Journal · 05 notes

Journal.

Notes on colour, print and running a one-person studio. A new one most months, when there is something worth saying.

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Colour

Oct 8, 2026

2 min read

Uncoated paper eats colour

The orange that glows on screen goes flat and brown on recycled stock. How I pick brand colours that survive the paper they will actually be printed on.

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Colour

Oct 8, 2026

2 min read

Uncoated paper eats colour

The orange that glows on screen goes flat and brown on recycled stock. How I pick brand colours that survive the paper they will actually be printed on.

Colour

Oct 8, 2026

2 min read

Uncoated paper eats colour

The orange that glows on screen goes flat and brown on recycled stock. How I pick brand colours that survive the paper they will actually be printed on.

Earlier notes

Process

Sep 17, 2026

2 min read

The two-metre shelf test

Packaging is usually judged at a desk, forty centimetres away. Shoppers see it from two metres, for about three seconds. The cheap test I run before anything goes to print.

Process

Sep 17, 2026

2 min read

The two-metre shelf test

Packaging is usually judged at a desk, forty centimetres away. Shoppers see it from two metres, for about three seconds. The cheap test I run before anything goes to print.

Aug 26, 2026

2 min read

Notes from a press check

Six hours at a printer in Malmö for issue 04 of Fieldnotes. What I look at under the lamp, what I sign off, and why I always bring a snack.

Aug 26, 2026

2 min read

Notes from a press check

Six hours at a printer in Malmö for issue 04 of Fieldnotes. What I look at under the lamp, what I sign off, and why I always bring a snack.

Studio

Jul 30, 2026

2 min read

How I quote a project

One fixed price, written down before we start. Why I stopped billing by the hour, and what goes into the number.

Studio

Jul 30, 2026

2 min read

How I quote a project

One fixed price, written down before we start. Why I stopped billing by the hour, and what goes into the number.

Colour

Jun 18, 2026

2 min read

What 200 old colour guides taught me

I have been buying printers’ colour guides at flea markets for ten years. What they taught me about palettes that outlast a trend.

Colour

Jun 18, 2026

2 min read

What 200 old colour guides taught me

I have been buying printers’ colour guides at flea markets for ten years. What they taught me about palettes that outlast a trend.

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