This article was published 10 years This week, Benchmark’s resident Fixpert, Maya Alvarado, learns about ordering materials in the workshop, prepares wood in the mill and makes the final Red Cross charity shop fix… 06:00: I wake up in Hungerford and get ready for work. 07:00: I start the day…
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Confessions of a Design Geek
photos of numbers :: 12, 44 of 50 & 4
This article was published 11 yearsThank you so much to everyone who took part in yesterday’s photos of numbers challenge on Instagram – some absolutely fantastic entries made it very tricky to pick just three, but here they are… The first was spotted by Daniele Prosdocimo aka @dprosdocimo in Singapore….
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photos of numbers :: 7, 60 & 123
This article was published 11 yearsPhotos of numbers is back! Thank you so much to everyone who took part in yesterday’s Instagram challenge – these are my favourite snaps… The fantastically retro “Alabama 7” was snapped by @designfizz and was spotted near Elizabeth Bay in Sydney. Bringing a bit of…
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photos of numbers :: 7, 60 & 123
This article was published 11 yearsPhotos of numbers is back! Thank you so much to everyone who took part in yesterday’s Instagram challenge – these are my favourite snaps… The fantastically retro “Alabama 7” was snapped by @designfizz and was spotted near Elizabeth Bay in Sydney. Bringing a bit of…
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photos of numbers :: it’s back!
This article was published 11 yearsI am very excited to announce that the photos of numbers Instagram challenge is back! Simply share your pics on Instagram next Thursday, include #photosofnumbers and @coadg in the caption or comments, and I’ll pick my favourites to share on the blog the following day!…
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feature :: hand lettering
This article was published 12 yearsI’m sharing some of the best posts of 2014 throughout December – I’m such a huge fan of hand lettering, this was a real pleasure to write… (PS Happy Christmas to those that celebrate!) This is the second instalment in my new “feature” column; a…
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photos of numbers :: 5, e293 & 639
This article was published 12 yearsHello and happy Friday! I’m still catching up with belated Instagram challenge pics – here my faves from the week before last… The beautifully autumnal number 5 was by the lovely @kirsty_whyte while out on a run, @lulabelle_75 spotted e293 in Devon, and the ubiquitous…
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photos of numbers :: 5, e293 & 639
This article was published 12 yearsHello and happy Friday! I’m still catching up with belated Instagram challenge pics – here my faves from the week before last… The beautifully autumnal number 5 was by the lovely @kirsty_whyte while out on a run, @lulabelle_75 spotted e293 in Devon, and the ubiquitous…
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photos of numbers :: 25, 20,15,5,78,15,20,19,5,82,20,23,5,78 & 8
This article was published 12 yearsI’ve been unable to access my beloved Instagram for a couple of weeks due to mobile phone issues, so I’m a bit behind on sharing my favourites from our weekly #photosofnumbers challenge. Here are my top picks from the week before last… The clay 25…
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photos of numbers :: 14, 75 & 2
This article was published 12 yearsThank you again to everyone who played last week’s #photosofnumbers Instagram challenge – some fantastic shots! It’s so much fun watching them come in every Friday. It was a tough call, but here are my top three for this week… “14,14,14” as they put it…
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photos of numbers :: 4, 35 & 4, 14, 7, 12, 11, 13, 24
This article was published 12 yearsHello and happy Friday! Thanks so much to everyone who took part in last Friday’s #photosofnumbers Instagram challenge – here are my favourites… First up, fresh fish from first time player @lornasyson, then a fabulous 35 from @bishboodle and finally it’s a third time win…
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photos of numbers :: 4, 35 & 4, 14, 7, 12, 11, 13, 24
This article was published 12 yearsHello and happy Friday! Thanks so much to everyone who took part in last Friday’s #photosofnumbers Instagram challenge – here are my favourites… First up, fresh fish from first time player @lornasyson, then a fabulous 35 from @bishboodle and finally it’s a third time win…
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photos of numbers :: 13, 57 & 4 (and some others!)
This article was published 12 yearsHello and happy Friday! I’m in sunny (honestly – it’s 20 degrees!) Poland for Lodz Design Week, so look out for any numbers I spot while I’m there. In the meantime, here are my favourites from last Friday’s Instagram challenge… First up, I love the…
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photos of numbers :: 10, 110 & 22
This article was published 12 yearsThank you so much to everyone who took part in last week’s Instagram challenge – what a fabulous selection of photos of numbers! Here are my favourites… No Ten is by Annie Kruse aka @stylejuicer, the 110 is by the fabulous Tina Ramchandani aka @lifeinsketch…
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photos of numbers :: 16,18,20, 39 & 12,13,14
This article was published 12 yearsThank you so much to everyone who got involved in the #photosofnumbers instagram challenge last Friday. It was a really tough call, but here are my favourite three… I love spotting numbers on boats and particularly liked the reflection in this picture by Mo Freiknecht…
Confessions of a Design Geek
photos of numbers :: 16,18,20, 39 & 12,13,14
This article was published 12 yearsThank you so much to everyone who got involved in the #photosofnumbers instagram challenge last Friday. It was a really tough call, but here are my favourite three… I love spotting numbers on boats and particularly liked the reflection in this picture by Mo Freiknecht…
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photos of numbers :: 12, 38 & 2
This article was published 12 yearsThanks so much to everyone who took part in last Friday’s #photosofnumbers Instagram challenge – there were some absolute corkers! My favourites, not least because they are so colour co-ordinated, were these three… The first one is from @sortdesign, who said “A good looking number…
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photos of numbers :: 4,3, 1,2,3,4 & 1
This article was published 12 yearsHello all and happy Friday! It’s the second week of photos of numbers via Instagram – thank you so much to everyone who got involved! My favourites this week were: the very subtly numbered brass bulldog clips from @roddyandginger who said, “Everyone needs a bit…
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photos of numbers :: 8, 5 & 2015
This article was published 12 yearsThis is the first photos of numbers post featuring my favourite photos shared during the new #photosofnumbers Instagram challenge happening every Friday. Thank you so much to everyone who took part – it was super exciting watching all the pictures appear throughout the day. There…