Designer Things

Cannabis labeling isn’t just regulatory theater—it’s the frontline of consumer safety in an industry that spent decades operating in legal shadows.

I used to think typography was just about making things look pretty. Turns out, the way we arrange text on a page—what designers call hierarchy—is actually

I used to think maximalism was just about throwing more stuff on the walls until something stuck. Then I spent an afternoon at the Met staring at Caravaggio’

I used to think manumission documents were just boring legal paperwork—turns out, they’re basically freedom receipts with surprisingly elaborate

I’ve spent more hours than I’d like to admit staring at museum walls, trying to figure out why some exhibitions make me want to linger while

I used to think patterns were just decoration. Then I spent three weeks in a Ghanaian textile workshop watching weavers create kente cloth, and I realized I’

Kidcore isn’t just bright colors and Lisa Frank stickers—though yeah, there’s definately a lot of that. The aesthetic emerged somewhere around

I’ve been staring at photographs of Paracas textiles for longer than I’d like to admit. The thing is, these ancient Peruvian burial cloths—dating

I used to think hard-edge painting was all about purity—those crisp, unforgiving lines that Frank Stella made famous in the 1960s. Then I spent an afternoon

I used to think design sovereignty was just about putting traditional patterns on modern products—you know, the kind of thing you see in museum gift shops.