We designed NAC’s first Design Diary for work completed in 2021 to reflect, remember, and look back on a year of empathy-driven design. We gathered 53 projects (harvested from over 400) from over 261 collaborators into one publication celebrating relationships and spaces. The title drifted from a Design Annual, to a Yearbook, and landed on diary, as a personal recollection of the triumphs and memories that make our work matter to us, and a retelling of the stories that launch us forward.