Small Practice

How two and three-person studios compete against agencies ten times their size.

10 Episodes

Episode 10

The Studio in a Garage

Six years of a practice run from a single-car garage, and why they have not moved.

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Episode 9

The first hire: what the founders got wrong about the role, the pay and the desk.

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Episode 8

Two founders who each work three days a week, and the clients who had to be told.

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Episode 7

Foam, card and a bandsaw in 2026. Why their clients keep paying for physical models.

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Episode 6

A studio replaced the written brief with two days of sitting in the client's office. Their win rate went up.

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Episode 5

A studio put its day rates on its website. Four years of fallout, and the clients it stopped attracting.

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Episode 4

Eleven people, no seniority, no titles on the website. What happens when a client asks who is in charge.

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The decisions nobody sees, told by the people who made them.

19 Episodes

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Short dispatches recorded live from studio visits and site walks.

10 Episodes

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Studio founders answer the questions younger designers are afraid to ask.

10 Episodes

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