Notes from the studio.
Short essays on color, type, process, and the work we ship. Roughly one a fortnight.
Articles
OKLCH is the right color space for design systems in 2026.
Hex is convenient. RGB is everywhere. OKLCH is the only space where 'one step lighter' actually looks like one step lighter — across every hue.
Stop using Lorem Ipsum.
Real copy reveals problems lorem hides — line breaks that wreck headlines, em-dashes the designer didn't plan for, names too long for the avatar circle.
We deleted our component library.
After two years and 240 components, we shipped a site that used 11 of them. So we deleted the rest and rebuilt around composition.
Notes on display type for the web.
Display type is a tool for emphasis, not for ambient noise. Where it earns its keep, and where it doesn't.
Twelve-column grids are overkill.
Most of the sites we build use four or six. Twelve buys you flexibility you'll never spend.
The case for monorepos at studio scale.
We run 20 client sites out of one repository. Here's why, and where it breaks.
Pricing transparency: what we charge and why.
After eight years we publish our prices. Here's the back-of-envelope math.
The Bob Type Library, year one.
What we learned releasing our own typeface for the studio's use. Now used on six client sites.