Why You Can Love Something You Created Today and Hate It Tomorrow
Have you ever finished something you created and genuinely thought, “Okay, I did that”? You like it; you are happy with how it turned out,…
Photoshop Was an Accident. Kind Of.
If you opened Photoshop today, there’s a good chance you’d use it to design a flyer, book cover, retouch a photo, remove someone’s ex from…
The Impact We Don’t Always See
Have you ever noticed how some people stay with you long after you’ve stopped seeing them? It’s rarely because you remember every conversation or every…
OUR BOOK COVER DESIGNERS HAVE ISSUES (PS: We promise the final designs are worth it.)
People see the final book cover and assume everything happens smoothly. Clean typography. Beautiful layout. Perfect colors. Very professional. Meanwhile, behind the scenes, one designer has 15 tabs…
Things That Look Easy But Are Actually Mentally Draining
There’s a kind of tired that doesn’t come from doing anything big or impressive. It comes from small things, the kind you wouldn’t even think to complain about because they seem so…
The Day a Book Cover Lied to Me (And I’m Glad It Did)
Quick question, have you ever picked up a book because of its cover, and it completely misled you? Not that the story was shitty or anything, it was just not what you…
Do Our Best Ideas Happen Away from the Desk? A Design Team Confession
For most designers, the desk is where the work is supposed to happen. You sit down at your desk, open your design tools, stare at the…
Functioning While Fraying: What Happens When the Environment Breaks the Person
There was a time in my life when I genuinely thought I was going to lose my mind. Quietly. Slowly. The kind where you are…
A Year Full of Work, Laughter, and Everything In Between
Last year was one of those years that asked a lot from us and then asked for a bit more, just to be sure. It…
The 5 Unwritten Rules of Ibrahim’s Morning Routine and the One He Always Breaks
We see all sorts of perfect morning routines online. People waking up at impossible hours, doing cold plunges before most of us even open our…