Vol. 02 · No. 04
A quarterly portfolio · Spring 2026
Istanbul / Berlin / Amsterdam
Feature № 01
A field report on quiet AI
22 · 04 · 2026
Software that reads like a letter, not a feed.
The deck
Paperbird is a three-person studio designing AI products at the seam of editorial craft and technical restraint. This is a catalogue of two years of work — and a short statement of what we believe.
In this issue
01
Our philosophy
Field note
02
Hush
Product · 2025
03
Dossier
Product · 2026
04
The founders
Masthead
05
Commission work
Contact
Begin reading
№ 01 — A field note
A short statement of what we believe, and why we work the way we do.
We believe the most humane technology looks and sounds like writing — not like software.
Paperbird is a three-person studio working at the seam between AI systems and editorial craft. We design products that prefer a sentence to a spinner, a margin to a modal, and a reader to a user.
Most AI tools today feel like dashboards pretending to think. The products we love — a good paperback, a well-kept notebook, a letter from a friend — do the opposite. They disappear into the reading. That is the standard we hold our work to.
We are small on purpose. Three founders, one room of conversation, two products in the open. Every decision crosses the table — and the table is not large.
Margin notes
Studio size, kept small — three founders, one open conversation.
We publish two products, Hush and Dossier, and pick commissions carefully.
Every surface is built from scratch. No templates. No design-by-shopping.
№ 02 — A case study
2025
AI Agents
Product Design
Next.js
Editorial UI
Hush— A quiet workspace for noisy teams.
Hush is an agentic workspace that listens across a team's tools and surfaces only what matters — designed to be read like a letter, not a feed.
Year
2025
Status
Private beta
Role
Product direction, design, engineering
Client
Independent product, Paperbird
Fig. 1.1 — Hush, studio shot — 2025
№ 03 — A case study
2026
Developer Tools
Documentation
AI Coding
DSL
Dossier— A notation for building with AI, spoken plainly.
Dossier is a multi-platform project definition tool — a plain-language notation that teams and AI coding assistants can both read without translation.
Year
2026
Status
Public launch — April 2026
Role
Product strategy, design system, engineering
Client
Independent product, Paperbird
Fig. 2.1 — Dossier, cover document — 2026
№ 04 — Masthead
Three founders
The three of us.
We have known each other longer than we have run a studio. Paperbird is a tiny company by design — the room has to fit everyone at the table at once, or the conversation starts to lose its edge.
01
Sena Aoyama
Design Engineer · Kyoto, JP
Writes code like typography — with rhythm, restraint, and care for the reader. Leads the craft of every Paperbird surface, from kerning to keystroke.
SA
02
Rafael Ortiz
Chief Product Officer · Lisbon, PT
Turns ambiguous problems into product truths. Interviews the first ten customers before the first line of code — and the next ten after launch.
RO
03
Ingrid Solberg
Chief Technology Officer · Oslo, NO
Quiet systems thinker. Builds the model pipelines, agent infrastructure, and evaluation rigs that let the rest of us move fast without breaking trust.
IS
№ 05 — Commission work
Two slots open · Q3 2026
Write to us.
hello@paperbird.studio
Tell us what you are building, what you are trying to avoid becoming, and roughly when you need a reply. We read every note, and we write back within two working days.
For briefs & commissions
hello@paperbird.studio
For press
press@paperbird.studio
For curiosity
Read the field notes ↗
Currently
Booking commissions for September 2026 onward. Two teams already confirmed; two slots remaining.