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

photos of numbers :: 12, 55 & 10

Katie, August 31, 2012June 16, 2020
This article was published 14 years

It’s a bit of an international collection this week. The top number is one of my favourites – it’s from the platform of the bullet train that goes between Tokyo and Kyoto in Japan. I love the texture and the Japanese characters, but also the efficiency – these numbers were all the way along the platform showing you where to stand for each carriage.

polaroid style photos of 12 on a platform, 55 on a wall and 10 on a bus shelter

The middle one I’m afraid is a mystery to me – I promise to start a better filing system! It looks very English though, so let’s go with that! The bottom one I’m pretty sure is from Norway – at least I remember being very cold when I took the photo!

Happy Friday!

(Thanks as always to Ian Barnard for the Polaroid templates.)

This article was published 14 years
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  1. Emily says:
    September 6, 2012 at 3:58 pm

    I think the middle one is british… a lot of houses have those styles of house numbers.
    Great blog!
    Emily.

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