Superbrick — Working notesShort, opinionated notes from inside client projects. Navigation, homepages, design systems, and the arguments behind them.https://superbrick.studioen-AUNine items to fourhttps://superbrick.studio/journal/cut-the-navhttps://superbrick.studio/journal/cut-the-navCut a client's nav from nine items to four. The site got faster in every way that matters.Tue, 09 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMTEvery homepage wants to say six thingshttps://superbrick.studio/journal/homepages-say-one-thinghttps://superbrick.studio/journal/homepages-say-one-thingEvery homepage wants to say six things. It gets to say one. The rest is a scroll away.Wed, 11 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMTDesign tokens are boring until they aren'thttps://superbrick.studio/journal/design-tokens-are-boringhttps://superbrick.studio/journal/design-tokens-are-boringDesign tokens are boring until the day you change the brand blue and nothing breaks.Thu, 08 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMTClients don't buy pageshttps://superbrick.studio/journal/clients-buy-confidencehttps://superbrick.studio/journal/clients-buy-confidenceClients don't buy pages. They buy the confidence it will still look right in a year.Sat, 28 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMTSix weeks is not a constrainthttps://superbrick.studio/journal/six-weeks-is-not-a-constrainthttps://superbrick.studio/journal/six-weeks-is-not-a-constraintSix weeks is not a constraint. It's the thing that makes you actually choose.Wed, 11 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMTNobody asks for more pageshttps://superbrick.studio/journal/nobody-asks-for-more-pageshttps://superbrick.studio/journal/nobody-asks-for-more-pagesNobody asks for more pages. They ask for the page they have to work harder.Fri, 27 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMTWall of type testshttps://superbrick.studio/journal/type-tests-halcyonhttps://superbrick.studio/journal/type-tests-halcyonWall of type tests for Halcyon this morning. The third row won, obviously.Thu, 05 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMTA result that needs a paragraph isn't a resulthttps://superbrick.studio/journal/case-study-needs-a-paragraphhttps://superbrick.studio/journal/case-study-needs-a-paragraphIf a case study needs a paragraph to explain the result, it isn't a result.Thu, 29 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMTGood spacing is invisiblehttps://superbrick.studio/journal/good-spacing-is-invisiblehttps://superbrick.studio/journal/good-spacing-is-invisibleGood spacing is invisible. Bad spacing is the only thing anyone can see.Tue, 20 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMTNamed the tokens before designing a screenhttps://superbrick.studio/journal/named-the-tokens-firsthttps://superbrick.studio/journal/named-the-tokens-firstNamed the tokens before designing a single screen. Everything after that went faster.Mon, 15 Dec 2025 00:00:00 GMTWrote the copy first this timehttps://superbrick.studio/journal/wrote-the-copy-firsthttps://superbrick.studio/journal/wrote-the-copy-firstWrote the copy first this time. The layout took a third as long.Fri, 28 Nov 2025 00:00:00 GMTThe best thing we shipped this quarterhttps://superbrick.studio/journal/best-thing-we-shippedhttps://superbrick.studio/journal/best-thing-we-shippedThe best thing we shipped this quarter was a page we removed entirely.Thu, 06 Nov 2025 00:00:00 GMT