This article was published 14 yearsThis 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. I suspect a…
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photos of numbers :: 91, 100 & 16161
This article was published 14 yearsThis 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. I suspect a…
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confessions of a design geek :: the best of 2012
This article was published 14 years Wow – what a year! This time last year I had just made the decision to leave my day job, follow my dream and see if I could make a living as a design writer. A year later, I can confidently say that I…
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photos of numbers :: 126, 08 & 156A
This article was published 14 yearsI love the vibrancy of this blue door and the fox door knocker – the 126 is almost incidental! It was spotted on Columbia Road – more of which next Monday. The second picture, 08, is another one from Thailand. I’m a sucker for grey…
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photos of numbers :: 1, 47, 49 & 2a
This article was published 14 yearsI thought we’d go for a bit of a monochromatic theme this week. I love the simple bold style of the white number one on the shiny black background – and yes, that is me and my camera you can see in the reflection! The two…
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photos of numbers :: 56, 9 & 4
This article was published 14 yearsHello 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. For the second photo, I was on a hunt for a…
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photos of numbers :: 96, 030B02T13 & 6
This article was published 14 yearsAs well as posting photos of numbers here, I also share my finds via Instagram and twitter, so I thought it was about time I posted some of my Instagram photos. (If you want to follow along there, I’m @coadg on both and use the…
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photos of numbers :: 96, 030B02T13 & 6
This article was published 14 yearsAs well as posting photos of numbers here, I also share my finds via Instagram and twitter, so I thought it was about time I posted some of my Instagram photos. (If you want to follow along there, I’m @coadg on both and use the…
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photos of numbers :: 25, 130, & 12/12
This article was published 14 yearsHello and happy Friday! Here are this week’s photos of numbers – in red, blue and yellow. I walked past the first one on a costal walk in Poole, Dorset and it immediately caught my eye. I chose the other two photos for this week…
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photos of numbers :: 25, 130, & 12/12
This article was published 14 yearsHello and happy Friday! Here are this week’s photos of numbers – in red, blue and yellow. I walked past the first one on a costal walk in Poole, Dorset and it immediately caught my eye. I chose the other two photos for this week…
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photos of numbers :: 29 1/2, 25 & 3
This article was published 14 yearsBack in the West this week for a slightly more subdued selection than last week’s colourful Thai treats. The first is from San Francisco and struck even me (having not read the books or seen the films) as a little Harry Potter-esque. I loved the lightning…
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photos of numbers :: 2, various numbers between 20 and 50 & 30/2
This article was published 14 yearsI have just returned from my post-LDF holiday – a week in Thailand. It was hot, it was sunny, and there were photos of numbers to be had everywhere! Here are three of my favourites. I couldn’t quite believe it when I spotted the first…
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photos of numbers :: 2, various numbers between 20 and 50 & 30/2
This article was published 14 yearsI have just returned from my post-LDF holiday – a week in Thailand. It was hot, it was sunny, and there were photos of numbers to be had everywhere! Here are three of my favourites. I couldn’t quite believe it when I spotted the first…
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photos of numbers :: 50, 26 & 2
This article was published 14 yearsI’m afraid I didn’t make a note of where any of this week’s numbers were when I pulled them out of their respective folders and into my ‘photos of numbers’ folder on my computer… (note to self for future!) …but they are united by their…
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photos of numbers :: 50, 26 & 2
This article was published 14 yearsI’m afraid I didn’t make a note of where any of this week’s numbers were when I pulled them out of their respective folders and into my ‘photos of numbers’ folder on my computer… (note to self for future!) …but they are united by their…
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photos of numbers :: 1, 4 & 2142
This article was published 14 yearsThis week’s photos of numbers take us Stateside to San Francisco – all of these were spotted in one trip a couple of years ago. No prizes for guessing that the first one is the San Francisco Fire Department. They say you need to look…
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photos of numbers :: 3, 510 and 1
This article was published 14 yearsYou didn’t think I’d get around the whole of London Design Festival and only spot three numbers did you?! Nope, here are three more… the first one is a fantastic floor number from inside City Hall, where I was for the Maggie’s Night Hike. The…
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photos of numbers :: 8, 5 & 2
This article was published 14 yearsToday’s photos of numbers post is a London Design Festival special – I spotted all of these while out and about at the festival. The first one was in the Brompton Design District – and I know it doesn’t look like it, but it was throwing…
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photos of numbers :: 31, 5,7,8,9 & 69
This article was published 14 yearsIt’s a monochromatic theme this week. The rather elegant number 31 is on Bow Street just around the corner from Covent Garden. I used to walk past it every day and eventually remembered to take a snap. Numbers 5,7,8 and 9 are the houses that overlook Lincoln’s…