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Notes to Self

Home · About · August to September 2026

A draggable sticky-note board that lived in the About section, each note pinned to the case-study moment that taught it. Retired so the case studies carry the reflections on their own.

A few notes to self about how I want to practice design, each one from a real project. I expect future me to argue with it.

I practice design as a

way of thinking,

not a deliverable.

↳ Social Pattern Library

Design keeps teaching me to

unlearn

what I already know.

↳ Affirm: expert users

Be in the room for the

what,

not just the how.

↳ Optimizely: the open brief

Work I can't

explain

doesn't ship.

↳ Affirm: designing with AI

Hold the

balance

between overthinking and overbuilding.

↳ Amigurumi Pattern Studio

Design is

“whatever it takes.”

↳ Pink Daisy Crochet