The journal

Notes from a room that keeps insisting.

Method, opinion and the occasional argument about margins. Written by whoever felt strongly enough that week.

01
Why we print the proof
Method · 6 min→
Why we print the proof
A PDF hides the things that matter: weight, tooth, the way an ink sits on a fibre. So we print.
02
Sixteen inks and no house style
Practice · 4 min→
Sixteen inks and no house style
A house style is a way of not deciding. A library is a way of deciding sixteen times.
03
The brief is the design
Method · 5 min→
The brief is the design
By the time the brief is right, most of the decisions have already been made.
04
Against the discovery phase
Opinion · 3 min→
Against the discovery phase
If discovery takes a quarter, it is not discovery. It is a way of billing for indecision.
05
What a colophon is for
Type · 7 min→
What a colophon is for
The note at the back of the book that tells you how it was made — and why that is generous.
06
Reading at eight metres
Signage · 5 min→
Reading at eight metres
Wayfinding is the only design discipline where being wrong is a safety issue.
Nº 01After the GridNº 02Set in LeadNº 03Quarter ToneNº 04North LineNº 05The Common GoodNº 06Ninety ProofNº 07Salt & LedgerNº 08Long DivisionNº 09Hard WaterNº 10The UnderstudyNº 11VersoNº 12Field NotesNº 13Plain EnglishNº 14Second NatureNº 15Night ShiftNº 16Common Ground
The colophon

This site is set in Bricolage Grotesque, Literata and Martian Mono, and printed in sixteen Risograph inks — one for every project in the book. Built in Framer, in Leith.

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