TAGDESIGNS
BY INQUIRY
TAG/DESIGNS

AS OF OCTOBER 7, 2026

NOW.

What the studio is focused on, what informs the work, and how project inquiries begin. The Derek Sivers /now-page convention — kept honest by re-dating it monthly.

STATUS · BY INQUIRY

Project scope and timing are confirmed during an inquiry.

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CURRENT FOCUS

  • TAGDesigns Digital Ecosystem

    Refining the portfolio, website, content, and client journey while developing new design-engineering work.

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READING

  • Working in Public

    Nadia Asparouhova

    Re-read for the maintainer-cost frames.

  • The Visual Display of Quantitative Information

    Edward Tufte

    Reference shelf — open monthly.

  • How Buildings Learn

    Stewart Brand

    Pacing layers as a brief structure.

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BUILDING

  • ■New design-engineering work and clearer ways for clients to explore projects and start a conversation.
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NOT DOING

  • ×Hourly engagements (see the journal post).
  • ×Logo-only one-offs — only as part of an identity system.
  • ×Client work that requires being on Slack between 6pm and 9am.
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