This zine is written, designed and developed by Núria Gispert.
Images from RawPixel and Unsplash. Free Icons from Streamline.
As creative people, we like to share our work with the world.
No matter what it is we like to create, we share to show what we’re passionate about, to get our projects out of their cave, to see how people react to our creations, to inspire others.
Through the years, social media has become the main space to share our creative endeavors.
It’s fairly easy to set up a profile and find alike people. So easy that it’s become the default way of sharing online, even the only one for some.
In its beginnings, social media felt like a place full of opportunity, a place to get inspired by people we liked and their work. A place to share what we created.
But when was the last time social media made you feel…
When these platforms started putting profit over users, selling our attention & our data, we became “content creators” instead of artists, and numbers instead of people.
All of this has turned what was once a clear sky into one clouded with pollution
But social media has forced us to adapt to their structures
So, how can we…
regain control?
How
do
we
make
the
internet
again?
inspiring
cozy
fun
human
personal
cool
You’re a guest, not a host
What we need is our own homes.
Our own digital homes.
Our own space, designed and controlled by ourselves.
A digital home is a personal website. But not all personal websites are digital homes.
Digital homes can be much more.
They aren’t just a portfolio, a shop, or a business website.
A digital home is lived-in and ever-changing.
It can be messy, unpolished, slow growing.
Having your own digital home has many advantages…
Drag the folders around to read them
Full creative freedom over how you present your ideas
A space that’s truly yours. Designed by you, for you
Be fully yourself, without the need to please anyone
You make your own rules
The opportunity to go wide. Display all of you in one place
Freedom
No performance metrics or algorithms. Create for yourself, not for validation
Every piece of your website has the value you choose to give it
No ads, distractions, or doomscrolling
No algorithms, no pressure to keep up
Your work doesn’t disappear into a feed. It stays and evolves
Control
A space to freely experiment, play, and create without pressure
Focus on creating, not performing
It can grow and change with you
The perfect space to express yourself through what excites you
Creating and sharing is fun, not exhausting
Explore and share your ideas deeply and freely, without limits.
Creativity and self-expression
A long-term home for your thoughts, projects, and passions.
Your digital space, your pace, your vision.
Your website is a piece of art in and of itself
Your own universe