About sho!io

One good piece of work. Every day.

sho!io is a quiet place for designers who want to keep practising their craft. Not to perform. Not to chase likes. Not to impress an algorithm.

Why we made sho!io

Many design platforms started out as places to share work with friends. Then they became feeds. Then they became popularity contests. Then they became businesses built on attention. Along the way, the joy went missing. With sho!io, I want to bring it back.

How it works

You post one thing a day. It can be an illustration, a layout, a sketch, or an unfinished work in progress. It doesn’t have to be perfect. It just has to be yours.

Sociable, not social

On sho!io, there are no public follower counts, visible popularity contests, and no pressure to perform. You can follow people quietly and like work without announcing it. It’s about connections, not comparisons.

Private if you want, public if you don’t

You can keep your profile private and share only with people you trust. Or it can be public. It’s your work, so your rules.

Currently in beta

sho!io is currently in beta. It works, but some things are rough, and I’m improving it as I go. I’m keeping it available to just a few people for now so I can build it carefully. If people find it useful, I’ll grow it slowly and properly.

So make something and share it, then come back tomorrow and do it again. That’s sho!io.

Who made this

sho!io is built by Andy Clarke, a designer who’s spent most of his career making websites, teaching other designers, and trying to keep the joy in the work. After years of watching creative platforms turn into performance spaces, he wanted to build something quieter. Something for practising, not posturing.

That became sho!io.