Author: Katelyn Ewen

Shedding & Sprinting: what the wood snake and fire horse teach us about creative work 2025, the Year of the Wood Snake, wasn’t exactly gentle on the creative industries. Large shifts across the professional landscape may have felt like a forced unravelling. But if we borrow a lens from the Chinese zodiac, that volatility starts …

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Design you can feel: Rethinking Accessibility in creative work The best design isn’t always the one you see. It’s the kind you can feel, in texture, rhythm, and flow. It’s how the eye moves across a page, how contrast carries meaning, how space itself becomes communication. World Braille Day reminds us of that truth: that …

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“Make the most of the fade: A Creative Case for Early Reflection In November, the light fades earlier each evening, the studio hums with its familiar rhythm, focused, fast, alive, but there’s something softer beneath it. November marks a shift: a quieter undercurrent that hints it’s time to look back, even as we keep moving …

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are we building a more equal future or just talking about it? In the 90s, third-wave feminism told women we could “have it all.” Build the career. Raise the kids. Climb the ladder. Break the glass ceiling. Stay ambitious, stay kind, stay in shape. On paper, it felt like liberation. In practice, it left many …

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Scrolling Smarter: Social Media, AI, and the Future of Authentic Connection Every night before bed, my feed knows exactly what I need: ASMR videos that quiet my mind. Midday? DJ sets that help hone my focus. This isn’t coincidence, it’s curation. I’ve trained my algorithm with intention, and honestly? It works. Social media has become …

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