Notes from a snowed-in week.
The studio was closed for three days in January. What we made at home, and what we learned about working apart.
The studio was closed for three days in January. What we made at home, and what we learned about working apart.
A storm closed Washington Avenue for three days in January. The studio worked from home, and the Friday review happened on video for the first time in a year.
Some things went well. Shorter messages, fewer meetings, more finished work. Some did not: a type review on a laptop screen is not a type review.
We were glad to be back in one room on Monday. We also kept one habit from the week: a written summary after every review, sent before the end of the day.

A weekly review is the one meeting every project keeps. Here is how we run it, and why it is on a Friday.

Northline had 140 venues and one week of type decisions. Notes on choosing a single family that works on a sign, a poster and a phone.