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Narratives

Their power comes from honesty, depth,
and authentic storytelling.

Narratives is a home for honest stories, working notes and the decisions behind what we build. It is where the everyday turns into something worth keeping.

  • Process
  • Design & Branding

Design That Survives the Handoff

6 min read

Most design does not fail in the file. It fails in the gap between the file and the build, where decisions nobody…

  • Strategy

The Brief Behind the Brief

5 min read

Every client asks for a website. Almost none of them want a website. Learning to hear the difference is most of the…

  • Craft
  • Inspiration

Motion Is a Sentence, Not Decoration

7 min read

An animation that does not say anything is noise with good timing. The ones worth building explain where something…

  • Engineering

Why We Still Write CSS by Hand

8 min read

Not out of nostalgia. Because the platform got good, and a stack you did not choose is a stack you cannot debug at…

  • The Lab

The Cost of a Fast Yes

4 min read

Saying yes to a project takes a second. Saying no takes a conversation. That asymmetry quietly decides what a team…

  • Craft
  • Design & Branding

Typography Does the Heavy Lifting

6 min read

Strip the colour, the imagery and the effects from a good layout and it still works. Strip the typography and there…

  • Process

Naming Things Is the Work

5 min read

A component called Card2 is a decision nobody made, preserved forever. The name is where the thinking either happened…

  • Process
  • Inspiration

The Second Draft Is the Real One

4 min read

The first version exists to find out what the project actually is. Treating it as precious is the fastest way to ship…

  • Design & Branding

Colour Is the Last Decision

5 min read

If the layout only works in colour, the layout does not work. We design in grey until the structure holds on its own…

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