Studio Notes

Notes from the making.

The thinking behind the tools. Design decisions, product trade-offs and the moments when a simpler approach wins.

A small note

Good software has a story behind the decisions you don’t notice.

Opening note · Editorial draft

Why We Build

Good software should help you get things done. It shouldn’t become another thing you have to manage.

Awaiting editorial approval

What if we built the tools we actually wanted to use?

What belongs here

A record of what we learn while designing and building independent software.

Design decisions

How small interface details make a difference.

From the workshop

Development questions, trade-offs and what we learn along the way.

Product updates

Changes to the apps and what those changes improve.

Meet the studio

Small studio.
Big ideas.

About ZEN-TK