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Month: January 2024

Knowledge and skills | Podcasts

From triangles to samosas – what Veganuary taught us about design

29th January, 2024 by Lydia Thornley

From triangles to samosas – what Veganuary taught us about design In our first Studio Snack podcast of 2024, Snack resolution, fellow designer Narcis Sauleda and I do Veganuary. We chat about accidentally vegan snacks, Pythagoras, vegan equivalents of meat-based snacks, we try out two recipes and we ask what … Read More

Behind the scenes | Design Life | Talks

Grawlix – a type story on a comedy stage

18th January, 2024 by Lydia Thornley

Inspired by the best question I’ve ever been asked in a briefing meeting – “Could we have some sweary type?” I discovered that it has a name: Grawlix. Or does it? My sixth talk for Nerd Nite London goes down a rabbit-hole of research on cartoon history, fashions in writing, … Read More

Design Life | Illustration Life | Knowledge and skills

Using my loaf

8th January, 2024 by Lydia Thornley

I’ve started my new studio year by starting off a loaf of bread, to rise and prove while I get on with the overview, admin and communication that get the work under way. As I knead the dough, I think about the mindset that does this. Creative professionals are multitaskers … Read More

Recent posts

  • Montage of a sketch of a dog looking both ways, the exterior of St Bride Foundation and a drawer of type with the label 'hands' on the front and a pointing hand
    Seeing the point6th February, 2026
  • Montage of pictures: Lydia playing with reflections on the train, sketch of La Piscine in situ, section of exterior cropping the name to 'see'
    Creative adventuring19th January, 2026
  • Montage of pictures: Workshop resource sheets, Cody Dock wildlife illustration, Lydia at the Alice Billing House workshop, sketch from the Give Your Best fashion show
    The value in the intersections2nd January, 2026
  • Montage of project images: perfume boxes, textile prints made from Studio Snack podcast episode images, lithograph for 26 Bridges and cover detail from Bowen Craggs report
    Creativity from the thinking end30th December, 2025
  • Montage of sketchbook pages drawn at the British Museum and on a journey and a screenshot of the article on the 26 website
    Practice, process and past16th December, 2025
  • Montage of pictures: podcast collaborators Lydia and narcis reflected in a Christmas bauble, shadow selfie, the Gantry co-working space and the bench where the project began
    A four-year conversation5th December, 2025
  • Three labelled bottles of perfume ingredients, each label handwritten in a different colour
    Just a label3rd December, 2025
  • Montaged line illustration of the rolling bridge at Cody Dock, spectators and an unimpressed whippet
    A bridge roll and a bridge roll1st December, 2025
  • Montage of illustrations from four projects: perfume bottle, cloth, fashion illustration and wildlife habitat
    On National Illustration Day 202528th November, 2025
  • The studio seasonal gift guide27th November, 2025

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