David Livingston
@davidlivingston.bsky.social
I have over 30 years of experience as a senior designer and art director. I practice a significant level of typographic craftsmanship for large and small projects. Belgian-head arrow expert — just one piece of the puzzle missing. Mierenneuker.
Morning thought when not wanting to finish his current novel…
There’s a moment, when you’re just looking at stars, they become a constellation.
It was the same with ‘Villager’. @dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social
There’s a moment, when you’re just looking at stars, they become a constellation.
It was the same with ‘Villager’. @dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social
November 4, 2025 at 11:15 AM
Morning thought when not wanting to finish his current novel…
There’s a moment, when you’re just looking at stars, they become a constellation.
It was the same with ‘Villager’. @dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social
There’s a moment, when you’re just looking at stars, they become a constellation.
It was the same with ‘Villager’. @dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social
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Oh, this one's fun (IISSM).
Cleaning up my tabs as one does (or doesn't do, you be you) & found this delightful story from @bcdreyer.social, complete with alt text-worthy footnotes, Beverly Sills wielding a pair of scissors, & JS Singer's Mme X. 🤎
benjamindreyer.substack.com/p/so-you-lik...
benjamindreyer.substack.com/p/so-you-lik...
So you like a good Stockard Channing story, eh...?
[a story about stories]
benjamindreyer.substack.com
October 30, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Oh, this one's fun (IISSM).
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Because some damn fool asked, here's a thread about Baxter.
This was taken on the day I brought home Baxter and threw away all hope of an easy life.
Look at him. Absolutely irresistible.
And that's how they get you, the utter bastards
This was taken on the day I brought home Baxter and threw away all hope of an easy life.
Look at him. Absolutely irresistible.
And that's how they get you, the utter bastards
November 20, 2024 at 2:48 PM
Because some damn fool asked, here's a thread about Baxter.
This was taken on the day I brought home Baxter and threw away all hope of an easy life.
Look at him. Absolutely irresistible.
And that's how they get you, the utter bastards
This was taken on the day I brought home Baxter and threw away all hope of an easy life.
Look at him. Absolutely irresistible.
And that's how they get you, the utter bastards
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Brilliant journalism as always from @carolecadwalla.bsky.social & @thenerve.news
This needs amplifying. Perhaps @ZackPolanski.bsky.social could give it volume on Kuenssberg tomorrow, as he did during #bbcqt
Who else is on? Bring it up. Force it into the discussion if necessary!
This needs amplifying. Perhaps @ZackPolanski.bsky.social could give it volume on Kuenssberg tomorrow, as he did during #bbcqt
Who else is on? Bring it up. Force it into the discussion if necessary!
Next week, Reform faces a key by-election in Wales. Yet voters in Caerphilly know none of this.
Even tho Reform’s candidate is Nathan Gill’s former assistant.
We are at a critical point of failure in Britain. The delay of the authorities, the silence of the media..
6/
Even tho Reform’s candidate is Nathan Gill’s former assistant.
We are at a critical point of failure in Britain. The delay of the authorities, the silence of the media..
6/
October 18, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Brilliant journalism as always from @carolecadwalla.bsky.social & @thenerve.news
This needs amplifying. Perhaps @ZackPolanski.bsky.social could give it volume on Kuenssberg tomorrow, as he did during #bbcqt
Who else is on? Bring it up. Force it into the discussion if necessary!
This needs amplifying. Perhaps @ZackPolanski.bsky.social could give it volume on Kuenssberg tomorrow, as he did during #bbcqt
Who else is on? Bring it up. Force it into the discussion if necessary!
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The TV host, the web of influence and the trip booked to Moscow
Ahead of a critical Welsh by-election for Reform next week, part two of @carolecadwalla.bsky.social's investigation for the Nerve into disgraced former Ukip MEP and Reform UK politician Nathan Gill
Ahead of a critical Welsh by-election for Reform next week, part two of @carolecadwalla.bsky.social's investigation for the Nerve into disgraced former Ukip MEP and Reform UK politician Nathan Gill
October 18, 2025 at 8:11 AM
The TV host, the web of influence and the trip booked to Moscow
Ahead of a critical Welsh by-election for Reform next week, part two of @carolecadwalla.bsky.social's investigation for the Nerve into disgraced former Ukip MEP and Reform UK politician Nathan Gill
Ahead of a critical Welsh by-election for Reform next week, part two of @carolecadwalla.bsky.social's investigation for the Nerve into disgraced former Ukip MEP and Reform UK politician Nathan Gill
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If all you ask from life is a rollercoaster of a book with good twist, a funny bit with a goat, and a memorable title, allow me to present "A Torrid Lamentation on the Dearth of Validity in a Mechanised Ethos, Volume 2".
No, sorry: "Baby's Breath"
My bad.
www.amazon.co.uk/Babys-Breath...
No, sorry: "Baby's Breath"
My bad.
www.amazon.co.uk/Babys-Breath...
Baby's Breath: A Gripping Psychological Thriller with a Killer Twist eBook : Jones, Russell: Amazon.co.uk: Kindle Store
Baby's Breath: A Gripping Psychological Thriller with a Killer Twist eBook : Jones, Russell: Amazon.co.uk: Kindle Store
www.amazon.co.uk
October 14, 2025 at 3:18 PM
If all you ask from life is a rollercoaster of a book with good twist, a funny bit with a goat, and a memorable title, allow me to present "A Torrid Lamentation on the Dearth of Validity in a Mechanised Ethos, Volume 2".
No, sorry: "Baby's Breath"
My bad.
www.amazon.co.uk/Babys-Breath...
No, sorry: "Baby's Breath"
My bad.
www.amazon.co.uk/Babys-Breath...
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After threatening to this for years, I’m really excited to announce that I’m doing my FIRST ever talk in New York! 🗽🇺🇸
Tuesday, November 11th, 6:00 - 7:30pm.
Museum of Arts and Design (pic 03)
Hosted by AIGA NY 🙏🏻
Tickets! 🎟️ aigany.org/event/mr-bin...
Tuesday, November 11th, 6:00 - 7:30pm.
Museum of Arts and Design (pic 03)
Hosted by AIGA NY 🙏🏻
Tickets! 🎟️ aigany.org/event/mr-bin...
October 17, 2025 at 9:58 AM
After threatening to this for years, I’m really excited to announce that I’m doing my FIRST ever talk in New York! 🗽🇺🇸
Tuesday, November 11th, 6:00 - 7:30pm.
Museum of Arts and Design (pic 03)
Hosted by AIGA NY 🙏🏻
Tickets! 🎟️ aigany.org/event/mr-bin...
Tuesday, November 11th, 6:00 - 7:30pm.
Museum of Arts and Design (pic 03)
Hosted by AIGA NY 🙏🏻
Tickets! 🎟️ aigany.org/event/mr-bin...
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I should probably advertise more often. You can buy prints from me, commission pictures, make 3d models, animation, come up with excellent ideas, all sorts. tell your mates. cheers.
October 7, 2025 at 2:45 PM
I should probably advertise more often. You can buy prints from me, commission pictures, make 3d models, animation, come up with excellent ideas, all sorts. tell your mates. cheers.
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Blustery day, isn't it? Here's the National Grid: Live generation data. Wind and solar are generating 74.2% of our electricity. Gas is generating 13.1%. And yet our household electricity prices are pegged to... the volatile price of gas. Which is the basis on which the right attacks... renewables.
October 4, 2025 at 8:10 AM
Blustery day, isn't it? Here's the National Grid: Live generation data. Wind and solar are generating 74.2% of our electricity. Gas is generating 13.1%. And yet our household electricity prices are pegged to... the volatile price of gas. Which is the basis on which the right attacks... renewables.
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TUESDAY VINYL UPDATE:
Ft. Dinked Editions from Melody’s Echo Chamber, Blue Lake, and Floating Points, Super Furry Animals, Whitelands, Snõõper, Agriculture, Say She She, Low, Supergrass, MJ Lenderman, Mick Harris, and much more…
www.normanrecords.com/features/bes...
Ft. Dinked Editions from Melody’s Echo Chamber, Blue Lake, and Floating Points, Super Furry Animals, Whitelands, Snõõper, Agriculture, Say She She, Low, Supergrass, MJ Lenderman, Mick Harris, and much more…
www.normanrecords.com/features/bes...
September 30, 2025 at 2:19 PM
TUESDAY VINYL UPDATE:
Ft. Dinked Editions from Melody’s Echo Chamber, Blue Lake, and Floating Points, Super Furry Animals, Whitelands, Snõõper, Agriculture, Say She She, Low, Supergrass, MJ Lenderman, Mick Harris, and much more…
www.normanrecords.com/features/bes...
Ft. Dinked Editions from Melody’s Echo Chamber, Blue Lake, and Floating Points, Super Furry Animals, Whitelands, Snõõper, Agriculture, Say She She, Low, Supergrass, MJ Lenderman, Mick Harris, and much more…
www.normanrecords.com/features/bes...
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Things only a comedian/producer would post: I AM LOOKING FOR A TRUMPETER IN BRISTOL AVAILABLE THIS WEEK.
Long shot, but let me know. I will not block joke answers as some people do but I also won't laugh at them. I *might* roll my eyes indulgently.
Long shot, but let me know. I will not block joke answers as some people do but I also won't laugh at them. I *might* roll my eyes indulgently.
September 29, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Things only a comedian/producer would post: I AM LOOKING FOR A TRUMPETER IN BRISTOL AVAILABLE THIS WEEK.
Long shot, but let me know. I will not block joke answers as some people do but I also won't laugh at them. I *might* roll my eyes indulgently.
Long shot, but let me know. I will not block joke answers as some people do but I also won't laugh at them. I *might* roll my eyes indulgently.
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This is a fascinating and scary little video. And what South Korea is experiencing is only slightly ahead of where the UK and many advanced economies are.
Without immigration, we are FUCKED. I mean TOTALLY FUCKED. Yet all parties compete to stop migration. It's madness.
youtu.be/Ufmu1WD2TSk?...
Without immigration, we are FUCKED. I mean TOTALLY FUCKED. Yet all parties compete to stop migration. It's madness.
youtu.be/Ufmu1WD2TSk?...
SOUTH KOREA IS OVER
YouTube video by Kurzgesagt – In a Nutshell
youtu.be
September 29, 2025 at 1:02 PM
This is a fascinating and scary little video. And what South Korea is experiencing is only slightly ahead of where the UK and many advanced economies are.
Without immigration, we are FUCKED. I mean TOTALLY FUCKED. Yet all parties compete to stop migration. It's madness.
youtu.be/Ufmu1WD2TSk?...
Without immigration, we are FUCKED. I mean TOTALLY FUCKED. Yet all parties compete to stop migration. It's madness.
youtu.be/Ufmu1WD2TSk?...
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This led me down a delightful rabbit-hole, where I met Jann's creepy cloth old lady (simultaneously noted and ignored by Wikipedia), a cloth cowboy (steadfastly denied by Google's AI, but there in the cropped region on the right of the used photograph), and, inevitably, Adolf Hitler.
September 14, 2025 at 12:08 PM
This led me down a delightful rabbit-hole, where I met Jann's creepy cloth old lady (simultaneously noted and ignored by Wikipedia), a cloth cowboy (steadfastly denied by Google's AI, but there in the cropped region on the right of the used photograph), and, inevitably, Adolf Hitler.
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Just sent out the latest issue of my newsletter, coming to you this time from New York.
Lots and lots of type and typography links — including to the Type Design Class courses that close enrolment... today!
Lots and lots of type and typography links — including to the Type Design Class courses that close enrolment... today!
Elliot Jay Stocks | 100 pages to fix
Elliot Jay Stocks is a designer & author, usually doing something with typography, or making music as Other Form
elliotjaystocks.com
September 12, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Just sent out the latest issue of my newsletter, coming to you this time from New York.
Lots and lots of type and typography links — including to the Type Design Class courses that close enrolment... today!
Lots and lots of type and typography links — including to the Type Design Class courses that close enrolment... today!
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If I’m being honest, I’m feeling pretty crap about my small business.
It’s so bloody difficult at the moment with rising costs, US tariffs, Brexit nonsense and the threat of AI.
Please have a look at what I do and repost to spread the word gailmyerscough.co.uk
It’s so bloody difficult at the moment with rising costs, US tariffs, Brexit nonsense and the threat of AI.
Please have a look at what I do and repost to spread the word gailmyerscough.co.uk
September 2, 2025 at 5:45 PM
If I’m being honest, I’m feeling pretty crap about my small business.
It’s so bloody difficult at the moment with rising costs, US tariffs, Brexit nonsense and the threat of AI.
Please have a look at what I do and repost to spread the word gailmyerscough.co.uk
It’s so bloody difficult at the moment with rising costs, US tariffs, Brexit nonsense and the threat of AI.
Please have a look at what I do and repost to spread the word gailmyerscough.co.uk
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A word on immigration. Don't prejudge this, just listen to the data, and then consider what the solution is.
The UK has a falling birth rate. This means that - unless things change - each generation will be 25% smaller than the one before.
The UK has a falling birth rate. This means that - unless things change - each generation will be 25% smaller than the one before.
August 25, 2025 at 5:48 PM
A word on immigration. Don't prejudge this, just listen to the data, and then consider what the solution is.
The UK has a falling birth rate. This means that - unless things change - each generation will be 25% smaller than the one before.
The UK has a falling birth rate. This means that - unless things change - each generation will be 25% smaller than the one before.
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Not sure if I ever posted this. WIP of a map for my Innsmouth project. And a little 3D visualisation of it in Blender.
The story so far here…
thisnorthernboy.blog/2024/12/22/t...
#Innsmouth @innsmouth-lights.bsky.social
The story so far here…
thisnorthernboy.blog/2024/12/22/t...
#Innsmouth @innsmouth-lights.bsky.social
August 5, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Not sure if I ever posted this. WIP of a map for my Innsmouth project. And a little 3D visualisation of it in Blender.
The story so far here…
thisnorthernboy.blog/2024/12/22/t...
#Innsmouth @innsmouth-lights.bsky.social
The story so far here…
thisnorthernboy.blog/2024/12/22/t...
#Innsmouth @innsmouth-lights.bsky.social
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@bsky.app has not yet verified @alistapart.com, we suppose because they’ve got bigger fish to fry first. We guess that at least some members of the Bluesky team learned their craft from us and trust that they’ll get around to verifying us sooner or later. Reshare if you care.
August 5, 2025 at 12:58 PM
@bsky.app has not yet verified @alistapart.com, we suppose because they’ve got bigger fish to fry first. We guess that at least some members of the Bluesky team learned their craft from us and trust that they’ll get around to verifying us sooner or later. Reshare if you care.
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A year ago now I printed my Harbour Walls print, a twelve layer screenprint.
I hope to do more semi abstract pieces like this.
I've sold a couple I think.
#harbourwalls #harbour #cornwall #screenprint #printmaking #printmaker
I hope to do more semi abstract pieces like this.
I've sold a couple I think.
#harbourwalls #harbour #cornwall #screenprint #printmaking #printmaker
July 30, 2025 at 8:59 AM
A year ago now I printed my Harbour Walls print, a twelve layer screenprint.
I hope to do more semi abstract pieces like this.
I've sold a couple I think.
#harbourwalls #harbour #cornwall #screenprint #printmaking #printmaker
I hope to do more semi abstract pieces like this.
I've sold a couple I think.
#harbourwalls #harbour #cornwall #screenprint #printmaking #printmaker
Agree. It was really quite something.
My favourite of this week’s Six Things. A 2-minute film about the guys employed to drive the route of a Tour de France stage beforehand and alter anything painted on the road by fans that might be unsuitable for broadcast.
Here they are turning a cock and balls into an owl.
nos.nl/l/2294368
Here they are turning a cock and balls into an owl.
nos.nl/l/2294368
July 20, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Agree. It was really quite something.
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#PortfolioDay
I'm Rob, an illustrator from the north of England. I draw spaceships, robots, and weird places. Available for private and commercial commissions.
linktr.ee/thisnorthern...
#SciFi #Illustration
I'm Rob, an illustrator from the north of England. I draw spaceships, robots, and weird places. Available for private and commercial commissions.
linktr.ee/thisnorthern...
#SciFi #Illustration
July 8, 2025 at 10:47 AM
#PortfolioDay
I'm Rob, an illustrator from the north of England. I draw spaceships, robots, and weird places. Available for private and commercial commissions.
linktr.ee/thisnorthern...
#SciFi #Illustration
I'm Rob, an illustrator from the north of England. I draw spaceships, robots, and weird places. Available for private and commercial commissions.
linktr.ee/thisnorthern...
#SciFi #Illustration