Studio Culture Now

Studio Culture Now: Advice and guidance for designers in a changing world

Studio Culture Now is the essential guide to starting, running and growing a design studio. It offers up-to-date bang-for-the-buck advice and guidance for designers working in a rapidly changing world. First published in late 2020, the book sold out quickly and is now available in a second printing.

Studio Culture Now features in-depth interviews with many of the world’s leading design studios. Interviewees share their experiences, insights, fears and joys, and reveal how they manage the fundamentals and aspirations of studio life.

Topics include job search, working with clients, balancing creativity and profitability, accounting, hiring, promotion, wellness, and much more. The interviews, mostly conducted over the past few months, also reveal how studios are adapting to the changes brought on by the coronavirus pandemic.

Featured studios include:

Atelier Dyakova, Champions Design, Civilization, Design by Toko, DIA, ÉricandMarie, Formist, Google Design, GUNMAD / Or Type, Hansje van Halem, Helmo, Hey Studio, Hubertus Design, Jade Purple Brown, Julia, Morcos Key, My Name is Wendy, Neubau, Office of Craig, OK-RM, Parámetro Studio, Peepshow, ps.2, Regular Practice, Sara De Bondt studio, Sarah Boris Studio, Studio Rejane Dal Bello, Vrints-Kolsteren, WeShouldDoItAll, YesYesNo.