The Journal
Thoughts on design, technology, and studio life.
The Future of Creative Technology
Exploring how the boundaries between design and engineering are blurring in the age of AI.
Design Systems at Scale: What Nobody Tells You
After building component libraries for startups and enterprises alike, here is what we've learned about what actually breaks — and how to prevent it.
What Separates a Good Event Film from a Forgettable One
The event is the raw material. What you do with it in the edit is the work.
Motion as a Design Material
How we think about animation not as polish but as a core functional layer of every digital experience we build.
Why Most Independent Businesses Waste Their Digital Presence
A website, a social media account, and a Google listing are not a digital strategy. Here is what actually moves the needle for small businesses.
What Town Centres Need From Digital — And What They Keep Getting Instead
Business Improvement Districts and town centre organisations invest in digital projects that don't work. Here is why, and what changes the outcome.
Scotland's Creative Industry Has a Visibility Problem
The work being made here is world-class. The world doesn't know about it. That's a solvable problem.
On Pricing Creative Work Properly
Underpricing is not humility. It is a business model that produces bad work, burned-out practitioners, and clients who don't value what they're receiving.
Building Dark UI That Actually Works
Dark mode is not an inversion filter. Here is how we approach dark-first design for premium digital products.
Food Photography That Doesn't Lie
The over-edited food photograph has become its own genre of deception. Here is why restraint produces better results — and more trust.
Local Music Heritage Is Disappearing — And Nobody Is Filming It
The people who made the scenes that shaped UK music culture are in their sixties and seventies. The venues are gone. The window for capturing this history is closing.
The Client Relationship Is the Work
Technical skill is table stakes. What separates great creative work from good technical execution is the quality of the relationship it comes out of.