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Niche design isn't connected to Publishers Marketplace in any wayThis year I've been dedicating myself to the creative process.To me, the creative process isn't just about the process per se. It's not just about the ideas, the work, and its outcomes. It's

This is my first essay from a series about the creative process, which will be published in the upcoming Niche design issue.When my wife and I decided to get married in the spring of 2024, we knew we wouldn't do it traditionally. Not for religious or spir

This piece was originally published in Niche design vol.1, my self-published print magazine exploring where design flourishes in an age of sameness.You can read the magazine version here:Growth pains / On scale (pp. 39-40)487KB PDF fileDownloadDownloadThe

I'm writing this as I'm still trying to figure things out.I've been quite skeptical about this whole AI era, particularly in the context of design tools. I mean, the whole prompt-to-app shabang hasn't made a strong impression on me. But it made it clear-t

This is a rare, somewhat commercial-ish post. I don't usually do this kind of thing (sending unlisted, direct posts), but I figured that for at least some of you, it might be relevant. If you really find it unnecessary, feel free to let me know.So, two th

test pattern by Ryoji Ikeda / Produced by FormaA while ago (at least when I first drafted this post), someone on Twitter asked me for good resources to break into design. Although a simple question, I kept thinking about it for quite some time: where do p

Finding a soul in this world seems to be a rare quality these days, especially in software-internet-land.Every app looks the same.Every website looks the same.Every process looks the same.The rise of Tailwind, design system templates, and other dev framew

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Final copy atop draft spreadsNow that the first batch of Niche design orders has arrived in the US and reached the first few dozen readers, I feel like sharing some updates.But before I do that, let me republish the same preface I wrote for the zine. It's

After more than a year of work, writing at the terminal during my honeymoon in Hawaii, redesigning the entire layout at the last minute, and making final edits from seat 6A on my flight home from Greece, Niche design is finally ready.What started as a pos