Hothouse - launches live on Facebook next week (correction)

Hello 👋 This week's theme is communication - and it is one that runs through almost everything we do as design professionals, usually without us realising it. Every document you send, every meeting you run, every caption you post on Instagram is a communication act. The question is: is it doing what you intend? This issue brings together two strands that, on the surface, look quite different - ...

Hello, and happy first day of spring 👋 Yesterday was the last day of winter and I spent the afternoon on a journaling retreat. While we waited for the group to assemble, a lamb was born in the neighbouring field. I’m writing this on Saturday - this morning is the spring equinox. The year has tipped, and this edition (which arrives on the first full day of spring) is about that: the deliberate a...

Hello 👋 This week's newsletter arrives on Mothers’ Day and hot on the heels of International Women’s Day, so it seems fitting to recognise that the majority of designers I work with (and, I suspect, a significant proportion of you reading this) has obligations that also make substantial claims on their time, energy, and attention: children, parents, partners, health and wellbeing, employers, ho...