Studio Notes #109 Good Morning, Friendly Folks. Here are this week’s Studio Notes™—quick bits delivered to you each Friday. 🐆 Apparently I’m about a year late to this, but Cheetos Pants was a thing that actually happened and existed and you could even buy them—and wear them. Not only did
Studio Notes #108 Howdy, Fine Folks. Here are this week’s Studio Notes™—quick bits delivered to you each Friday. 👻 Light Capsules is an incredible project that uses light projection to bring ghost signs back to life. What a fantastic use of tech to keep something analog from fading away completely. I love
Studio Notes #107 Hello hello, Good People. Here are this week’s Studio Notes™—quick bits delivered to you each Friday. ⚾️ An ode to the iconic typography of Topps trading cards from 70s and 80s. There is something about the flat, offset printing on the back of the chipboard-ish card that always
Studio Notes #106 Greetings and Good Vibes to you, Fine Folks. Here are this week’s Studio Notes™—quick bits delivered to you each Friday. 🪀 I’m mesmerized by Hajime Miura’s freestyle performance at the 2026 World Yo-Yo Contest in Japan. The artistry and skill here is insane. The crowd’s
Studio Notes #105 Hello, My Friends. Here are this week’s Studio Notes™—quick bits delivered to you each Friday. 🪡 Came across Valeria Duque’s series of embroidered photographs and it made me happy. Choosing to cross-stitch only portions of the photo with color-matched thread makes for such an interesting image.
Studio Notes #104 Howdy, Folks. Here are this week’s Studio Notes™—quick bits delivered to you each Friday. At the risk of celebrating too much, I realize #104 means this little newsletter started exactly 2 years ago. Let’s keep it going :-) 🔌 Look, I’m not saying I need a 10-foot
Studio Notes #103 Hello, Autumnal Friends (and friends in the Southern hemisphere as well). Here are this week’s Studio Notes™—quick bits delivered to you each Friday. 👾 Tiny5 is a retro pixel font that packs a lot of nostalgia into a five pixel tall typeface. What's even more interesting are
Studio Notes #102 Greetings and Good Morning to you, Fine People. Here are this week’s Studio Notes™—quick bits delivered to you each Friday. ⚖️ Most mornings, I make my own decaf espresso at home and have dialed in the ritual. Exactly 18 grams of unground beans requires measuring, and this Subscale dosing
Studio Notes #101 Good Morning, Folks. Here are this week’s Studio Notes™—quick bits delivered to you each Friday. 🧊 The founders of YETI coolers shared their story on How I Built This and I thought the bit about patents was interesting (among other highlights). Essentially, they decided to completely avoid the expense
Studio Notes #100 Hello, Friends. Here are this week’s Studio Notes™—quick bits delivered to you each Friday. This week we’re celebrating the 100th issue of the newsletter! Thanks for your support and feedback—it's kept me going :-) Oh, and all Goods are on sale for 25% off (details
Studio Notes #99 Greetings, Very Cool People. Here are this week’s Studio Notes™—quick bits delivered to you each Friday. 🎨 Artist Noah Verrier makes still-life oil paintings of modern, everyday, foods on a table. Uncrustables, Pringles with a wine glass, a Domino's Pizza Box, etc. Like a modern day
Studio Notes #98 Hello hello, my Friends. Here are this week’s Studio Notes™—quick bits delivered to you each Friday. 💾 A magnetic power bank that looks like an old floppy disk. Yep, I'm certainly the target audience for one of these. The little tiny screen and 64GB storage are nice
Studio Notes #97 Summer Greetings, Friends. Here are this week’s Studio Notes™—quick bits delivered to you each Friday. 🦈 A group of friends in Quincy, Massachusetts recreated the entire Jaws movie shot for shot over eight years. It's fun to just scrub to random points to see how they creatively
Studio Notes #96 Grand risings, my friends. Here are this week’s Studio Notes™—quick bits delivered to you each Friday. 👾 Coral Pixels is a new color font that's inspired by “subpixel rendering techniques”. I can't tell if I love this, or dislike it :) Either way, it's
Studio Notes #95 ☕️ At first, I was admiring the retro branding and site for Orange Handle Coffee, and then realized it was a company devoted entirely to decaf (diners often used orange handles on decaf pots so as not to mix them up with the high-test stuff). And that's okay!
Studio Notes #94 Hey there, Friends. Here are this week’s Studio Notes™—quick bits delivered to you each Friday. 📞 iPhone charging docks that look like old pay phone enclosures. Complete with optional graffiti, stickers, and urban wear by mural artist, Nicky Davis. I always dig a good mix of old and new
Studio Notes #93 Howdy, Pardners. Here are this week’s Studio Notes™—quick bits delivered to you each Friday. 📷 A few ol’ internet pals have released v1.0 of their Mac photo editing app, Aphera—“Raw editing for photographers who chase feeling over formula”. It looks fantastic, and I'm looking forward
Studio Notes #92 Hello there, Very Fabulous Folks. Here are this week’s Studio Notes™—quick bits delivered to you each Friday. 🎥 Christopher Nolan's upcoming The Odyssey film was filmed entirely on IMAX cameras. Because of the size and sound dampening enclosure, it means it got in the way of the
Studio Notes #91 Greetings, Excellent People. Here are this week’s Studio Notes™—quick bits delivered to you each Friday. 🚩 Felt pennant flags have always been cool and Roman Boujo traced their origin from Middle Ages wars through early 20th century college football. There truly is something about cut-out felt sewn onto
Studio Notes #90 Hello, Kind People. Here are this week’s Studio Notes™—quick bits delivered to you each Friday. 🪣 Studio DRAMA has done some outstanding custom typeface work for KFC’s new rebrand. I mean, I prefer Dave's Hot, Cane's, or even Popeye's, but The Colonel
Studio Notes #89 Hello there, Esteemed Subscriber of Newsletters. Here are this week’s Studio Notes™—quick bits delivered to you each Friday. 🖨️ Designer and printmaker, Scott Boms, has launched Matter Editions, a studio for his risograph and screen printing experiments, books, zines, etc. Love the site and ethos of “moving slow” in
Studio Notes #88 Greetings, Good Folks. Here are this week’s Studio Notes™—quick bits delivered to you each Friday. 🥏 Master type and lettering designer, Simon Walker, made The Cover Letters Archive to feature his collection of album art. A no-brainer follow! And let this be a formal plea to the emoji
Studio Notes #87 Hello, hello, Grand Beings. Here are this week’s Studio Notes™—quick bits delivered to you each Friday. 🌵 As a longtime fan of the old Hilltop Steak House on Route 1 in Saugus, Massachusetts, this glimpse into the home of late owner Frank Giuffrida is quite a 1970s time capsule.
Studio Notes #86 Good morning, my friends. Here are this week’s Studio Notes™—quick bits delivered to you each Friday. 📼 The day after Stephen Colbert's final Late Show, he filmed an hour long special in Monroe, Michigan on their local public access cable channel. “It’s been an excruciating 23
Studio Notes #85 Hello, Friends! Here are this week’s Studio Notes™—quick bits delivered to you each Friday. 🧢 This week I came across Lost & Foundry, a cool shop that sews vintage patches on new hats. They'll even make you a custom combo from their giant patch library. Lots of
