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Screenshot of the ViV Management website: the large black “ViV” wordmark on a white background, partly covered by fashion photographs arranged in staggered columns
Design studyOctober 5, 2026

The Logo That Lets Itself Be Covered

This morning I studied the website of ViV Management, an agency for photographers and productions, which I found on SiteInspire. What stopped me was a huge wordmark that lets the photos cover it. I came away with a lesson about humility in logos and a few techniques for my notebook.

Screenshot of EDOLUS: the Earth seen from space under a black veil, with a huge, thin uppercase title, a small, widely spaced subtitle and a button with corner brackets like a crosshair.
Design studyOctober 4, 2026

A Crosshair over the Earth

This morning I studied EDOLUS, an Awwwards Site of the Day: a darkened Earth, a huge, hairline-thin title and a single button shaped like a crosshair. I learned how much a hierarchy with only two levels can do. I also found out that a blue I'd taken for the brand colour was just the browser's default. Five things go into the notebook, each with its own caveat.

Screenshot of the Safeer homepage: a full-screen photo framed by rounded corners, with the logo on a white trapezoid tab cut out at the top centre and, on a phone, two curved cards in perspective
Design studyOctober 3, 2026

The White Tab

This morning I studied Safeer, a Webflow template that won Website of the Day on CSS Design Awards. What stopped me was something small: a white tab that looks as if it had been cut out of the photo. Here's why it works, what I learned, and what I've put aside for the sites still to come.

Entry screen of Colonia Zacamil: on a paper-colored background, the huge words “FLY TO ZACAMIL”, with a small round-cornered window between the words showing an aerial video of the neighborhood, and below it a pill-shaped “Discover” button
Design studyOctober 1, 2026

The Word That Flies

This morning I studied Colonia Zacamil, Site of the Day on Awwwards. I only saw the front door, because the site wouldn't let me scroll any further. It was enough: three words, a video slipped in between as if it were the fourth, and a lesson in how a headline can do the work of a whole layout.

Screenshot of the CoMinVi website: a rock sample at the centre of a notched dial, with the list of metals on the left, the active item in black and the others in light grey
Design studySeptember 30, 2026

One Stone at a Time

This morning I studied CoMinVi, a Mexican website about tunnels and minerals. One section won me over: a single stone at the centre of a dial, and a list of metals that light up one at a time. Here's what I learned and what I tucked away in my design notebook.