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

photos of numbers :: 91, 100 & 16161

Katie, January 4, 2013June 16, 2020
This article was published 14 years

This week’s numbers are all from my recent trip to Thailand, from Phuket Town specifically, and even more specifically, from the metal shutters of the street-side shops. I was struck by the retro typeface and the Chinese colours in the first one.

three polaroid style photos of numbers

I suspect a template of some sort has been used to create “gallery 100” – I always think letters and numbers created in this way look like they’ve got their eyes shut! And I’m not sure whether this last one is 111 / 66 or 16161, but I like it! Have a great weekend!

This article was published 14 years
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