I like to think.
These are my findings.
[How I look when I’m thinking]
I like to think I know things. Things about lots of stuff.
Here, I share what I think I know, what I thought I knew and what I don’t know that I don’t know. As [a] design agency you’ll find I’m a little less fluffy (hardly more concise).
Between the lines
Write on the train, or under a tree.
Write in your mother tongue if that's how you think. Just please, please, write from the top to the bottom of your beating heart.
A submission by Stewart Ainslie for Zosia Świdlicka • Founder • Opening Line
Like arseh*les
There’s an idea floating around right now that says 'designers' are too ‘mean’ to one another about the work.
And that it’s hurting the industry.
The year of the ‘indie’ agency?
The Drum might frame 2026 as ‘the year of indie’, but for me it was 2015.
Myself, museums and galleries… and I.
Stew’s potted history of Museum’s, Galleries, Arts and Culture.
Agitation Nation™
Stewart Ainslie suggests that we live in an Agitation Nation™ and ponders if this has always been the case.
Goal: Swimming ‘24
What I'd like to achieve in the water, and why I've arrived at this simple goal.
‘Vital’ stats: Sept ‘24
I like to record simple stats. Then I like to overcomplicate them. These are some of my ‘vital’ stats. Last updated September 2024.
GPT and me…
Collaborating with machines. A short dump of interactions between myself and AI and other digital creatures.
To create and serve
Why are creative people so protective of their work? And what drives the anti-service rhetoric? A few words on the brand police, ego and prioritising our values.