NOTES FROM THE STUDIO

Branding, packaging and website design advice.

Practical notes for planning your brand, packaging and next website project.

Paper cards arranged into a website plan on a studio table

Before the redesign

Web design · September 2026

What to prepare before a Shopify redesign

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A partner for the next piece

Creative support · September 2026

What monthly creative support can do for your brand

An unfolded packaging dieline beside a finished indigo carton

Before the pack

Packaging · September 2026

Packaging design checklist: what your designer needs

Two related flowers made from indigo and lime paper

Keep, refine or rethink?

Branding · September 2026

Brand refresh or full rebrand: how to choose

Wooden shapes arranged into a clear visual path

10 Principles of Good Web Design

Web design · Dec 2025

10 Principles of Good Web Design

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Illustration for your brand

Branding · Dec 2025

Choosing illustration for your product brand

FROM THE ARCHIVE

Design tools, studio stories and practical resources.

Earlier articles on design practice, tools and life in the studio.

What does a brand designer do? Branding · Dec 2025
Is Strikingly Right for Your Website? Studio notes · December 2025
Ashbi’s website security interview with SafetyDetectives Studio notes · December 2025
How to run a useful design sales call Studio notes · December 2025
How Envato Elements Fits a Design Project Studio notes · December 2025
Starting a graphic design business: the first decisions Studio notes · December 2025

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