A Designer’s Manifesto Written by a Writer

What happens when a writer sets out into the world of design?

Leigh Victoria Fisher, MS
A Designer’s Diary
10 min readFeb 10, 2021

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Design by Author

Writing a designer’s manifesto turned out to be a surprisingly difficult challenge for me. In my first draft, I had nothing but bland platitudes. It sounded like a proposal for the blandest project you could imagine. I wrote things like relay information clearly, follow best practices

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Leigh Victoria Fisher, MS
A Designer’s Diary

Brooklyn-based writer and poet. Designer in NYC. Drinks books and loves coffee. Has an MS from NYU in Integrated Design & Media. Working on an MFA in Fiction.