I’m Naz Hamid, a designer, photographer, and writer based in San Francisco. I co-founded Latent Co., where we’re building Aphera, a photo editor for Mac. I write about design, craft, and intentional living. More →
- Craft Is Not Culture May 2026 A time, a place, and humans.
- The Drawing Hand Apr 2026 Design tooling, LLMs, and why I still use a pencil.
- Real Wood Apr 2026 AI makes particle board.
- Baseline Loss Mar 2026 What the days look like now.
- Everybody Needs a Rock Feb 2026 A new homepage and site improvements.
- Chasm Lake, Again Jan 2026 2,545 feet of elevation gain, microspikes, and age.
- The Items We Carry Now Jan 2026 Returning to work on photo tools.
- It's Time Jan 2026 Gains without measurement.
- Music In 2025 Dec 2025 Less was more this year.
- Latent Co. is Forming Dec 2025 Launching a new company to make a Mac photo editor.
- The Weeks Nov 2025 A brief thought on practicing design in 2025.
- Million-Mile Tech Oct 2025 Durability is the ultimate feature.
