Thoughts

A few bits and pieces to share. Including my earliest publish from 2016 on the state of web fonts, a personal favourite topic.
2023

Photo series: Sky

For years now, I've been capturing gradients in the sky. Straight from iPhone—no editing.
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2023

Trend: Huge Headlines

They go edge-to-edge and throw anything Dieter Rams has said (about how to introduce your brand) out the window.
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2022

Lessons: Creating 3 Design Systems

Thousands of design tokens explored, hundreds of components built and rebuilt and countless refactors as I've learned better ways to do things.
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2021

Brief History: Design Tokens

Design decisions, translated into data—design tokens are the source of truth to unify and maintain design at scale.
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2016

Brief History: Web Fonts

Before the web font era, designers showed great caution in using fonts in print thoughtfully to provide a consistent voice, tone and distinction that sets their clients’ work above the clamour of competing works.
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