Designer Things

Pluralistic design isn’t about making everyone happy—it’s about admitting that ‘everyone’ doesn’t actually exist.

I used to think digital art meant sterile gradients and corporate vectors. Then I stumbled into a Discord server full of artists painting moonlit forests

I used to think warning labels were pretty straightforward—you slap a skull and crossbones on something toxic, maybe throw in some bold text, and call it a day.

The first time I saw Blade Runner, I thought the future looked like a neon migraine. Turns out, that’s exactly what Syd Mead wanted—this overwhelming

I spent three years staring at Parmigianino’s Madonna with the Long Neck in reproduction before I saw it in person at the Uffizi, and honestly, nothing

I used to think minimalism was born in Silicon Valley boardrooms, but turns out it started showing up in Western design studios around the 1950s—right

I used to think letter arms were just decorative flourishes—you know, those horizontal strokes jutting out from uppercase letters like tiny architectural overhangs.

Ghostcore isn’t what you think it is. I spent years dismissing it as another internet aesthetic—one more Pinterest board filled with pale, washed-out

I used to walk past Sweetgreen and Chipotle without thinking twice about the fonts on their menus. The Accidental Psychology Embedded in Sans-Serif Menu

I used to think letters were just shapes someone drew once and we all agreed to use forever. Turns out, the round parts of letters—like the curves in ‘