Article by Charley Zheng, the Documentarian fellowship winner reflecting on the challenges of being on a Studio D expedition in Afghanistan. Read Finding Resilience, Confronting …



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Article by Sarah Fathallah one of the Studio D team in Myanmar earlier this year, reflecting on larger team dynamics. The ‘open sesame’ to working …
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Essay by Patrick Pittman, Studio D travel grant winner. Read The Panj Drift.
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I’ve been working on a side project with fellow Japan-based designers James Gibson and Eko Hayashi. It all started with a visit to a chopstick …
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Pleased to announce a new research publication, a foundational research project on the sesame ecosystem in Myanmar—When It Rains, It Pours, commissioned by our friends …
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If you’re curious what we got up to with our little experiment of a studio, read the Studio D 2017 End of Year Report.
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In May this year we raised $337k on Kickstarter for the launch of the Handbook. It seemed like a healthy sum. But what does it take …
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In the last five weeks I’ve travelled 7,000km overland through Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan’s GBAO region and China’s western provinces. After a year of working flat out …
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A short piece written for Roads & Kingdoms titled The Art of Gifting Tibetan Viagra.
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The The Field Study Handbook is taking shape. Rituals. A fresh fresh brew. Every day, for the past three years, at least an hour spent writing. No distractions. Often jet …
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