Field Notes

Design Thinking, Minus the Fluff.

Browse by category or search for the problem you're actually trying to solve — short, honest case notes on branding, UI/UX, and print, written from real project work in Abuja.

Split-screen comparison of a cluttered landing page next to a clear, hierarchy-led redesign Field Note

Why Your Startup's Landing Page Is Leaking Trust Before the Scroll

Most local businesses spend their budget on decoration and none of it on hierarchy — so the eye doesn't know where to land, and trust leaks out before a visitor ever reaches the pricing section. Here's the 3-second test I run on every audit, and the two fixes that recover the most conversions without a redesign.

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A single brand mark shown reproduced across a laptop screen, a rollup banner, and a phone icon Field Note

One Logo, Five Surfaces: What Actually Breaks Nigerian Brand Identities

A mark that looks sharp on your laptop can fall apart the moment it hits a rollup banner, a WhatsApp DP, or a signboard painter's brush. The field-tested checklist I use before any identity ships.

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Close-up of misregistered CMYK print output next to a corrected proof Jun 2026

Print Still Sells in Abuja — If Your Files Aren't Fighting the Printer

CMYK surprises, missing bleed, and substituted fonts quietly wreck more local print runs than bad design ever does. The checklist that saves a reprint.

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Wireframe annotation showing friction points on a pricing page layout May 2026

Your Pricing Page Isn't Confusing People — It's Making Them Do Math

Every extra second someone spends calculating what a plan actually costs is a second closer to leaving. A simple rewrite pattern that removes the math for them.

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Handwritten notes from a brand strategy discovery session Apr 2026

The Brand Brief Question Most Founders Skip

Before any logo sketch, there's one question that decides whether the whole identity holds up under pressure — and it's rarely "what colors do you like?"

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