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Shaina Nacion's Design Toolkit

Megan Hill
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Published:
05
Sep
2022
Updated:
13
Sep
2022
Logo designs by Shaina Nacion.

Visualist speaks with top designers and creative directors to find out what essential tools they keep in their daily design toolkit.

Shaina smiles at the camera wearing a pink shirt
Shaina Nacion—CEO and lead designer

Name: Shaina Nacion

Profession: CEO and designer

Shaina Nacion is the CEO and lead designer of her own creative studio and productivity consultant for free-spirited creatives. We asked Shaina to share the tricks and tools she keeps in her daily design toolkit...

Notebook:

A snapshot of one of Shaina Nacion's iPad sketch sessions.

I typically draw on my iPad but if I had to use a notebook, it would probably be made from dotted paper.

Colour:

Shaina Nacion's current favourite colour palette.

Era:

Victorian-type posters and scientific illustrations from the Renaissance.

Designer on speed dial:

Chris Do.

Fonts:

"firm favourite" written in monsterrat

Montserrat—uppercase, with 1px letter spacing.

"a distant love" written in Ogg

Ogg, by Sharp Type.

"never again" written in papyrus

Papyrus.

Organisational approach:

ClickUp is my #bae.

Trusted advisor:

I try to rely on my clients' target audiences for feedback, but my designer friends are great too!

Find out more about Shaina Nacion's services on her website. Or connect with Shaina on Instagram.