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JOURNAL / FIELD NOTES

Field Notes.

Short essays and process diaries from inside the studio. Updated when we have something honest to say.

FN—012
MAY 2026

On the geometry of speed

What does it mean to render velocity in a way that is not merely accurate but emotional? Notes from the dashboard rebuild.

Traject
FN—011
APR 2026

Designing for the act of prayer

Tarbiyah is not a productivity app. The frame matters as much as the content. Some early principles we keep returning to.

Tarbiyah
FN—010
MAR 2026

Against the gradient

A short, opinionated piece on why our products use four flat palettes instead of one infinite gradient.

Studio
FN—009
FEB 2026

Motion has a vocabulary

We don't use easing curves because they look nice. We use them because they mean something. Here's the grammar we built.

Motion
FN—008
JAN 2026

Privacy as the starting line

Why neither of our apps phones home. The architectural decisions that come from refusing analytics on day one.

Studio

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