Design IsBetter WithPeopleAround You
A warehouse studio for designers who work better when someone's watching over their shoulder. Evenings. Weekends. Intensive.
Eight weeks. Real work. Real people.
Not portfolios built for approval. Work made through argument, revision, and the kind of feedback that actually stings a little.
Brand Identity — Week 8
Career Changer — Former Paralegal
Brooklyn, NY
I was 34, had never touched Illustrator, and thought "kerning" was a brand of corn. I signed up for the Evening program on a Tuesday and made my first logo system by week three.
"The critique didn't destroy me. It made the work better. That's the thing no tutorial ever gives you."
Editorial Poster Series — Week 8
Self-Taught · 6 Years Freelance
Austin, TX
I'd been freelancing for six years off tutorials and YouTube. My work looked fine. It never looked like mine. Eight weeks at Glyph and I finally have a point of view.
"I learned more in the first weekend critique than in three years of watching videos."
Type Specimen Book — Week 8
In-House Designer · 4 Years Solo
Chicago, IL
Four years designing alone in a fintech company. Good briefs, zero feedback. I forgot what it felt like to be pushed. The Intensive reminded me that design is an argument, not a deliverable.
"Walking back into my office after Glyph, everything looked different. I looked at my own work differently."
Next cohort starts March 9, 2026. 14 seats remaining.
The room where the work gets better.
Every Tuesday and Thursday evening, work goes up on the wall. What comes back isn't praise — it's the kind of specific, human feedback that changes how you see.
3×
Weekly critiques per cohort
12
Max students per session
94%
Report measurably better work
8 wks
From first sketch to portfolio
Caught teaching.
Not headshots. Not bios. The people who will lean over your screen and ask the question that breaks the work open.
Drawing letterform variations on a whiteboard, chalk dust on her sleeve
Jade Okonkwo
Lead Instructor — Typography & Identity
Formerly at Pentagram NY. Has been running type workshops out of her apartment in Bed-Stuy since 2019. Believes kerning is a moral stance.
Holding a loupe over a freshly printed proof, frowning slightly
Tomás Reyes
Instructor — Print & Editorial
Art director, zine publisher, former in-house at The New Yorker. Insists on printing everything. His desk has never been clean.
Pointing at a student's brand grid on screen, asking "why this choice?"
Simone Hartley
Instructor — Branding & Systems
Runs a studio in Chicago. Teaches because she hates watching good designers stay quiet in rooms. Brand systems are her love language.
There's a chair pulled out for you.
Three programs. One table. The people are already here — the marker swatches, the coffee rings, the argument about whether Helvetica is boring.
Evening Program
Tue & Thu, 6–9pm · 8 weeks
Weekend Intensive
Sat & Sun, 10am–5pm · 4 weekends
Intensive
Mon–Fri, 10am–6pm · 4 weeks
Not ready to commit?
Download the full 8-week syllabus — what you'll make, who you'll work with, and what the walls look like.