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Dakota Sexton

@tinykitelab.com

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Advocate for equitable design, frontend development, and storytelling. Plant friend. They/them 🏳️‍🌈 Portfolio: tinykitelab.com Ephemeral Atlas, a blog about community, art, and nature: ephemeralatlas.com

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Dakota Sexton @tinykitelab.com · 11/09/2025

This is a deeply relatable vibe

A scrabble game in progress includes a tile holder that includes the exclamation “aa” next to the word “early”

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Dakota Sexton @tinykitelab.com · 29/01/2025

Lil pin I unearthed while cleaning, from a free Thursday night event at the Walker Art Center a few years ago.

Circle-shaped pin that reads “Participation is Essential” in black, cursive handwriting. The pin sits on top of a floral handkerchief with red and white flowers on a blue background.

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Dakota Sexton @tinykitelab.com · 03/01/2025

The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl is a super silly, wonderful comic that also features an incredibly realistic depiction of someone doing research: by just looking at Wikipedia on their phone.

An interior page from the comic book, The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl, features Squirrel Girl and three friends feeling dejected after hiding from an angry crowd. One friend discovers while researching the situation on Wikipedia that there is a mythical creature, Ratatoskr, who sounds just a super hero they have encountered who has been calling themselves Girl Squirrel.

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Dakota Sexton @tinykitelab.com · 03/12/2024

Back in 2017 I had the opportunity to mess around on a Vandercook press and create a Letterpress print on cheap cardstock. I hilariously misspelled the word "coffee". So I didn't share it and at some point recycled the prints. I wish I hadn't. I really need a daily reminder to avoid perfectionism.

A test Letterpress print on brown card stock reads, "Ride Bikes, Drink Coffe & Screw Around". The word coffee is unintentionally misspelled, with only one e.

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Dakota Sexton @tinykitelab.com · 02/12/2024

For a while I've wanted to experiment with making art that's just a little bit more loose and imperfect than the hyper-rigid geometric illustrations I've done in the past. This Hawthorn blossom is still super minimal, still abstract. But it somehow feels more lived-in?

Illustrated coaster design featuring a white silhouette of a Hawthorn tree blossom on an orange background. Like many other members of the Rose family, Hawthorn blossoms have 5 petals.

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Dakota Sexton @tinykitelab.com · 22/11/2024

When it comes to talking about disability, I often worry I don't have anything helpful to share. But one thing that feels meaningful is talking openly about the assistive aids I rely on. These ring splints prevent my fingers from hyperextending. They have a Rivendell-meets-future-punk vibe I love.

The back side of a left hand, wearing four ring splints. The back of the ring splits have a silver x-shape.

The top of a left hand, wearing four ring splits. The rings brace both sides of a finger joint, reducing its range of movement.

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Dakota Sexton @tinykitelab.com · 20/11/2024

It's finally snowing and someone has given the Minnehaha Bunny a variety of festive hats and... an upside-down elf on the shelf?

A bronze sculpture in Minneapolis commonly known as the Minnehaha Bunny is decorated with three festive hats and small pile of leaves.

The Minnehaha Bunny sculpture decorated with three hats an an upside-down plush figure known as an Elf on the Shelf

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Dakota Sexton @tinykitelab.com · 19/11/2024

One of my favorite books is Tree Dogs, Banshee Fingers and Other Irish Words for Nature by Manchán Magan. It's a delightful and poetic account of how Irish captures community knowledge. Comfrey, a plant still very common in herbal medicine — is "lus na gcnámh briste", the plant of broken bones.

Cover of the book Tree Dogs, Banshee Fingers and Other Irish Words for Nature by Manchán Magan. The cover art features detailed wood carvings of animals by the illustrator Steve Doogan.

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Dakota Sexton @tinykitelab.com · 28/01/2024

For a long time I've struggled to learn how to get outdoors in a way that doesn't challenge my hypermobility and my chronic pain. In pursuit of that, I discovered the book Birding for a Better World and decided to try to collect my thoughts about it in a blog post. minimalbotany.xyz/reading-bird...

The book Birding for a Better World sits in a patch of grass next to binoculars and a birder wearing Chuck Taylor sneakers and khaki pants

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