Journal
Long-form essays on design practice, culture and pedagogy.
2026
Orbital information architecture
Treating a site map like a planetary system: a center of mass, well-behaved orbits, and gravitational hierarchy. A working method we use at GDO.
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2026
Bilingual design systems: a working method
RTL is not LTR mirrored. A method for building systems that treat each language as a first-class user, not a translation.
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2026
Concept-first, surface later
Every project at GDO starts with a written concept, not a moodboard. Here is why, and how we run a one-day concept sprint.
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2025
Teaching as design practice
Pedagogy is not separate from practice. The studio sharpens what we teach; teaching sharpens what we make.
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2025
Restraint is the loudest form of confidence
Why our work avoids cosmetic ornament — and why we treat the empty page as the highest-cost surface in the studio.
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2025
The event horizon of a brief
Some briefs collapse under their own weight. How to recognize the gravity of a brief before you cross into it.
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2025
Persian typography in motion: notes from the studio
A working sketchbook of what we have learned about animating Persian display type — without flattening its calligraphic logic.
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