i’m ok & other lies: reflections on work
Writing & Editorial | Publication Design | Experimental Typography | Conceptual Design | Critical Theory | Anti-Design
What it is:
This publication is a self-authored collection of essays exploring the relationship between work, time, value, and identity. What started as casual reflections on daily habits and labor quickly spiraled into something deeper… and a bit darker.
What’s inside:
Short Essays
Personal reflections written in response to readings on labor, capitalism, and the meaning of productivity.
Leisure / Labor
Musings on how we spend our so-called “free time,” and what that says about our values.
Self-Worth
A slow unraveling of the idea that our worth is defined by how much we produce.
Bleak Realism
A closing invitation to reflect, plus a reminder that capitalism always gets the last word.
The book:
Design Approach:
Nothing here is polished by design: the messy analog techniques, visual noise, and stark black-and-white palette intentionally reject the clean, optimistic tone of “good” design. Instead, it’s rough, raw, and unapologetically bleak. The piece doesn’t offer solutions—it sits with the discomfort, letting the reader feel the weight of the questions instead.
The process:
