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Design · Writing · Development
Hello.
I’m Anna.
I design, write, and develop websites and apps. I also share my own stories through words and images on Instagram, and through longer essays on Substack.
I write about life, emotions and how we relate to one another, drawing on my own experience and the questions I keep coming back to.
A place for
my own voice.
These are the two places where I share what I’m thinking about. Sometimes words and an image are enough. Sometimes I want the space of a whole essay.
A little of life,
in words and images.
On Instagram, I bring words and images together around emotions and everyday life. I care about what the image says as much as the words beside it.
I hope you’ll find something that makes you pause, or recognise a little of your own experience. That possibility of connecting with someone is part of why this space matters to me.
Come find me on Instagram
Substack
Room for a
longer story.
On Substack, I take more time with the questions I’m writing about: love, harm, boundaries and the ways we relate to each other.
I draw on my own life in these essays. Writing gives me room to follow a thought, explore what’s difficult about it and put it into words I can share with you.
Read my essays on SubstackMore about my writing
Websites & digital experiences
I also help others
tell their stories.
I enjoy getting to know someone’s work and finding a way to share it. A website lets me bring the writing, design and build together, so people can find their way through what you want to share.
When I worked on Dr Martha Alicia Tronco Rosas’s website, that meant finding the connections between her research, teaching, publications and career, and bringing them together in one place.
Explore Martha’s website projectSee all my selected work
What would you
like to make?
Tell me what you have in mind. I’d like to know what matters to you about it, who you want to reach and where you’d like some help. We can work on the whole project or just one part.
Words & stories
I can help you find the words, whether you’re writing for a website, sharing a story on social media or working on a longer piece.
Visual communication
We can work on how your ideas look as well as what they say, bringing words and images together in a way that feels right for your work.
Websites & tools
I can write, design and build your website or interactive tool, or help with the part you need to move forward.
Let’s start with
a conversation.
You don’t need to arrive with everything figured out. A few lines about what you’re thinking of, and any links you’d like me to see, are enough to start.
Say hello