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When creative groups struggle between artistic integrity and financial survival

Our design collective started because we all hated how commercial work felt soulless but now we're six people trying to maintain 'creative integrity' while also paying rent and every project becomes a referendum on what we're willing to compromise. Nobody wants to be the one who suggests we just take the corporate gig.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

The group's founding ideals have become a constraint that no one dares to question openly, even as practical needs mount.

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