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Overview

This release adds the Flintfox case study and a new Field Note by Michael Gunner, our Tech Lead: 'Standardise the foundations, not the brand experience'. It also upgrades the site to Astro 7, improves project and Field Notes discovery, and gives designers a manual GitHub Actions workflow for refreshing case study images.

Highlights

  • Upgraded the site to Astro 7, including the latest MDX integration and markdown pipeline updates, with compatibility fixes to keep content rendering clean.
  • Added the new Flintfox case study, covering the move to a more resilient, conversion-focused platform.
  • Added a GitHub Actions workflow for manually refreshing case study images, reducing the need for developer input during content updates.
  • Published the new Field Note: Standardise the foundations, not the brand experience, where Michael Gunner explains how shared technical foundations give teams more room to build distinctive brand experiences.
  • Updated project index filters to use path segments instead of query parameters, such as /case-studies/platforms/.
  • Updated the Field Notes listing page design with a cleaner editorial layout, making the archive easier to scan and explore.
  • Added a new Field Notes tag system, grouping posts by theme so readers can move through related ideas more easily.
  • Updated the Field Notes URL system so posts no longer include /post/, and direct links to Field Notes now open on the listing page.

May 2026

Alan Kay: His Sketches, Piano, and Computer

Notes

A note can be a written record, a struck key, or the act of noticing, and each sharpens how we understand the world. A piano is an instrument, but also a technology built on the notes it makes possible.

April 2026

Photographs of a red cloth bound travel handbook from 1894. The book is open to show pages with maps and illustrations.

Change

A red cloth spine caught my eye in a Tokyo bookshop last week. A handbook for travellers in Japan, fourth edition, 1894. I was 132 years late, yet most of what it describes still stands.

Mar 2026

Screenshots from the development process of the new ON release notes page

Taking the temperature

You walk into a room and you can feel it. Whether there is energy or not. We describe someone as warm. We talk about things cooling down. Temperature is something we sense before we have words for it.

Feb 2026

Pixelised image of a horse running

Rethinking video, prototyping faster, and encoding brand logic

In Japanese, the character for hand is 手. Joined with the character for craft, it becomes 手仕事 (teshigoto), or handwork.

Jan 2026

Illustration showing the laying of undersea Atlantic telegraph cables

Transmission

The first dispatch of a new year, and I’m thinking about transmission: the message, the vessel that carries it, and what happens when they finally meet their destination.

Dec 2025

Earthrise, or the earth rising above the moon

Closing the distance between strategy and execution

Fifty-seven years ago this week, Earthrise was captured. The image provoked a stark reflection on our place in the universe, yet the photograph itself was never part of the formal mission plan.

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