Sights & Sounds: Saeed Ferguson

Common Discourse is a project designed to help others (and ourselves) think through creativity, focus, and intentional work—from Alex Tan & Alice Otieno.

Every Tuesday we share words from a few ideas, a quote from somebody else, and links worth sharing. On Fridays we invite a guest to share images from their camera roll and a sound that resonates with them. Words from the journal will come at least twice a month.

Saeed Ferguson is a Designer and Creative Director based in Philadelphia. Through his design work he seeks to create digital and tangible objects that embrace the tones of optimism.

I’ve loved watching Saeed’s practice and studio (All Caps) grow over the last few years. One thing I admire is how fun and easy he makes the process look. The images and sound he shared definitely attest to this jovial way of working.

Here’s what he sent over to us!

— Alice

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Sights —

new addition to the studio, a welcome sign to tell you anything is possible!

been branching off into a few new mediums and wood working has been super exciting and has been a blast to learn

screen printed some totes in the studio recently, this material for some reason was tough to print on

turned my first mix i made into a cd and the physical nature of this is just so cool to me

yep!

give me a laptop and i can make it happen fr

an image i came across on tiktok, absolutely insane and i consider this high art

a book im working on, im compiling all the cheats from gta san andreas to make a book ahahahhah

a photo taken from my phone showing the potential set up of our new dj series

this is me and how i been feeling lately

Sounds —

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