HeyJaredField Guide to Design
Field Guide to Design is a personal publication by Nisha van der Hoven that traces how meaningful design emerges through observation, material exploration, and cross-disciplinary practice within and beyond the work of Hoven.
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- 8
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- Sep 17, 2026
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- Jul 14, 2026
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Fieldwork #26 - A Structure for Noticing (opens the original)
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A few weeks ago, Tracy Lynn Chemaly, a very passionate life and business coach, who I’ve admired for many years, asked me a deceptively simple question: How do you keep showing up?She was asking about this Substack and the slightly ridiculous promise I made to myself at the beginning of the year to write something every week. Initially my focus was on consistency but at some point in answering her questions, I realised I was writing about returning to a practice.<div class=
Fieldwork #25 - Confidence Is Evidence (opens the original)
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On Thursday night, I found myself thirteen storeys above Joburg listening to jazz.<img alt="" class="sizing-normal" height="1941" src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!KLZ1!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsu
Fieldwork #24 - Gone Fishing (opens the original)
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I’ve been thinking about fishing a lot lately.This is slightly inconvenient because I don’t fish.Thanks for reading Field Guide to Design! Subscribe for free to receive new posts and support my work.<div class="
Fieldwork #23 - Decoding Colour (opens the original)
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Remember the mood ring?A metal band and some liquid crystals. A tiny piece of jewellery with the audacity to announce your emotional state to the world. Black meant stressed, blue signified calm and green was somewhere in between. It was ridiculous but also irresistible.Thanks for reading Field Guide to Design! Subscribe for free to receive new posts and support my work.<input class="email-input" name="email" ta
Fieldwork #22 - It’s Summer, Somewhere (opens the original)
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There is something comforting about remembering that, no matter what the weather is doing outside your window, it’s summer somewhere.<img alt="" class="sizing-normal" height="895.1219512195122" src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!qVOI!,w_1456,c_limit,
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