Nigel Ball
@nigelball.co.uk
designer, educator, writer | Ipswich, UK
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Okay, I can't let this one go. I live in Ireland, not the UK, but the use of this image by a supposedly socialist party is so stupid and offensive, I'm going to get stuck in.
Let me explain to you why any experienced illustrator/designer could have stopped you making so many miserable mistakes. 1/
Let me explain to you why any experienced illustrator/designer could have stopped you making so many miserable mistakes. 1/
November 15, 2025 at 12:26 PM
Okay, I can't let this one go. I live in Ireland, not the UK, but the use of this image by a supposedly socialist party is so stupid and offensive, I'm going to get stuck in.
Let me explain to you why any experienced illustrator/designer could have stopped you making so many miserable mistakes. 1/
Let me explain to you why any experienced illustrator/designer could have stopped you making so many miserable mistakes. 1/
Still angry
‘We never had much fun – we were angry’: Eve Libertine on life with anarcho-punk pioneers Crass
Accused of obscenity and sued by police and Tory MPs, Libertine outraged the establishment as part of Crass. Now she’s back – and she hasn’t mellowed with age
www.theguardian.com
November 11, 2025 at 5:13 AM
Still angry
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'Are you from a professional family, went to private school, have a postgraduate degree, and live in London with a load of cash in the bank?
If so, congrats – you’re three times more likely to become an artist than anyone else.' 1/2
If so, congrats – you’re three times more likely to become an artist than anyone else.' 1/2
Who gets to be an artist?
Are you from a professional family, went to private school, have a postgraduate degree, and live in London with a load of cash in the bank?
wonkhe.com
October 27, 2025 at 12:09 PM
'Are you from a professional family, went to private school, have a postgraduate degree, and live in London with a load of cash in the bank?
If so, congrats – you’re three times more likely to become an artist than anyone else.' 1/2
If so, congrats – you’re three times more likely to become an artist than anyone else.' 1/2
Heading out to catch some SPILL Festival today. Come along if you are in the area.
SPILL Festival | Ipswich Arts Festival
SPILL Festival is an internationally renowned celebration of arts, culture, and performance in Ipswich. Experience year-round events, experimental theatre, live art, and creative projects at the Think...
www.spillfestival.com
October 26, 2025 at 9:11 AM
Heading out to catch some SPILL Festival today. Come along if you are in the area.
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Ah, the two 2020s theft joke templates side by side.
October 21, 2025 at 4:32 AM
Ah, the two 2020s theft joke templates side by side.
Looks like I'm getting involved in another exhibition…
Finding Jacky Linney… and Tony
Two years ago I wrote about Bob Linney, opening with: “I didn’t think I knew Bob Linney. It turns out though that I did—he was the mysterious designer behind a print that had been hanging in …
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October 18, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Looks like I'm getting involved in another exhibition…
‘Restricted access to the benefit system for the sick and disabled is a re-enactment of the Acts of Enclosure, writes Sean Prentice.’
Trespassing for the Disabled | Caught by the River | Caught by the River
www.caughtbytheriver.net
August 10, 2025 at 8:56 AM
‘Restricted access to the benefit system for the sick and disabled is a re-enactment of the Acts of Enclosure, writes Sean Prentice.’
‘Eighty years after the US bombed Hiroshima, a show tracks the cultural reception of both nuclear weapons and nuclear power.’
The Visual Language of the Nuclear Age
Eighty years after the US bombed Hiroshima, a show tracks the cultural reception of both nuclear weapons and nuclear power.
hyperallergic.com
August 6, 2025 at 3:01 PM
‘Eighty years after the US bombed Hiroshima, a show tracks the cultural reception of both nuclear weapons and nuclear power.’
‘We are making a film about Mark Fisher’ 👇
www.closeandremote.net
August 5, 2025 at 8:14 AM
‘We are making a film about Mark Fisher’ 👇
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'It is less that AI is the cause of degradation in reading and thinking, and more that the creation of a culture that views knowledge primarily in an instrumental manner has made it easier to misuse AI.'
AI thrives where education has been devalued | The Observer
A culture that views knowledge as a means to an end invites the misuse of new technology
observer.co.uk
August 2, 2025 at 6:48 AM
'It is less that AI is the cause of degradation in reading and thinking, and more that the creation of a culture that views knowledge primarily in an instrumental manner has made it easier to misuse AI.'
Maps. Record covers. This is a book that was clearly written for me!
From Madonna to New Order and Oasis, one man’s odyssey to make an ‘atlas of album cover maps’
Damien Saunder set out to survey the cartographic influence on album sleeve design. Four years and 400-plus records later, he’s created the coffee table book music fans and map lovers never knew they ...
www.theguardian.com
July 3, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Maps. Record covers. This is a book that was clearly written for me!
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Keen to know how UK SHAPE (Arts, Humanities & Social Sciences) graduates deploy their skills? Launched today, this British Academy online resource provides a data-rich toolkit with an interactive dashboard. 2/2
Understanding SHAPE graduates
www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk
June 10, 2025 at 6:42 AM
Keen to know how UK SHAPE (Arts, Humanities & Social Sciences) graduates deploy their skills? Launched today, this British Academy online resource provides a data-rich toolkit with an interactive dashboard. 2/2
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UK higher education: 'much of the current discussion – and policymaking – is shaped by narrow metrics, which over-focus on graduate earnings.
This approach overlooks many of the ways graduates contribute to society and distorts our understanding of the value of different subjects.' 1/2
This approach overlooks many of the ways graduates contribute to society and distorts our understanding of the value of different subjects.' 1/2
What SHAPE graduates do
The British Academy has released analysis of what social sciences, humanities, and arts graduates do after graduation. Pablo Roblero and Alfie Denness introduce the findings
wonkhe.com
June 10, 2025 at 6:42 AM
UK higher education: 'much of the current discussion – and policymaking – is shaped by narrow metrics, which over-focus on graduate earnings.
This approach overlooks many of the ways graduates contribute to society and distorts our understanding of the value of different subjects.' 1/2
This approach overlooks many of the ways graduates contribute to society and distorts our understanding of the value of different subjects.' 1/2
Any academics out there with a USS pension and who are opposed to nuclear power should probably click on the link below… 👇
Write to USS - ask them not to take a stake in Sizewell C
The government wants YOUR pension savings to be invested in building Sizewell C. Because we have a say on how our money is used, that means we could control the flow of cash to Sizewell – and stop it ...
action.stopsizewellc.org
June 9, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Any academics out there with a USS pension and who are opposed to nuclear power should probably click on the link below… 👇
Psyche out
digital screen x iPhone lens
digital screen x iPhone lens
June 8, 2025 at 9:45 AM
Psyche out
digital screen x iPhone lens
digital screen x iPhone lens
New Graphic Commons write-up: A memory drift. An account of a recent dérive in Mansfield, Nottinghamshire.
Graphic commons: A memory drift
Date: 18.05.2025Distance: 4 milesSteps: 9150Start: 11:50Ground covered: Town centre and feeder streets It’s been a while. Four hours to kill in the East Midlands gave me time to visit a town I live…
nigelball.co.uk
June 7, 2025 at 8:35 PM
New Graphic Commons write-up: A memory drift. An account of a recent dérive in Mansfield, Nottinghamshire.
Very proud of colleagues
Artists to explore history of former weapons site Orford Ness
A building on a 10-mile long shingle spit on the coast is turned into a temporary art studio.
www.bbc.co.uk
June 6, 2025 at 7:25 AM
Very proud of colleagues
This brilliant trailer by Why Not Associates for Channel 4’s dispatches was made in 2009.
It’s still relevant, sadly.
It’s still relevant, sadly.
Unseen Gaza Promo by Why Not Associates
YouTube video by IdN Magazine
youtu.be
June 3, 2025 at 6:40 AM
This brilliant trailer by Why Not Associates for Channel 4’s dispatches was made in 2009.
It’s still relevant, sadly.
It’s still relevant, sadly.
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If your industry can't survive without exploiting people, then you're in the wrong industry.
June 2, 2025 at 9:40 AM
If your industry can't survive without exploiting people, then you're in the wrong industry.
When you sign off a work email with ‘solidarity’. One of those weeks!
May 30, 2025 at 9:33 AM
When you sign off a work email with ‘solidarity’. One of those weeks!
