Andrew Boardman
@boardman.bsky.social
Designer-artist type, creative director at Mangrove. Web = #accessibility + #static + #typography. Newsletter: https://deardesigner.substack.com Inspiration: https://typequote.com
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Andrew Boardman
@boardman.bsky.social
· Nov 22
Dear Designer | Andrew Boardman | Substack
Technology, typography and tomorrow: a love letter to graphic designers. Click to read Dear Designer, by Andrew Boardman, a Substack publication with hundreds of subscribers.
deardesigner.substack.com
My first post on Bluesky because that's what we do now.
If you're interested, here is my newsletter on Substack:
deardesigner.substack.com
If you're interested, here is my newsletter on Substack:
deardesigner.substack.com
A new Dear Designer will be published tomorrow! Tomorrow!
In the meantime, here is Scott Belsky in today’s TypeQuote.
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In the meantime, here is Scott Belsky in today’s TypeQuote.
typequote.com/quotes/there...
There are two types of people making stuff: content creators and artists.Both are creative. But there is one distinct difference: Content creators are willing to trade control for speed. Artists are n...
Inspirational and uncommon quotes, citations, and excerpts for artists, designers, writers, journalists and their friends.
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November 23, 2025 at 6:15 PM
A new Dear Designer will be published tomorrow! Tomorrow!
In the meantime, here is Scott Belsky in today’s TypeQuote.
typequote.com/quotes/there...
In the meantime, here is Scott Belsky in today’s TypeQuote.
typequote.com/quotes/there...
A new Dear Designer is out:
The world is on fire. Designer salaries are flat. Rent has doubled and meals cost 70% more. In this week's post, I explain why now is your moment to go out on your own. Plus I am micro-fundraising for Wikipedia.
deardesigner.substack.com/p/the-time-f...
The world is on fire. Designer salaries are flat. Rent has doubled and meals cost 70% more. In this week's post, I explain why now is your moment to go out on your own. Plus I am micro-fundraising for Wikipedia.
deardesigner.substack.com/p/the-time-f...
deardesigner.substack.com
October 22, 2025 at 1:02 AM
A new Dear Designer is out:
The world is on fire. Designer salaries are flat. Rent has doubled and meals cost 70% more. In this week's post, I explain why now is your moment to go out on your own. Plus I am micro-fundraising for Wikipedia.
deardesigner.substack.com/p/the-time-f...
The world is on fire. Designer salaries are flat. Rent has doubled and meals cost 70% more. In this week's post, I explain why now is your moment to go out on your own. Plus I am micro-fundraising for Wikipedia.
deardesigner.substack.com/p/the-time-f...
I'm happy to announce that the brand new Lorem2 is launched. The site provides useful placeholder text for designers and developers. It's easy. It's fun! It's in French! And English! And light! And dark. And light!
lorem2.com
lorem2.com
Lorem 2: A far lovelier Lorem Ipsum experience
Lorem2 combines classic placeholder text for paragraph text and lists with real data structures and downloadable files. Use this for dummy text. Or smart text.
lorem2.com
September 12, 2025 at 4:25 PM
I'm happy to announce that the brand new Lorem2 is launched. The site provides useful placeholder text for designers and developers. It's easy. It's fun! It's in French! And English! And light! And dark. And light!
lorem2.com
lorem2.com
What does it mean to be a young designer in this moment? How does one think about their purpose having done “all the right things” by going to school and getting good grades and working days and nights to build a portfolio?
deardesigner.substack.com/p/when-you-c...
deardesigner.substack.com/p/when-you-c...
Stop Waiting to Be Picked for a Design Job
Why now might be the perfect time to stop applying and start building.
deardesigner.substack.com
August 11, 2025 at 9:11 PM
What does it mean to be a young designer in this moment? How does one think about their purpose having done “all the right things” by going to school and getting good grades and working days and nights to build a portfolio?
deardesigner.substack.com/p/when-you-c...
deardesigner.substack.com/p/when-you-c...
I wrote a post on the value and promise of the open web a few months ago. I discuss open source, open access and the spirit of openness that the web engenders. Perhaps waiting a while makes it even more relevant with the release of ChatGPT-5 today...
mangrove-web.com/blog/service...
#openweb
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#openweb
The Value of the Open Web » Mangrove Web
Explore the principles of the open web and why they matter with Andrew Boardman, creative director at our B Corp digital agency.
mangrove-web.com
August 7, 2025 at 2:41 PM
I wrote a post on the value and promise of the open web a few months ago. I discuss open source, open access and the spirit of openness that the web engenders. Perhaps waiting a while makes it even more relevant with the release of ChatGPT-5 today...
mangrove-web.com/blog/service...
#openweb
mangrove-web.com/blog/service...
#openweb
We’re drowning in images, burning energy to store them, and losing sight of the real. My latest post in Dear Designer: Against Photography.
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Against Photography
Toward a post-photographic design ethic
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July 14, 2025 at 3:36 PM
We’re drowning in images, burning energy to store them, and losing sight of the real. My latest post in Dear Designer: Against Photography.
open.substack.com/pub/deardesi...
open.substack.com/pub/deardesi...
What are we supposed to do if we want to address climate change amidst global tumult, dear designer? Let me count the ways!
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The Climate is On and We All Know Where the Switch Is.
From late-night appliance mysteries to daylight design strategies for sustainability
open.substack.com
June 23, 2025 at 9:25 PM
What are we supposed to do if we want to address climate change amidst global tumult, dear designer? Let me count the ways!
open.substack.com/pub/deardesi...
open.substack.com/pub/deardesi...
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RIP to Brian Wilson, who gave us many perfect albums but also the perfect interview
June 11, 2025 at 5:00 PM
RIP to Brian Wilson, who gave us many perfect albums but also the perfect interview
Why aren’t designers are not talking about climate change? Let me count the ways. Here is the latest Dear Designer.
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deardesigner.substack.com/p/climate-ch...
Climate change isn’t taking a break
Even though we are in the midst of every freaking thing, designers will make the difference
deardesigner.substack.com
June 10, 2025 at 1:29 PM
Why aren’t designers are not talking about climate change? Let me count the ways. Here is the latest Dear Designer.
deardesigner.substack.com/p/climate-ch...
deardesigner.substack.com/p/climate-ch...
Today, I’m officially launching TypeQuote, a site that presents one curated and highly opinionated quote every day: for designers, artists, technologists, writers — and Bluesky people.
typequote.com
typequote.com
May 23, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Today, I’m officially launching TypeQuote, a site that presents one curated and highly opinionated quote every day: for designers, artists, technologists, writers — and Bluesky people.
typequote.com
typequote.com
What do designers want from our chosen path and our imagined future? If we start from here — from desire and hope — we have the opportunity to interrogate what generative AI and LLMs offer and discover what we might want to learn from them.
open.substack.com/pub/deardesi...
open.substack.com/pub/deardesi...
Designers Don’t Need AI to Design
We want tools that deepen research, improve flow, and respect and advance our craft
open.substack.com
May 5, 2025 at 7:47 PM
What do designers want from our chosen path and our imagined future? If we start from here — from desire and hope — we have the opportunity to interrogate what generative AI and LLMs offer and discover what we might want to learn from them.
open.substack.com/pub/deardesi...
open.substack.com/pub/deardesi...
There are a number of what I might call psychic tenets that tie running and design together (for me) and I thought it might interesting to enumerate them, connecting health, healing and the ever-intensifying practice of design.
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open.substack.com/pub/deardesi...
The Race Is the Easy Part
About 7 things that running taught me about design — and about independence, mistakes, falling, getting up and doing it all over again
open.substack.com
April 28, 2025 at 2:21 PM
There are a number of what I might call psychic tenets that tie running and design together (for me) and I thought it might interesting to enumerate them, connecting health, healing and the ever-intensifying practice of design.
open.substack.com/pub/deardesi...
open.substack.com/pub/deardesi...
A few photos from the freaking best concert of all time last night in Montreal, if you're interested.
#music #nickcave @nickcavefeeds.bsky.social
#music #nickcave @nickcavefeeds.bsky.social
April 25, 2025 at 7:47 PM
A few photos from the freaking best concert of all time last night in Montreal, if you're interested.
#music #nickcave @nickcavefeeds.bsky.social
#music #nickcave @nickcavefeeds.bsky.social
After decades of self-doubt, it lifts. Imposter syndrome is not a clinical disorder but it is real and observable. This issue of Dear Designer is about finding peace with imperfection, and why we should keep creating anyway, especially when at our smallest.
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open.substack.com/pub/deardesi...
Imposter Syndrome Definitively Ends for Everyone at Age 58
On self-doubt, cosmic insignificance, creative survival, and the long arc of becoming
open.substack.com
April 21, 2025 at 2:01 PM
After decades of self-doubt, it lifts. Imposter syndrome is not a clinical disorder but it is real and observable. This issue of Dear Designer is about finding peace with imperfection, and why we should keep creating anyway, especially when at our smallest.
open.substack.com/pub/deardesi...
open.substack.com/pub/deardesi...
Soon it will be hard to find tools that do not have AI embedded. And true luxury will mean using tools that are free of Ai static.
April 15, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Soon it will be hard to find tools that do not have AI embedded. And true luxury will mean using tools that are free of Ai static.
A new Dear Designer: I think it’s important to make the case that designers, as artists, recognize that their work is inherently imprecise and mysterious, despite a culture which asks for increased visual precision and a machine-like devotion in technical delivery.
open.substack.com/pub/deardesi...
open.substack.com/pub/deardesi...
Design and Mystery
On the unknowable nature of design and why that matters more than ever.
open.substack.com
April 14, 2025 at 6:24 PM
A new Dear Designer: I think it’s important to make the case that designers, as artists, recognize that their work is inherently imprecise and mysterious, despite a culture which asks for increased visual precision and a machine-like devotion in technical delivery.
open.substack.com/pub/deardesi...
open.substack.com/pub/deardesi...
A new Dear Designer newsletter is out now! Tiny excerpt:
"Claude.ai was affirming. It explained that my voice was important. That beginning is starting. That there is a lot to do in the world, and that... there is still room for everyone to contribute."
open.substack.com/pub/deardesi...
"Claude.ai was affirming. It explained that my voice was important. That beginning is starting. That there is a lot to do in the world, and that... there is still room for everyone to contribute."
open.substack.com/pub/deardesi...
My Styrene Soul: A Short Affair with Claude.ai
Kind machines make for wonderful overlords; also why Univers always looks fabulous
open.substack.com
December 16, 2024 at 2:20 PM
A new Dear Designer newsletter is out now! Tiny excerpt:
"Claude.ai was affirming. It explained that my voice was important. That beginning is starting. That there is a lot to do in the world, and that... there is still room for everyone to contribute."
open.substack.com/pub/deardesi...
"Claude.ai was affirming. It explained that my voice was important. That beginning is starting. That there is a lot to do in the world, and that... there is still room for everyone to contribute."
open.substack.com/pub/deardesi...
My first post on Bluesky because that's what we do now.
If you're interested, here is my newsletter on Substack:
deardesigner.substack.com
If you're interested, here is my newsletter on Substack:
deardesigner.substack.com
Dear Designer | Andrew Boardman | Substack
Technology, typography and tomorrow: a love letter to graphic designers. Click to read Dear Designer, by Andrew Boardman, a Substack publication with hundreds of subscribers.
deardesigner.substack.com
November 22, 2024 at 4:05 PM
My first post on Bluesky because that's what we do now.
If you're interested, here is my newsletter on Substack:
deardesigner.substack.com
If you're interested, here is my newsletter on Substack:
deardesigner.substack.com