How I think about the use of AI in design
AI hasn't made my work easier. It's made it bigger. The constraints used to come from the world. Now I have to bring them myself, and that turns out to be more difficult and more interesting than I expected.