This article was published 13 yearsMore photos of numbers from Milan Design Week – I loved the stencil-style typeface used in the first one; the branding of an event at 010 – 020 Via Ventura, in the Ventura Lambrate district. The 26 in the middle was on a vintage light used…
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photos of numbers :: 146, 11 1/2 & 125
This article was published 13 yearsI spotted 146 while sheltering from the rain on High Holborn. I love the atmospheric shadows cast across the number – it almost has a film noir feel about it. And “eleven and a half” is an old favourite of mine from Fournier Street in…
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photos of numbers :: 12, 1 & 2008
This article was published 13 yearsA few from the archives this week… the 12 is another one from Falcon Enamelware – what a treasure trove of numbers! The 1 is from my trip to Cologne at the beginning of the year and from my basic grasp of the German language…
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photos of numbers :: 642, 5 & 101
This article was published 13 yearsThis week’s numbers are big! The rather uncompromising metal 642 was spotted in Fulham (I especially love the perforated sheet metal behind), and the big 5 was in Stockholm back in January. The 101 was on Commercial Street. I love the grey, solid confidence of…
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photos of numbers :: 2, 21 & 2
This article was published 13 yearsThis week’s photos of numbers are just one away from being all twos – and they were all spotted within an hour of each other! Technically, I was at Falcon Enamelware to shoot their studio for a creative spaces post, but I never can resist a good…
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photos of numbers :: 81, 3 & 55
This article was published 13 yearsIt’s very hard to take a day off when you love what you do. It was my birthday this weekend, so I was supposed to be switching off for the weekend, but who could walk past these beauties without snapping them?! Number 81 was above…
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photos of numbers :: 179, 30 & 21
This article was published 13 yearsAnother selection of numbers from London’s East End this week; the 179 is on the wall of The English Restaurant on Crispin Street just opposite Spitalfields Market. I love the way it is framed in the same way as all the old maps, documents and…
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photos of numbers :: 24b, 123 & 40
This article was published 13 yearsI seem to be spending an inordinate amount of time in East London at the moment, which is not like geeky little me at all! Still, since I was there, I thought I might as well snap a few numbers for you. The first one,…
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photos of numbers :: 24b, 123 & 40
This article was published 13 yearsI seem to be spending an inordinate amount of time in East London at the moment, which is not like geeky little me at all! Still, since I was there, I thought I might as well snap a few numbers for you. The first one,…
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photos of numbers :: 5, 32 & 429
This article was published 13 yearsThe fives obviously have it, because I thought last week’s five was in the running for best number ever, but I do think this one is pretty cool too – spotted in the snow at Maison et Objet in Paris. The 32 in the middle…
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photos of numbers :: 5, 48 & 10
This article was published 13 yearsMy recent trip to Stockholm for Design Week, was a fabulous source of photos of numbers. The first one in today’s post is possibly in the running for best number ever – what do you think?! It was spotted in Per Soderberg‘s attic studio –…
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photos of numbers :: 349b, 353f, 14 & 15
This article was published 13 yearsMore photos of numbers from my recent travels – these ones were spotted while walking around Cologne and Amsterdam. (It’s now got to the stage when people point numbers out to me and pull me over to take a photo!) I love the hand lettering…
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photos of numbers :: 222, 922 & 24
This article was published 13 yearsThis week’s photos of numbers are all from tickets from my recent travels. 222 is my cloak room (I’m fighting the urge to write “coat check” – clearly been spending too much time with Americans!) ticket from the Museum Ludwig in Cologne. 922 is the entire…
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photos of numbers :: 222, 922 & 24
This article was published 13 yearsThis week’s photos of numbers are all from tickets from my recent travels. 222 is my cloak room (I’m fighting the urge to write “coat check” – clearly been spending too much time with Americans!) ticket from the Museum Ludwig in Cologne. 922 is the entire…
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interview :: lisa congdon
This article was published 14 years I’ve long been a fan of San Francisco illustrator, fine artist and queen of hand lettering, Lisa Congdon – a fan of her work, of her work ethic, of her style… she’s one super cool lady. Her latest project, 365 Days of Hand Lettering, took…
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photos of numbers :: 9340, 36A & G52
This article was published 14 yearsA bit of a wooden theme for this week’s geeky selection of numerical typography. I was delighted to spot the first one on the far side of a tree on a recent country walk – part of a forest management programme I assume? I love the way…
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photos of numbers :: 9340, 36A & G52
This article was published 14 yearsA bit of a wooden theme for this week’s geeky selection of numerical typography. I was delighted to spot the first one on the far side of a tree on a recent country walk – part of a forest management programme I assume? I love the way…
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photos of numbers :: 19 / 20, one & 2
This article was published 14 yearsA wintery walk along the North bank of the Thames is the setting for today’s photos of numbers. I absolutely love the first one – the number 20 written over the top of the number 19 (or vice versa) in chalk on the brickwork under…
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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…