Moodboard for a Quiet Brand Refresh
Before we touched a colour value, we pinned up every photo that felt like the studio. These are the ones that stayed on the wall.
We schedule unstructured time on purpose. Some of our best ideas started as an afternoon with no plan and a stack of old magazines.
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I disagree slightly on the second point, but the rest is spot on. Constraints really do help.
Would love a follow-up post on how you organise all of this afterwards.
Do you have a recommendation for someone just starting out? Everything I find assumes years of experience.
Good question. We will cover that in a follow-up soon.
This made me dig out my old sketchbooks. Forgot how much I used to draw on trips.
Thanks so much! Let us know how it goes.
This made me dig out my old sketchbooks. Forgot how much I used to draw on trips.
This made me dig out my old sketchbooks. Forgot how much I used to draw on trips.
Thank you for including the code. I adapted it for our docs site in about ten minutes.
Bookmarked. I keep coming back to your posts whenever I get stuck.
Such a clear explanation. I finally understand why our pages felt sluggish on mobile.