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

photos of numbers :: 144, 2 & 10

Katie, July 26, 2013June 16, 2020
This article was published 13 years

One of my favourite things about writing this column is that people now email, tweet and Instagram me their photos of numbers – somebody even sent me a photo of a dog wearing an eight-ball jacket! I thought it was about time I shared some of these fab photos with you, so here are three I’ve been sent recently. Valerie Housley spotted the first one on an old fashioned Routemaster bus at a friend’s wedding!

photos of numbers

And the lovely Daniel Nelson, founder of modernist design blog Atelier Tally, spotted the middle one on the Brecon Mountain Railway and the bottom one in Hay on Wye while on holiday recently.

Massive thank you to Valerie and Daniel and if you’ve got any good’uns, send them along!

Have a great weekend folks.

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This article was published 13 years
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Comments (3)

  1. Becky - pretty dandy says:
    July 31, 2013 at 11:10 pm

    Love it! We’re all number geeks now!

    Becky
    x

    Reply
  2. Wella - YouPrint Stickers says:
    August 1, 2013 at 3:50 am

    I’d love to see number 8 photos. I always consider it as my lucky number. 🙂 This is a brilliant idea! I’d submit mine one day!

    Reply
    1. Katie says:
      August 1, 2013 at 7:59 am

      I’ve got a lovely number 8 coming up – watch this space!

      Reply

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