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Tagged with: Monthly Archives: August 2008
Goan stamp billboards
29.08.08

Andy Butler has been in touch from Milan with some images of a billboard he spotted last year in Acapulco, Mexico, which we think is a 'billboard for hire’ sign. …

Would you let this man fix your computer?
28.08.08

There are rumblings that the ‘placard men’ of London’s streets may soon be outlawed. We did catch ourselves staring at some of them recently, thinking ‘that would make an interesting …

More student syntax
26.08.08

Earlier in the year we shared this marvellous student letter with you. ‘hi spent some TIME looking at your RECENT WORK while listening to THE BEATLES, I've looked at some …

More timepieces
20.08.08

We’re still getting regular ideas submitted for the Time section of our website. Of varying quality, it must be said, but here are some of our recent favourites. Zoe Butler …

Psycho buildings
19.08.08

With only a week to go, it’s worth pointing out that if you haven’t seen the Hayward Gallery’s Psycho Buildings exhibition yet, you’re running out of time. It’s an extraordinary …

Not quite my type
14.08.08

Once, anyone interested in graphics had to become either overly trusting of the few journals that existed (if they could find them) or reliant on a handful of dry and …

The alphabet that keeps on giving
11.08.08

There seem to be certain irrefutables about life as a graphic designer. That Helvetica will be everyone’s favourite typeface (and film). That, if ever asked to design anything for a …

The Boombox Project
07.08.08

Recently, photographer Lyle Owerko wrote to us, thinking that we might like his Boombox Project where he has been recording vintage boomboxes for posterity. He’s right, we think it’s great. …

The trouble with hearts
04.08.08

A few weeks ago Belfast unveiled a new logo which has since been critiqued all over the press and the blogosphere. We held back from comment, partly because others have …

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