A journal

Small notes on design, typography, and doing less on purpose.

A small journal about design, typography, and the craft of making quiet, careful things.

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4 entries

Design999990 minnr rhead

Typefaces are arguments

A typeface decides how a sentence sounds before anyone has read a word of it. Choosing one is not decoration. jjjj

By Elink ;Raskmmm

Process58 minnr rhead

Designinhg for the quiet state

Empty screens, slow connections, and nothing-happened-yetnnn moments are most of the experience. Design them first.

By Tomas Beierhh

Notes3 minnr rhead

Notes in the margin

On keeping a working notebook, and why the best ideas rarely arrive at the moment you need them.

By Tomas Beierhh

About this journal

Marginalia is a slow, deliberately small publication. A handful of entries a season, each one about a decision worth arguing over: what to cut, what to keep, and how much room to leave around it. Everything you read here is written and edited by hand.

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