Mike Smith

Creative Director · Founder · Co-founder

5 articles · Mar 2023Oct 2025

Studios:Smith & Diction

Quotes

  • We had to pick all the typefaces before we knew what the full brand was going to be.
  • Any second that people might need to turn your label to read the name is a dangerous game to play.
  • Almost every single person said, 'Woooow, this is so stunning'.
  • Seb's experimental stuff is still incredibly solid. He can break all the rules, because he knows which rules are important and which ones are just tradition.
  • There are so few business mistakes that will literally kill you – you just pick yourself up and say, 'Well, I'll never do that again', and then you move on.
  • We started this business because we wanted to design stuff that makes people feel things.
  • Philly is full of really good people – some of them rough around the edges but all together really solid.
  • They wanted the AI assistant’s brand to feel like “a Scandinavian subway system,”
  • Make the one that makes your heart sing.
  • Philly is great. It’s so honest and raw.

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