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Field notes.

Short pieces on editorial design, typography, events and how we work.

FeaturedEditorial What a newsroom taught me about designing to a deadline Years of weekly print deadlines leave you with habits: decide early, design systems instead of pages, and know which details readers actually notice. Ivan Panov · Oct 2026 · 6 min read

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EditorialOct 2026 · 6 min read What a newsroom taught me about designing to a deadline Years of weekly print deadlines leave you with habits: decide early, design systems instead of pages, and know which details readers actually notice.

TypographyOct 2026 · 4 min read Choosing typefaces that work in Latin and Cyrillic A shortlist of families that hold up in both alphabets, and three things to check before you commit.

EventsSept 2026 · 5 min read A conference identity checklist: 14 things people forget Badge names that run long, stage screen ratios, the sign nobody ordered for the cloakroom.

EditorialSept 2026 · 5 min read Your annual report doesn’t have to be boring How NGOs can turn a compliance document into something donors actually read to the end.

Social mediaAug 2026 · 4 min read Designing a social media kit your team will actually use Fewer templates, clearer rules, and why the best kit is the one nobody has to ask about.

ProcessAug 2026 · 3 min read How we write a proposal: three tiers, no surprises Basic, Standard, Premium — what goes into each, and why revision rounds are written down.

EditorialJul 2026 · 7 min read From brief to press check: the life of a magazine issue A week-by-week look at how an issue moves from flatplan to the printer’s proof.

EventsJun 2026 · 4 min read Wayfinding for one-day events on a small budget Colour, numbering and a few well-placed floor stickers do more than a dozen roll-ups.

Print & bookMay 2026 · 5 min read Notes on designing covers for small publishers What a cover has to do on a shelf, in an online shop thumbnail, and on a bookshop table.