Cool Dzins // Issue 0

APRIL 2025

issue 00

hey, you found Cool Dzins.

This is a passion project that’s been hanging out in my brain for a while—a mix of design, storytelling, and whatever random things I’m obsessed with at the moment. It’ll be messy, nostalgic, sometimes deep, sometimes just dumb fun. Each issue will be different, but at its core, this zine is about creating for the sake of creating. No rules, no expectations—just some cool dzins.

The name? That comes from third-grade me. Back in grade school, I had to write tons of journal entries, and my mom kept all those notebooks. In 2023, I was flipping through them when I came across one where I meant to write “cool designs” but instead spelled it cool dzins. It hit me how fitting that misspelling was, given the career path I ended up following. For a while, I kept it in my back pocket as a possible name for a business—something for goods and wearables. But as much as I love many forms of design, editorial design is where my heart really is. So I finally found the perfect way to use it—as a zine!

Cool Dzins will drop once a month on the 23rd—because that’s my favorite number, so why the hell not?! Since I’m working with a free Issuu account, each issue will only be available for one month before it disappears into the void. If you’re interested, you better read it before it’s gone!

Thanks for being here. Hope you find something cool in these pages.

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