Dean Vipond
@deanvipond.bsky.social
Design leadership and human-centred stuff in general. Previously lead designer at NHS Digital and lots of other things. He/Him.
I’ve just found the draft outline for Nightmare High!
October 18, 2025 at 11:21 AM
I’ve just found the draft outline for Nightmare High!
Thanks to @acuity.design for the heads up that Lidl are currently doing Moomin biscuits. Please observe Little My.
September 13, 2025 at 7:37 AM
Thanks to @acuity.design for the heads up that Lidl are currently doing Moomin biscuits. Please observe Little My.
A single item that encompasses several of my interests: riffs, stamps, space and vinyl.
September 5, 2025 at 11:01 AM
A single item that encompasses several of my interests: riffs, stamps, space and vinyl.
This was my introduction to Black Sabbath. An absolutely battered tape from the library I worked at as a teenager. When I eventually got these albums on CD they sounded wrong - far too clear and crisp. This tape was so muffled it sounded like tuning into a distant radio station from another world.
July 23, 2025 at 11:55 AM
This was my introduction to Black Sabbath. An absolutely battered tape from the library I worked at as a teenager. When I eventually got these albums on CD they sounded wrong - far too clear and crisp. This tape was so muffled it sounded like tuning into a distant radio station from another world.
The correct expression for prizewinning veg.
July 21, 2025 at 10:47 AM
The correct expression for prizewinning veg.
There’s a great little scene in the first series of Andor about this (see also pretty much any online service now).
July 11, 2025 at 2:58 PM
There’s a great little scene in the first series of Andor about this (see also pretty much any online service now).
Viz already did this.
June 20, 2025 at 8:36 AM
Viz already did this.
Well that’s good to know. Wish that was better explained. Like “don’t worry, you don’t have to change seats.”
BTW was in Brizzle yesterday for the university open day. Saw this down a side street 👌👌
BTW was in Brizzle yesterday for the university open day. Saw this down a side street 👌👌
June 15, 2025 at 11:57 AM
Well that’s good to know. Wish that was better explained. Like “don’t worry, you don’t have to change seats.”
BTW was in Brizzle yesterday for the university open day. Saw this down a side street 👌👌
BTW was in Brizzle yesterday for the university open day. Saw this down a side street 👌👌
You won’t regret it.
June 12, 2025 at 4:57 PM
You won’t regret it.
“Move fast and break things”
June 10, 2025 at 7:59 AM
“Move fast and break things”
I hope you get your social media feeds delivered daily via cassette tape.
May 13, 2025 at 1:36 PM
I hope you get your social media feeds delivered daily via cassette tape.
Is all of Andor S2 now out? Been avoiding it so I can binge it.
Main thing that irks me about Rogue 1 is that Forrest Whitaker’s voice sounds like councillors Cox and Evans.
Main thing that irks me about Rogue 1 is that Forrest Whitaker’s voice sounds like councillors Cox and Evans.
May 11, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Is all of Andor S2 now out? Been avoiding it so I can binge it.
Main thing that irks me about Rogue 1 is that Forrest Whitaker’s voice sounds like councillors Cox and Evans.
Main thing that irks me about Rogue 1 is that Forrest Whitaker’s voice sounds like councillors Cox and Evans.
Ah, it’s this tweet, but in real life 😃
May 8, 2025 at 10:46 PM
Ah, it’s this tweet, but in real life 😃
Dang it, Steinbeck got it.
May 3, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Dang it, Steinbeck got it.
Hang on a minute, so if I started a men’s walking club to help men’s mental health, and a trans man asked if he could join, I’m expected to turn him away?
Remember when Lisa Nandy said less than a year ago that the culture wars were over?
Remember when Lisa Nandy said less than a year ago that the culture wars were over?
April 26, 2025 at 8:49 AM
Hang on a minute, so if I started a men’s walking club to help men’s mental health, and a trans man asked if he could join, I’m expected to turn him away?
Remember when Lisa Nandy said less than a year ago that the culture wars were over?
Remember when Lisa Nandy said less than a year ago that the culture wars were over?
Reading Philip Pullman’s The Secret Commonwealth for a bit of fantasy escapism from the real world and oh bloody hell.
April 12, 2025 at 9:26 AM
Reading Philip Pullman’s The Secret Commonwealth for a bit of fantasy escapism from the real world and oh bloody hell.
The sorcerer screen from HeroQuest pretty much covers it.
March 20, 2025 at 9:03 PM
The sorcerer screen from HeroQuest pretty much covers it.
Not sure if this a sign that we should all be adopting new skills for the coming years, but you can get witchcraft kits in Lidl.
March 2, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Not sure if this a sign that we should all be adopting new skills for the coming years, but you can get witchcraft kits in Lidl.
Getting round to reading Philip Pullman’s “The Secret Commonwealth” as some escapist fantasy given everything going on. Well, I say escapist fantasy…
February 28, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Getting round to reading Philip Pullman’s “The Secret Commonwealth” as some escapist fantasy given everything going on. Well, I say escapist fantasy…
Yeah, not even a proper one.
February 24, 2025 at 9:07 PM
Yeah, not even a proper one.
Wrote to my MP complaining about the government’s recent Reform-style ads, and their general stance on things. Got a response addressed to someone else. Replied with this.
February 19, 2025 at 11:04 PM
Wrote to my MP complaining about the government’s recent Reform-style ads, and their general stance on things. Got a response addressed to someone else. Replied with this.
WHY ARE THEY NOT CALLED QUORNTER POUNDERS
February 10, 2025 at 8:24 PM
WHY ARE THEY NOT CALLED QUORNTER POUNDERS