Behind the studio
One Quiet Hour is the work of Kristin K. Marquet — a brand strategist, publicist, and creative director who has spent seventeen years building brands for more than five hundred companies, including many of the fashion and luxury names you'd know. She holds a master's from New York University, is a two-time bestselling author, and works from New York. She built One Quiet Hour for the founder she once was: capable, doing everything alone, and in need of tools as considered as the work she was trying to do. Every product here comes from that practice — what actually moves the needle on visibility, positioning, and being taken seriously.
The idea
Most tools for small businesses are either bloated software or thin downloads. One Quiet Hour sits in between: focused, editorial products you can put to work in about an hour — hence the name. Workbooks, templates, swipe files, AI systems, and tools, all built on one method and one point of view.
The journal is where that thinking lives in the open: short, useful notes on visibility, branding, and the business of working alone.
Colophon
Founded & edited by Kristin K. Marquet
Set in Cormorant Garamond & DM Sans
Format Digital downloads — instant delivery
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Issue No. 01 — Summer 2026