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Tomas Lindqvist

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Tomas Lindqvist

Designer turned writer. Covers product design, typography and why old things feel better.

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In defence of the second-best chair
DesignDesign
Sep 11, 2026
1 min read
In defence of the second-best chair

The most comfortable seat in the house is rarely the one a designer would choose.

Typography is a way of being polite
DesignDesign
Sep 8, 2026
1 min read
Typography is a way of being polite

Good type does not ask to be noticed. It makes a long page feel like a short walk.

The last honest button
MembersDesignDesign
Sep 1, 2026
1 min read
The last honest button

On the quiet disappearance of things you could press, and what replaced them.

Cooking with the wrong tools
DesignDesign
Aug 30, 2026
1 min read
Cooking with the wrong tools

A year in a rented kitchen with one pan, one knife and no scale.

Rain on a glass house
DesignDesign
May 18, 2026
1 min read
Rain on a glass house

On the light inside greenhouses, and the architects who borrowed it.