#Typography
Typesetting, font pairing, hierarchy, and micro-layout craft, from two free geometric typefaces built 30 minutes at a time through to the serif and sans-serif fonts professional designers actually reach for, and exactly why.
50 best album covers & most iconic artwork of all time
The backstory, hidden details and the designers behind 50 of the most interesting and iconic album covers ever made, chosen and ranked one by one, covering decades of music, art direction and graphic design history from record sleeves.
Best fonts for mobile apps, websites & dashboards design
These are the fonts professional designers keep coming back to, again and again, to convey style, tone, emotion and readability. The serif and sans-serif typefaces that actually earn a place in real projects, with the history behind each.
Books that reshaped how I think, design & view the world
These books aren't really about the industries they're set in, they're about the people behind them: founders who bootstrapped from nothing, a cartoonist who turned failure into a career. A reading list that genuinely reshaped how I think.
Design websites & apps with a 4px/8px baseline grid
How I use a 4px/8px baseline grid alongside a traditional typographic scale to create consistent, well-structured layouts across both web and mobile design, without second-guessing spacing decisions on every single screen.
UX/UI Basics for designing apps & websites people love
"Where am I?" Always indicate active navigation states. A quick, practical reference covering the core principles of UX and UI design, from information architecture and affordances through to signifiers and genuinely useful testing.
Design process behind creating two geometric typefaces
Two free geometric fonts built 30 minutes at a time. One inspired by modular Lego-like shapes, the other by Herbert Bayer's 1925 universal typeface, both released free to download, use, and adapt for personal or commercial work.
Small collection of logo design & brand identity projects
Logo design isn't my primary service, but it's something I genuinely enjoy doing. Over the years I've taken on the occasional branding project alongside my core UX/UI work, plus a few personal ones just for the fun of it.