A Memorial for Alex Calibur

fall in here
underground shelter
i’ll cook for you
this nuclear winter
i’ll cook for you
in our underground…

Text and Subtext

Adapted from a presentation given in Taichung (October 2017)

Graphic design is communication, it’s cultural and commercial wayfinding. It’s economic and transactional: business cards, storefronts, concert posters, book jackets…

On Calling Cards

A Light Card Can Do a Lot of Heavy Lifting

One of design’s most intractable problems is also one of its longest-running staples: the business card. Some call for its demise; others throw up their hands in confusion at its weed-like persistence…

Brutish Beauty

The Making of Corsair

TABLED

A Year in the Life of the Traffic Tide Dinner Series

Considering Climate Migration

A strategic narrative of immigration planning for the 21st century.

D-B-A

A network for creatives doing big things with small businesses.

Samarskaya for Product Chatters

A Conversation on “Going Grayscale” (Winter 2017)

Faruk Ateş: Hi Ksenya! For the readers, can you tell us briefly a little bit about yourself and what you do?

Ksenya Samarskaya: Start with…

Layering Illumination and Scaffolding

A Branding Case Study for Light + Ladder