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Studio diary
This week in
the studio
Reading
A Month in the CountryJ. L. Carr · 1980
Cooking
Slow leek & potatoOn the stove all afternoon
Listening
Penguin Cafe OrchestraMusic From the Penguin Cafe
Mending
Wool elbow patchVisible darning, second attempt
Week of22April · 2026
Featured · This Week
The long read
The long goodbye to a working kitchen.
After fourteen years of soup, sourdough and three rescued plates, we close the studio kitchen — and ask what a room remembers when its people leave.
The archive
Twelve entries · Spring 2026
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Drawing a botanical icon set from scratch
From pencil sketches to clean vectors — the full process behind vol. 1.
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Tutorial: seamless paper textures in an afternoon
Scan, tile, clean up — a calm workflow for texture packs.
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Color palettes that actually sell stock images
What forty-eight palettes taught the studio about buyers.
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A love letter to good kerning
Typography is the quiet salesperson of every product page.
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Designing app icons developers can draw
A designer’s checklist for the engineer who has to ship one.
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Texture scanning on the studio table
A flatbed scanner, real paper, and the grain that AI can’t fake.
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A short letter, every Sunday morning.
New tutorials, design resources and the occasional small tool — delivered gently, once a week.