Gerard Cleal
@gcleal.bsky.social
A creative director working in brand & lifestyle. I play with crayons.
Oh, if I could stop time It would be a frozen moment just around Christmas
When all of mankind reveals its truest potential
And there is sympathy for the suffering
Yes, there is sympathy for those who are suffering.
youtube.com/watch?v=38qT...
When all of mankind reveals its truest potential
And there is sympathy for the suffering
Yes, there is sympathy for those who are suffering.
youtube.com/watch?v=38qT...
The Flaming Lips - A Change at Christmas (Say It Isn't So) [Official Music Video]
YouTube video by flaminglips
youtube.com
December 14, 2025 at 8:33 AM
Oh, if I could stop time It would be a frozen moment just around Christmas
When all of mankind reveals its truest potential
And there is sympathy for the suffering
Yes, there is sympathy for those who are suffering.
youtube.com/watch?v=38qT...
When all of mankind reveals its truest potential
And there is sympathy for the suffering
Yes, there is sympathy for those who are suffering.
youtube.com/watch?v=38qT...
“It is a key part of a certain idealized life of leisure, affluence, beauty, and, importantly, virality. There is often matcha involved.”
- of course.
www.theverge.com/cs/features/...
- of course.
www.theverge.com/cs/features/...
Confessions of the influenced
Behind every influencer is an army of the people mired in debt and mass-produced clutter.
www.theverge.com
December 9, 2025 at 10:08 AM
“It is a key part of a certain idealized life of leisure, affluence, beauty, and, importantly, virality. There is often matcha involved.”
- of course.
www.theverge.com/cs/features/...
- of course.
www.theverge.com/cs/features/...
Reposted by Gerard Cleal
In @nytopinion.nytimes.com
“When our attention is held for hours each day by black-box algorithms that feed us not what we want so much as what we find it hard to look away from, we are being, in a sense, deformed,” our columnist Ezra Klein writes.
“When our attention is held for hours each day by black-box algorithms that feed us not what we want so much as what we find it hard to look away from, we are being, in a sense, deformed,” our columnist Ezra Klein writes.
Opinion | Can We Stop Our Digital Selves From Becoming Who We Are?
Pay attention to how you pay attention.
nyti.ms
December 8, 2025 at 8:50 AM
In @nytopinion.nytimes.com
“When our attention is held for hours each day by black-box algorithms that feed us not what we want so much as what we find it hard to look away from, we are being, in a sense, deformed,” our columnist Ezra Klein writes.
“When our attention is held for hours each day by black-box algorithms that feed us not what we want so much as what we find it hard to look away from, we are being, in a sense, deformed,” our columnist Ezra Klein writes.
Is creativity really dead?
I'm not sure D&AD's campaign is as useful as it thinks
www.creativebloq.com
November 30, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Reposted by Gerard Cleal
this guy made his son a tiny version of Engineered Garments's FA pants 😭
IG twhattcomethru
IG twhattcomethru
November 30, 2025 at 3:46 AM
this guy made his son a tiny version of Engineered Garments's FA pants 😭
IG twhattcomethru
IG twhattcomethru
Reposted by Gerard Cleal
The city wants to preserve its sprawling Central Park as a unified green space.
Helsinki aims to establish an urban national park
The city wants to preserve its sprawling Central Park as a unified green space.
yle.fi
November 28, 2025 at 9:05 AM
The city wants to preserve its sprawling Central Park as a unified green space.
Reposted by Gerard Cleal
It’s time for Austria’s Krampus Parades 🖤
November 23, 2025 at 11:08 PM
It’s time for Austria’s Krampus Parades 🖤
A clean design language with a humanist twist minus the gold card.
www.creativebloq.com/design/fonts...
www.creativebloq.com/design/fonts...
Is it just me, or is this font suddenly everywhere?
Sans Serif is so last year.
www.creativebloq.com
November 19, 2025 at 1:34 AM
A clean design language with a humanist twist minus the gold card.
www.creativebloq.com/design/fonts...
www.creativebloq.com/design/fonts...
“Then we are missing one of the biggest, probably something more powerful than narrative to humans, that is, symbols. The reading of symbols.”
- Alfonso Cuarón
cinephiliabeyond.org/children-of-...
- Alfonso Cuarón
cinephiliabeyond.org/children-of-...
The Future is Now: Alfonso Cuarón’s ‘Children of Men’ Paints a Bleak Picture of a World Devoid of Humanity • Cinephilia & Beyond
Cinematographer: Emmanuel Lubezki. Production stills by Jaap Buitendijk © Universal Pictures By Koraljka Suton Almost two decades ago, director Alfonso Cuarón’s fourth feature, the 2001 sexual road co...
cinephiliabeyond.org
November 17, 2025 at 1:29 PM
“Then we are missing one of the biggest, probably something more powerful than narrative to humans, that is, symbols. The reading of symbols.”
- Alfonso Cuarón
cinephiliabeyond.org/children-of-...
- Alfonso Cuarón
cinephiliabeyond.org/children-of-...
The work of a tiny design co-op called Forge and specifically its designer, Aneesh Bhoopathy, formerly of Queens and now living in Philadelphia.
TL;DR ~
Main typeface: Boheld by Grabtail
Script: Coffee Service Regular by Sideshow
Sans: Union Gothic
www.curbed.com/article/zohr...
TL;DR ~
Main typeface: Boheld by Grabtail
Script: Coffee Service Regular by Sideshow
Sans: Union Gothic
www.curbed.com/article/zohr...
Zohran Mamdani’s Campaign Logo Looked Nothing Like a Campaign Logo
The bodega-influenced visual language of an outsider campaign.
www.curbed.com
November 9, 2025 at 2:14 PM
The work of a tiny design co-op called Forge and specifically its designer, Aneesh Bhoopathy, formerly of Queens and now living in Philadelphia.
TL;DR ~
Main typeface: Boheld by Grabtail
Script: Coffee Service Regular by Sideshow
Sans: Union Gothic
www.curbed.com/article/zohr...
TL;DR ~
Main typeface: Boheld by Grabtail
Script: Coffee Service Regular by Sideshow
Sans: Union Gothic
www.curbed.com/article/zohr...
Reposted by Gerard Cleal
By stripping away the fabric tape that’s held zippers together for a hundred years, Japanese clothing giant YKK is designing the future of seamless clothing.
The Zipper Is Getting Its First Major Upgrade in 100 Years
By stripping away the fabric tape that’s held zippers together for a hundred years, Japanese clothing giant YKK is designing the future of seamless clothing.
wrd.cm
October 26, 2025 at 10:45 PM
By stripping away the fabric tape that’s held zippers together for a hundred years, Japanese clothing giant YKK is designing the future of seamless clothing.
Reposted by Gerard Cleal
Foster + Partners completes New York supertall skyscraper for JPMorganChase: www.dezeen.com/2025/10/21/270-park-avenue-foster-new-york-supertall-skyscraper/
October 26, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Foster + Partners completes New York supertall skyscraper for JPMorganChase: www.dezeen.com/2025/10/21/270-park-avenue-foster-new-york-supertall-skyscraper/
A Debate About A.I. Plays Out on the Subway Walls www.nytimes.com/2025/10/07/s...
A Debate About A.I. Plays Out on the Subway Walls
www.nytimes.com
October 18, 2025 at 2:23 AM
A Debate About A.I. Plays Out on the Subway Walls www.nytimes.com/2025/10/07/s...
Ingenious. Ok, maybe not the right description.
‘Back Market launched its own spin on the 'Shot on' concept, highlighting not only the relatively incremental improvements to smartphone cameras over the years, but the damage to the planet too.’
www.creativebloq.com/design/print...
‘Back Market launched its own spin on the 'Shot on' concept, highlighting not only the relatively incremental improvements to smartphone cameras over the years, but the damage to the planet too.’
www.creativebloq.com/design/print...
I'm obsessed with Back Market's powerful iPhone ads
'Let's end fast tech' campaign is a hit.
www.creativebloq.com
October 12, 2025 at 12:36 PM
Ingenious. Ok, maybe not the right description.
‘Back Market launched its own spin on the 'Shot on' concept, highlighting not only the relatively incremental improvements to smartphone cameras over the years, but the damage to the planet too.’
www.creativebloq.com/design/print...
‘Back Market launched its own spin on the 'Shot on' concept, highlighting not only the relatively incremental improvements to smartphone cameras over the years, but the damage to the planet too.’
www.creativebloq.com/design/print...
The Next Big Thing in Pop Culture: Public Bathrooms www.nytimes.com/2025/09/24/t...
The Next Big Thing in Pop Culture: Public Bathrooms
www.nytimes.com
September 26, 2025 at 8:21 AM
The Next Big Thing in Pop Culture: Public Bathrooms www.nytimes.com/2025/09/24/t...
That floating kid 😶
“So I stayed up late and I watched “Salem’s Lot” with them and after that did not sleep again until sometime in the summer of 1980, more or less.
So You Think Stephen King Has Scared You? Try Being His Son. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/12/b...
“So I stayed up late and I watched “Salem’s Lot” with them and after that did not sleep again until sometime in the summer of 1980, more or less.
So You Think Stephen King Has Scared You? Try Being His Son. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/12/b...
So You Think Stephen King Has Scared You? Try Being His Son.
www.nytimes.com
September 14, 2025 at 7:26 AM
That floating kid 😶
“So I stayed up late and I watched “Salem’s Lot” with them and after that did not sleep again until sometime in the summer of 1980, more or less.
So You Think Stephen King Has Scared You? Try Being His Son. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/12/b...
“So I stayed up late and I watched “Salem’s Lot” with them and after that did not sleep again until sometime in the summer of 1980, more or less.
So You Think Stephen King Has Scared You? Try Being His Son. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/12/b...
“The future is already here – it’s just unevenly distributed.”
- William Gibson
- William Gibson
Autocrats and tech bros want to live for ever. Here’s how bleak that future could be | Hanna Thomas Uose
Autocrats and tech bros want to live for ever. Here’s how bleak that future could be | Hanna Thomas Uose
My novel explores the consequences of extreme longevity. Meanwhile, Putin and Xi are pondering immortality in real life, says writer-strategist Hanna Thomas Uose
www.theguardian.com
September 13, 2025 at 8:56 AM
“The future is already here – it’s just unevenly distributed.”
- William Gibson
- William Gibson
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Sometime between the fall of 1963 and the late summer of 1964, the actor and photographer Dennis Hopper stopped at an intersection in L.A., took out his Nikon, and made history.
The Dennis Hopper Photograph That Caught Los Angeles
The actor stopped at an intersection, took out his Nikon, and made history.
nyer.cm
September 12, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Sometime between the fall of 1963 and the late summer of 1964, the actor and photographer Dennis Hopper stopped at an intersection in L.A., took out his Nikon, and made history.
Blank Street unveils Instagram-worthy new brand identity
It knows its audience.
www.creativebloq.com
September 8, 2025 at 9:51 AM
“…brands need systems, not just lots of individual assets.” So true.
Heard of Cavalry? It's a revolutionary motion graphics tool that's reshaping global design. Discover more about this Manchester-based app, and find out what it can do for you.
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#creativeboom #inassociationwith #creativetools
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#creativeboom #inassociationwith #creativetools
Why Cavalry is the secret weapon of the world's best design studios
This revolutionary motion graphics tool is reshaping global design. Discover Cavalry, and find out what it can do for you.
When a small team of animators in Manchester decided to build their own m...
www.creativeboom.com
September 2, 2025 at 4:36 AM
“…brands need systems, not just lots of individual assets.” So true.
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Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong recording the album ELLA AND LOUIS, 1952.
Photograph by Phil Stern.
Photograph by Phil Stern.
August 31, 2025 at 2:28 PM
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“It is to genuine Americana what Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros are to Clarence Ashley”.
www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...
www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...
Cracker Barrel’s Logo Was Never the Problem
No one should confuse a bland interstate chain with a real slice of Americana.
www.theatlantic.com
August 28, 2025 at 7:22 AM
“It is to genuine Americana what Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros are to Clarence Ashley”.
www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...
www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...