Tare · Dickson, TN Workshop & previews · MMXXVI

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A single place for design previews, brand explorations, layout tests, copy drafts, and anything else that needs to be looked at before it becomes real. Each entry is a self-contained worksheet at its own URL. Bookmark this page; open the entries in new tabs.

Recent sessions
May 282026
Brand exploration · Round 6 · Editorial voice

Eight editorial moves

Keeps Tare's brand DNA intact (Fraunces, DM Mono, Georgia, green/cream/rust, Style D icons) and reorganizes the body. Each variant pushes a single distinctive editorial move: bin number hero, pull-quote lede, asymmetric spread, almanac masthead, footnoted prose, marginalia, oversized numerals, diagonal stamp.

8 specimens
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May 282026
Brand exploration · Round 5 · Mix

06c × 01b · twin rules + tile perimeter

Mitchell's requested blend: 06c's restrained twin green rules around the content, 01b's perimeter tile border holding the page — executed in Tare's actual brand fonts (Fraunces / DM Mono / Georgia). Two close calibrations to pick from.

2 specimens
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May 282026
Brand exploration · Round 4 · Signage scale

Mushroom tincture sign · twelve treatments

Round 3 picks (01 Tile-Bordered Almanac, 03 Sampler-Edged Broadside, 04 Quilt-Mast Newspaper, 06 Restrained Almanac) iterated three ways each, applied to the real mushroom tincture info sign from the Documents printables. Real content, real density, sign-scale tiles.

12 specimens
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May 282026
Brand exploration · Round 3

Almanac + framed-tile system

Nine specimens iterating on Mitchell's flagged directions (31, 35, 43, 44, 55, 56, 61, 65) — printed-page type discipline meets framed-centerpiece pattern, anchored to the Style D almanac icons.

9 specimens
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