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The Journal.

The Journal.

The Journal.

Blog

2024-2026©

Process notes, opinions, and what we learned making the work on the other pages.

Process notes, opinions, and what we learned making the work on the other pages.

Process

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Mar 18, 2025

Why we stopped presenting three options

4 min

We used to hand over three concepts every time. Here's why that habit was quietly working against better design, and what replaced it.

Caprice Kim

Founder & Creative Director

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Process

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Mar 18, 2025

Why we stopped presenting three options

4 min

We used to hand over three concepts every time. Here's why that habit was quietly working against better design, and what replaced it.

Caprice Kim

Founder & Creative Director

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Alta®

Identity

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Jun 16, 2024

A brand is an identity you create

6 min

A logo is one decision; a brand is a thousand of them made consistently. On why we deliver rules, components, and templates instead of artifacts — and how a system keeps making good decisions long after the studio has left the room.

Leo Tanaka

Motion Designer

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Identity

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Jun 16, 2024

A brand is an identity you create

6 min

A logo is one decision; a brand is a thousand of them made consistently. On why we deliver rules, components, and templates instead of artifacts — and how a system keeps making good decisions long after the studio has left the room.

Leo Tanaka

Motion Designer

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Alta®

Motion

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Apr 30, 2025

A brand film in ninety seconds

3 min

The first cut ran four minutes. The final film is ninety seconds and better in every way that counts. What we removed, what survived, and why the brief that hurts to write makes the film easier to shoot.

Leo Tanaka

Motion Designer

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Alta®

Motion

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Apr 30, 2025

A brand film in ninety seconds

3 min

The first cut ran four minutes. The final film is ninety seconds and better in every way that counts. What we removed, what survived, and why the brief that hurts to write makes the film easier to shoot.

Leo Tanaka

Motion Designer

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Alta®

Identity

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Nov 12, 2024

A brand is a system you develop

4 min

A logo is one decision. A brand is a thousand of them, made consistently, by people who were not in the room when it was designed. On why we deliver rules and components instead of artifacts, and what a system keeps doing long after the studio has left.

Amira Volklova

Design Director

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Alta®

Identity

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Nov 12, 2024

A brand is a system you develop

4 min

A logo is one decision. A brand is a thousand of them, made consistently, by people who were not in the room when it was designed. On why we deliver rules and components instead of artifacts, and what a system keeps doing long after the studio has left.

Amira Volklova

Design Director

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Alta®

Process

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Feb 9, 2026

Guidelines nobody reads are guidelines that failed

4 min

We used to ship forty-page brand books. Now we ship twelve pages and test them on someone who has never opened a design tool. What changed, what we cut, and why the real measure of a system is whether it survives a Tuesday morning without us.

Talvinder Gray

Content Systems Lead

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Process

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Feb 9, 2026

Guidelines nobody reads are guidelines that failed

4 min

We used to ship forty-page brand books. Now we ship twelve pages and test them on someone who has never opened a design tool. What changed, what we cut, and why the real measure of a system is whether it survives a Tuesday morning without us.

Talvinder Gray

Content Systems Lead

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Alta®

Studio

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Aug 16, 2024

Two cities, one studio

4 min

Running between Dubai and Manila was supposed to be a compromise. It turned into the reason we can shoot on Monday and hand over on Friday. An honest account of what a split studio costs, and what it quietly buys.

Caprice Kim

Founder & Creative director

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Alta®

Studio

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Aug 16, 2024

Two cities, one studio

4 min

Running between Dubai and Manila was supposed to be a compromise. It turned into the reason we can shoot on Monday and hand over on Friday. An honest account of what a split studio costs, and what it quietly buys.

Caprice Kim

Founder & Creative director

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Alta®

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Caprice Kim

Founder & creative director

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Caprice Kim

Founder & creative director

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Whether it's a new identity, a campaign shoot, or a brand film. It starts with one call.

Caprice Kim

Founder & creative director

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