Ciara Griffin
Designer + author
Founder of Sometimes Aesthetic®

“I've been round the world several times, and now only banality still interests me.” (Sans Soleil, Chris Marker, 1983)

The designer at the studio window — placeholder image Arranging printed proofs at the worktable — placeholder image Walking the Borne, Barcelona — placeholder image

Biography

Placeholder — the real biography goes here. A working practice first: identities and storefronts built for clients who care how a thing feels, years of looking closely at cities, films and printed matter, and a slow conviction that a website is the whole aesthetic argument for why you exist.

Placeholder — second paragraph. Barcelona is the working context: El Borne's arches on the walk to the studio, the Mediterranean at the end of certain streets, a city that keeps demonstrating what design is for. Sometimes Aesthetic is the destination of that practice.

Practice

Dirty Blonde — identity & Shopify, ongoing (2024–)
Wild Atlantic Garden — case study
In Praise of Loitering — Barcelona essay, #againstuglyarchitecture

Recognition

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Press

Placeholder publication — piece title (2026)
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Contact

Mail / studio@sometimesaesthetic.tools
Journal / the journal
Location / Barcelona, El Borne
Instagram / placeholder