Go into the sunset: how to close a design studio beautifully

On the vastness of the Web, you can find a bunch of useful and interesting articles. So we stumbled upon material about the once successful New York design studio Hawraf, which recently closed. Its founders published all of the working papers in an open folder on Google Drive so that everyone can see the inside of the company.





And so that the language barrier does not get in your way, we translated not only the article, but also financial statements, customer data and comments from the employees themselves.





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β€œIt's great to know that these two projects complement other great design work, but perhaps most importantly, they go beyond design in the name of design, they speak of the ability of people to create new things, work creatively and turn dreams into reality,” says Herzog.





You can watch Google Drive  here .








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