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Award-winning UK design blog established in 2010 to discover, champion and inspire new designers.

photos of numbers :: 56, 9 & 4

Katie, December 7, 2012June 16, 2020
This article was published 14 years

Hello and happy Friday! They say inspiration can come from anywhere and in the case of this week’s first number, South West Trains was the unlikely source of this delightful piece of retro type.

three polaroid style photos of numbers

For the second photo, I was on a hunt for a number 9 for another project and a friend spotted a date that, with the month obscured, was just perfect! This picture still makes me smile. And finally I loved the contrast of the official looking yellow and black 4 with the green parkland behind.

Have a fab weekend!

This article was published 14 years
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