This article was published 14 yearsHello and happy Friday! A bit of an all American selection this week. The first one is a gorgeous art deco font that reminds me of New York, but is in fact from San Francisco. The second one is from New York – from the…
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photos of numbers :: 12, 55 & 10
This article was published 14 yearsIt’s a bit of an international collection this week. The top number is one of my favourites – it’s from the platform of the bullet train that goes between Tokyo and Kyoto in Japan. I love the texture and the Japanese characters, but also the…
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photos of numbers :: 37, 5 & 49
This article was published 14 yearsA bluey-grey selection for you on this Friday afternoon. The first one is one of my absolute favourite number finds – it’s the shadow of a number etched into a glass door in London’s Kensington. I was so excited when I spotted this one! The middle…
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photos of numbers :: 72, 2000, 143 & 19
This article was published 14 yearsThree more photos of numbers to geek up your Friday afternoon. I love the retro style of the first one, number 72. The middle numbers are stencilled onto cider barrels at Healey’s Cornish Cyder Farm (quickly nicknamed Healey’s Wasp Farm on our visit!) in Penhallow,…
Confessions of a Design Geek
photos of numbers :: 72, 2000, 143 & 19
This article was published 14 yearsThree more photos of numbers to geek up your Friday afternoon. I love the retro style of the first one, number 72. The middle numbers are stencilled onto cider barrels at Healey’s Cornish Cyder Farm (quickly nicknamed Healey’s Wasp Farm on our visit!) in Penhallow,…
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photos of numbers :: 3, 228 & 624
This article was published 14 yearsWell, I have to admit, I was a bit nervous about starting this column. I mean, there’s geeky, and then there’s geeky. But the response has been amazing – thank you so much for all the lovely comments. And it turns out I’m not the…
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photos of numbers :: 22, 8 & 2, 1, 6, 5, 4
This article was published 14 yearsA new column and my geekiest design confession to date… I collect photos of numbers. There, I said it. Given that this blog is called ‘confessions of a design geek,’ I thought it was about time to come clean and share some of them with…
Confessions of a Design Geek
interview :: experimental jetset
Helvetica, now my favourite film, was my introduction to a number of influential graphic designers, not least Wim Crouwel and Experimental Jetset. I immediately fell in love with Danny, Marieke and Erwin, not only for their splendid design work, but also for their inimitable Dutch charm. I next saw them at a Pecha Kucha event as part of the D&AD President’s Lectures and their place in my heart was sealed.
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about and about :: wim crouwel in conversation
On March 31st I went to see Rick Poynor in conversation with Wim Crouwel and Wim’s son Mels Crouwel at the Design Museum. It was first in a series to mark the retrospective of the iconic graphic designer and typographer; Wim Crouwel, a Graphic Odyssey. Afterwards, I plucked up the courage to speak to the man himself to ask for a short interview – and he said yes!
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here's one I made earlier :: an explorer of southwold
This article was published 15 yearsIn dire need of a bit of R&R, some inspiration and a birthday treat, the boy and I headed off to lovely Southwold for a weekend break. For a change of creative tact we went armed with “How to be an explorer of the world”…