Process Writing
Studio Notes
The thinking behind the work. How decisions are made, what we got wrong, and what it actually took to build the things we built.
How Augustra Came to Be
Not a founding story. Something closer to an account of why a certain kind of space needed to exist, and what it took to make it.
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On Choosing a Typeface for a Year
Type is never neutral. The story of how we settled on the typographic identity of this site, and what we learned from getting it wrong first.
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Why We Don't Use Stock Photos
Every image is an argument. The case against the generic visual, and what we use instead.
Building a Site Without a Template
On the decision to hand-code augustra.com, and what the constraint of doing it yourself teaches about design.