About
Not a design studio taking clients: a publication and a kit for people who run a studio of one, written by people who run one.
Striped Cat Studio is a publication, not a design studio: we don’t take client work, and there’s no portfolio here. The name is the kind a studio of one gives itself, which is who we write for.
Staying small is the plan, not a phase on the way to an agency, so the advice is about charging properly, choosing clients well and taking real time off. The sections run from going freelance through pricing, clients, branding and marketing to the software and the desk. The Studio Kit holds the paperwork those articles keep mentioning, and Tools lists the software worth paying for at a single seat.
When a question needs a lawyer or an accountant, we explain how it works and say so.
The people who write it are on Authors, and Contact reaches all of them.
Who writes it
Corinne Halvorsen
Editor and lead writer
Has run a one-person graphic design studio for fourteen years, from the first quote to the final invoice.
Jonah Petrakis
Tools and marketing writer
A freelance designer-developer who builds portfolio sites and newsletters for illustrators, photographers and other studios of one.
- Founded
- 2026
What we cover
Freelancing
Going freelance and staying freelance: the decisions, structures and habits of working for yourself, for creatives leaving a job or years into it.
4 articles
Pricing & Money
What to charge and how to get paid: rates, quotes, invoices, taxes and an irregular income, for creatives who send their own invoices.
10 articles
Clients
Finding the right clients and working with them, from the first inquiry to the final file, for studios that want fewer, better clients.
5 articles
Creative Software
The software a creative studio works in, compared for a single seat and a small budget, for designers, illustrators, photographers and writers.
3 articles
Branding & Portfolio
How a studio presents itself: its name, identity, website and the case studies that win the next client, for creatives selling their own work.
5 articles
Marketing
Getting found by the right clients without becoming a full-time marketer: email, social, search and referrals for a studio of one.
22 articles
Studio Setup
The room, the hardware and the apps that keep a one-person studio running, from the desk and the screen to backups and time tracking.
2 articles