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Critical writing across subjects

Critical writing across subjects — service design, photography theory, ikebana philosophy, urban observation.

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A campus side project in 2018 grew into a sixteen-person studio called No Design — and then, slowly, back into a single voice.

Six years bent its shape several times: notebook to community, community to almost-startup, finally to the question of why. There is no SOP for dissolving a team. You write your way out.

What returned in 2026 is not a brand for hire. It is a long reading practice — service design, photography, ikebana, the architecture of cities — held at one critical angle. Writing keeps the practice honest.

Not a brand for hire. A long reading practice, held at one critical angle.

Articles · Designer