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…
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photos of numbers :: 2, 2378 & 7654321
This article was published 12 yearsI’ve been writing this column for quite some time now, a celebration both of typography in all its guises and of the fact that inspiration can sneak up on you absolutely anywhere if you stay open to it. I can remember being super-nervous to launch…
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photos of numbers :: 23, 2 & 3
This article was published 12 yearsI jetted off to Bergen for a flying 24 hour visit and a sneak preview of London Design Festival’s 100{ff546b69e23b1524d799f96c6ba7a638e1f677053b0a2a1568b05315fd5f8fc7} Norway this week. It was lots of fun and Bergen is really beautiful – explore post with more on that coming soon. In the meantime,…
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photos of numbers :: 23, 2 & 3
This article was published 12 yearsI jetted off to Bergen for a flying 24 hour visit and a sneak preview of London Design Festival’s 100{ff546b69e23b1524d799f96c6ba7a638e1f677053b0a2a1568b05315fd5f8fc7} Norway this week. It was lots of fun and Bergen is really beautiful – explore post with more on that coming soon. In the meantime,…
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out and about :: temple of agape
This article was published 12 years Martin Luther King said, “I have also decided to stick with love, for I know that love is ultimately the only answer to mankind’s problems. And I’m going to talk about it everywhere I go. I know it isn’t popular to talk about it…
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photos of numbers :: 324, 202 & SS268
This article was published 12 yearsI might have been on a complete break in Cornwall, but I couldn’t resist snapping a few numbers while I was there. The 324 was on the side of a boat in a tiny fishing village on The Lizard called Cadgwith Cove. The 202 on…
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creative spaces :: hector & haddock
This article was published 12 years Justine Wall aka Hector & Haddock has a studio in her 1650s thatched cottage on Salisbury Plain, from where she creates linocut, letterpress and screen print designs inspired by, and often incorporating, paper ephemera and traditional printing methods. She describes her cottage as looking…
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photos of numbers :: 0123456, 22 & 20
This article was published 12 yearsOne of the things I love about this column is that people have started sending me their photos of numbers via social media! I love that my little nerdy obsession has crept into other people’s lives! So, this week I thought I would share some…
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photos of numbers :: 0123456, 22 & 20
This article was published 12 yearsOne of the things I love about this column is that people have started sending me their photos of numbers via social media! I love that my little nerdy obsession has crept into other people’s lives! So, this week I thought I would share some…
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photos of numbers :: 64554, 12345678 & 17
This article was published 12 yearsPaul Smith said, “You can find inspiration in everything – and if you can’t, look again.” So, taking him at his word, I decided to try to find all my numbers of this week’s post during my commute. And it turns out, Mr Smith was…
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photos of numbers :: 17, 333 & 3511
This article was published 12 yearsHello and happy Friday! Here is this week’s colourful little selection of photos of numbers… The 17 at the top is from the Design Museum in Milan, back in April when I was there for Design Week, the 333 in the middle is from the…
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photos of numbers :: 40, 32 & 79
This article was published 12 yearsHello, hello! This week, number 40 comes all the way from Copenhagen and I absolutely love it – that 4! Number 32 comes from much closer to home – James Harrison’s studio to be specific – creative spaces post to follow! And number 79 is…
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photos of numbers :: 40, 32 & 79
This article was published 12 yearsHello, hello! This week, number 40 comes all the way from Copenhagen and I absolutely love it – that 4! Number 32 comes from much closer to home – James Harrison’s studio to be specific – creative spaces post to follow! And number 79 is…
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photos of numbers :: 9, 5 & 1,2,3,5,6,7,8,9,0
This article was published 12 years The number 9 at the top was taken as we cycled past Kaf Bar on a lovely sunny Friday and the assortment of numbers at the bottom was inside two days later as we sheltered from the rain. And the 5 in the middle…
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photos of numbers :: 5, 17 & 22
This article was published 12 yearsYou know I was in Copenhagen recently, so you just know I’ve some Danish numbers for you! I love the gold against the grey and the shadows in the 5 at the top and the 22 at the bottom. The 17 in the middle is…
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photos of numbers :: 5, 17 & 22
This article was published 12 yearsYou know I was in Copenhagen recently, so you just know I’ve some Danish numbers for you! I love the gold against the grey and the shadows in the 5 at the top and the 22 at the bottom. The 17 in the middle is…
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photos of numbers :: 1250, 57 & 3
This article was published 12 yearsI love to meet a fellow number-nerd, so when Nick DiLallo got in touch to tell me about his project cataloguing the numbers of New York City and their colours and typefaces, I knew I would have to share it with you. I asked Nick…
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photos of numbers :: 12-25, 1-10 & 20-24
This article was published 12 yearsHello and happy Friday! This week’s selection of numbers have a bit of a retro vibe! The top and bottom images are from a fabulous 2013 diary I dug out recently. And the middle image is of a wonderful archive system at the British Library…
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photos of numbers :: 13, 142 & 85
This article was published 12 yearsHello and happy Friday. This week, number 13 is an old sign spotted in an underground station. I think I spotted 142 in Soho on my birthday and 85 is actually part of a bigger number outside a communications agency tucked just behind the Tate…