https://www.linchinaga.com/ Playful art, design & stories from a wandering imagination en Sun, 25 Oct 2026 08:14:54 GMT https://www.linchinaga.com/living-room-b-flat-chord-painting-by-ear/ https://www.linchinaga.com/living-room-b-flat-chord-painting-by-ear/ What happens when you let your ears pick the paint swatches? A synesthete's honest, slightly unhinged account of redecorating an apartment one chord at a time — plus a DIY test to see what your favorite song would look like on a wall. Linc Hinaga Personal Essay Sun, 25 Oct 2026 08:04:24 GMT https://www.linchinaga.com/ceramic-rorschach-test-mug-cabinet/ https://www.linchinaga.com/ceramic-rorschach-test-mug-cabinet/ Every shelf tells a story, but mine tells eleven. A self-administered personality inventory disguised as dishware organization, complete with a taxonomy nobody requested. Linc Hinaga Personal Essay Sun, 25 Oct 2026 04:09:19 GMT https://www.linchinaga.com/redlines-for-a-fern-houseplant-critique/ https://www.linchinaga.com/redlines-for-a-fern-houseplant-critique/ When my apartment jungle started failing, I did what any design-school graduate would do: I scheduled a crit. What followed was a semester of mood boards, brutal peer feedback, and one pothos who simply refused to take notes. Linc Hinaga Travel Fiction Sun, 25 Oct 2026 04:09:19 GMT https://www.linchinaga.com/landlord-said-no-paint-ceiling-fan-fleet/ https://www.linchinaga.com/landlord-said-no-paint-ceiling-fan-fleet/ Clause 7, Section B of my lease forbids painting the walls. It says nothing about cabinet interiors, light switch plates, or the airborne armada currently circling my living room. This is the log of a renter who treated a legal document as a design brief. Linc Hinaga Travel Fiction Sun, 25 Oct 2026 00:09:24 GMT https://www.linchinaga.com/petty-larceny-in-12-point-font-thief/ https://www.linchinaga.com/petty-larceny-in-12-point-font-thief/ Somewhere in Reno, a diner is still serving pancakes under a typeface that now lives in my sketchbook. This is a confession, a field guide, and — because my lawyer insisted — a disclaimer about the ethics of typographic larceny. Linc Hinaga Personal Essay Sun, 25 Oct 2026 00:09:24 GMT https://www.linchinaga.com/fifty-states-breakfast-foods-redesign/ https://www.linchinaga.com/fifty-states-breakfast-foods-redesign/ What if state borders were drawn by a hungry cartographer at 6 a.m.? A fully illustrated, legally indefensible reclassification of America as breakfast — with reasoning so airtight it will absolutely start a comment war. Linc Hinaga Travel Fiction Sat, 24 Oct 2026 20:10:27 GMT https://www.linchinaga.com/peeling-back-the-wallpaper-childhood-bedroom/ https://www.linchinaga.com/peeling-back-the-wallpaper-childhood-bedroom/ Somewhere between the navy accent wall and a poster of a wolf howling at a moon it had no business howling at, my aesthetic was decided for me. A personal excavation of the room that raised me — plus a quiz to diagnose yours. Linc Hinaga Personal Essay Sat, 24 Oct 2026 20:10:27 GMT https://www.linchinaga.com/ten-rides-i-never-designed-rejected-attractions/ https://www.linchinaga.com/ten-rides-i-never-designed-rejected-attractions/ Every great theme park ride is really a short story you stand in line for. Here are ten attractions I never designed — complete with backstories, queue gags, and the small towns that would have loved them. Linc Hinaga Travel Fiction Sat, 24 Oct 2026 16:12:43 GMT https://www.linchinaga.com/doormat-taxonomy-textile-first-impressions/ https://www.linchinaga.com/doormat-taxonomy-textile-first-impressions/ Every home gets exactly one chance at a first impression, and we've delegated it to a rectangle of coir that says WELCOME like a hostage. I surveyed the weird world of doormat typography and built a taxonomy, because someone had to. Linc Hinaga Personal Essay Sat, 24 Oct 2026 16:12:43 GMT https://www.linchinaga.com/tuesdays-hue-invented-color-field-notes/ https://www.linchinaga.com/tuesdays-hue-invented-color-field-notes/ Somewhere between a coffee refill and a boring conference call, I invented a color. This is the official record of how 'Gloaming Peach' came to be — and why naming things might be the most powerful magic we still have. Linc Hinaga Personal Essay Sat, 24 Oct 2026 12:11:01 GMT https://www.linchinaga.com/imaginary-friends-design-tier-list/ https://www.linchinaga.com/imaginary-friends-design-tier-list/ Before I ever opened design software, I ran a full creative studio with a staff of invisible weirdos. Now I'm putting my childhood imaginary friends on the clock: a tier-ranked review of their visual identities, brand consistency, and one catastrophic rebrand. Linc Hinaga Travel Fiction Sat, 24 Oct 2026 12:11:01 GMT https://www.linchinaga.com/confessions-of-a-margin-vandal/ https://www.linchinaga.com/confessions-of-a-margin-vandal/ Every doodle I was scolded for in fourth grade turned out to be a portfolio piece in disguise. Here's how the scribbles I hid from teachers became the work I now get paid for — and why your 'wasted' sketches might be your best ideas. Linc Hinaga Personal Essay Sat, 24 Oct 2026 08:10:32 GMT https://www.linchinaga.com/exit-44-reality-imaginary-roadside-attractions/ https://www.linchinaga.com/exit-44-reality-imaginary-roadside-attractions/ America perfected the art of the giant roadside oddity — now I'm pitching five attractions for fictional worlds that deserve their own gift shops. Grab a slushie, ignore your GPS, and come get lost in places that only exist in my notebooks. Linc Hinaga Travel Fiction Sat, 24 Oct 2026 08:10:32 GMT