Mark Ferguson
@mark-f.bsky.social
✏️ Graphic designer.
🎧 Sometime DJ, full-time music lover.
🔴 Manchester United fan. #mufc
🚴 A bike for (almost) every occasion.
🤪 46 years young.
🎧 Sometime DJ, full-time music lover.
🔴 Manchester United fan. #mufc
🚴 A bike for (almost) every occasion.
🤪 46 years young.
If you’re interested in the minutiae of letterforms, typographic principles and their historic context, the book I’d recommend reading as a (dense) primer is:
The Elements of Typographic Style by Robert Bringhurst (get the 4th/latest edition as it better covers digital type)
The Elements of Typographic Style by Robert Bringhurst (get the 4th/latest edition as it better covers digital type)
November 13, 2025 at 8:08 AM
If you’re interested in the minutiae of letterforms, typographic principles and their historic context, the book I’d recommend reading as a (dense) primer is:
The Elements of Typographic Style by Robert Bringhurst (get the 4th/latest edition as it better covers digital type)
The Elements of Typographic Style by Robert Bringhurst (get the 4th/latest edition as it better covers digital type)
The proportions are wrong on the White House refit, that’s one reason why it looks bad. You can have all the half-inch brass you want, but it will look a tasteless mess if the proportions are out. Elements are too big or too close.
The Astoria proportions feel balanced and aesthetically correct.
The Astoria proportions feel balanced and aesthetically correct.
November 12, 2025 at 12:57 PM
The proportions are wrong on the White House refit, that’s one reason why it looks bad. You can have all the half-inch brass you want, but it will look a tasteless mess if the proportions are out. Elements are too big or too close.
The Astoria proportions feel balanced and aesthetically correct.
The Astoria proportions feel balanced and aesthetically correct.
Any idea why this episode hasn’t made its way to my feed?
June 27, 2025 at 6:18 AM
Any idea why this episode hasn’t made its way to my feed?
Looking forward to DJing at Moovin Festival tomorrow. I’ll be playing a chilled set on the Party Trike 2—6pm ish.
June 11, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Looking forward to DJing at Moovin Festival tomorrow. I’ll be playing a chilled set on the Party Trike 2—6pm ish.
Bruno Fernandes (pictured here with his wife, daughter and Donny van de Beek) is staying at United!
Great news.
Great news.
June 3, 2025 at 9:34 PM
Bruno Fernandes (pictured here with his wife, daughter and Donny van de Beek) is staying at United!
Great news.
Great news.
Over on the other place, I keep being fed video adverts about special tweezers for removing blackheads and in-growing hairs.
I find the footage both repulsive and strangely compelling, so I probably dwell on the video.
This means I see them every time access my feed.
It’s a morbid fascination!
I find the footage both repulsive and strangely compelling, so I probably dwell on the video.
This means I see them every time access my feed.
It’s a morbid fascination!
March 29, 2025 at 7:59 AM
Over on the other place, I keep being fed video adverts about special tweezers for removing blackheads and in-growing hairs.
I find the footage both repulsive and strangely compelling, so I probably dwell on the video.
This means I see them every time access my feed.
It’s a morbid fascination!
I find the footage both repulsive and strangely compelling, so I probably dwell on the video.
This means I see them every time access my feed.
It’s a morbid fascination!
Try this…
• Start Manchester Piccadilly
• Walk through Northern Quarter
• National Football Museum
• Peoples History Museum
• John Rylands Library
• Science and Industry Museum
• Factory International
• Castlefield/Castlefield Viaduct/Cloud23
• Canal walk to St. Peter's Square
• Back to Piccadilly
• Start Manchester Piccadilly
• Walk through Northern Quarter
• National Football Museum
• Peoples History Museum
• John Rylands Library
• Science and Industry Museum
• Factory International
• Castlefield/Castlefield Viaduct/Cloud23
• Canal walk to St. Peter's Square
• Back to Piccadilly
February 9, 2025 at 9:34 PM
Try this…
• Start Manchester Piccadilly
• Walk through Northern Quarter
• National Football Museum
• Peoples History Museum
• John Rylands Library
• Science and Industry Museum
• Factory International
• Castlefield/Castlefield Viaduct/Cloud23
• Canal walk to St. Peter's Square
• Back to Piccadilly
• Start Manchester Piccadilly
• Walk through Northern Quarter
• National Football Museum
• Peoples History Museum
• John Rylands Library
• Science and Industry Museum
• Factory International
• Castlefield/Castlefield Viaduct/Cloud23
• Canal walk to St. Peter's Square
• Back to Piccadilly
I started the New Year with a day of culture…
Morning:
The Moonwalkers
(Lightroom)
— Immersive storytelling at its best.
Afternoon:
Electric Dreams
(Tate Modern)
— Optical illusion made real.
Evening:
Poor Things
(Film)
— A grotesque and unique abstract masterpiece. Stone is amazing.
Morning:
The Moonwalkers
(Lightroom)
— Immersive storytelling at its best.
Afternoon:
Electric Dreams
(Tate Modern)
— Optical illusion made real.
Evening:
Poor Things
(Film)
— A grotesque and unique abstract masterpiece. Stone is amazing.
January 2, 2025 at 8:16 AM
I started the New Year with a day of culture…
Morning:
The Moonwalkers
(Lightroom)
— Immersive storytelling at its best.
Afternoon:
Electric Dreams
(Tate Modern)
— Optical illusion made real.
Evening:
Poor Things
(Film)
— A grotesque and unique abstract masterpiece. Stone is amazing.
Morning:
The Moonwalkers
(Lightroom)
— Immersive storytelling at its best.
Afternoon:
Electric Dreams
(Tate Modern)
— Optical illusion made real.
Evening:
Poor Things
(Film)
— A grotesque and unique abstract masterpiece. Stone is amazing.
Another great pod Ed, and nice to hear Paul again. Happy new Year to you both.
Just a heads up, you mentioned no gambling ads. I think I’ve had a bookies ad in each of the podcasts since you started the adverts. There’s one in the latest pod too.
Just a heads up, you mentioned no gambling ads. I think I’ve had a bookies ad in each of the podcasts since you started the adverts. There’s one in the latest pod too.
December 31, 2024 at 2:32 PM
Another great pod Ed, and nice to hear Paul again. Happy new Year to you both.
Just a heads up, you mentioned no gambling ads. I think I’ve had a bookies ad in each of the podcasts since you started the adverts. There’s one in the latest pod too.
Just a heads up, you mentioned no gambling ads. I think I’ve had a bookies ad in each of the podcasts since you started the adverts. There’s one in the latest pod too.
And can anyone else see a young Alex Ferguson in Manuel Ugarte?
December 28, 2024 at 12:33 PM
And can anyone else see a young Alex Ferguson in Manuel Ugarte?
Twitter. The place where a person makes a perfectly good joke. But people misread the joke as a statement and then think they can add their punchline, even though the punchline was the last word of the original joke.
December 17, 2024 at 7:53 AM
Twitter. The place where a person makes a perfectly good joke. But people misread the joke as a statement and then think they can add their punchline, even though the punchline was the last word of the original joke.
Feels like this team is getting close to Amorim’s first 11.
December 7, 2024 at 5:25 PM
Feels like this team is getting close to Amorim’s first 11.
It’ll be interesting to see how the Jaguar concept translates into production.
The low ride height, long bonnet and ‘fitment’ of the wheels in the arches — which make the concept look so aggressive — would be highly impractical in reality.
The side profile still retains some Jaguar shape.
The low ride height, long bonnet and ‘fitment’ of the wheels in the arches — which make the concept look so aggressive — would be highly impractical in reality.
The side profile still retains some Jaguar shape.
December 3, 2024 at 6:35 AM
It’ll be interesting to see how the Jaguar concept translates into production.
The low ride height, long bonnet and ‘fitment’ of the wheels in the arches — which make the concept look so aggressive — would be highly impractical in reality.
The side profile still retains some Jaguar shape.
The low ride height, long bonnet and ‘fitment’ of the wheels in the arches — which make the concept look so aggressive — would be highly impractical in reality.
The side profile still retains some Jaguar shape.
Up from 13th to 9th in the league (if we hold on). Need to push on and boost our goal difference which was 0 before today’s game.
More goal in the 2nd half?
More goal in the 2nd half?
December 1, 2024 at 2:28 PM
Up from 13th to 9th in the league (if we hold on). Need to push on and boost our goal difference which was 0 before today’s game.
More goal in the 2nd half?
More goal in the 2nd half?
Don’t see anyone predicting this line up.
November 24, 2024 at 3:35 PM
Don’t see anyone predicting this line up.
Good bit of cobweb-shaking at WHP last night.
November 24, 2024 at 9:07 AM
Good bit of cobweb-shaking at WHP last night.
Thoughts on the new Jaguar logo?
November 19, 2024 at 11:07 AM
Thoughts on the new Jaguar logo?
Gutted. Felt like we were getting close.
November 17, 2024 at 9:40 AM
Gutted. Felt like we were getting close.
Frustrating start to the queue.
November 17, 2024 at 9:01 AM
Frustrating start to the queue.
New Order - Movement.
Designed by Peter Saville in 1981
Saville’s design was inspired by (or repurposed) Fortunato Depero’s poster for the Futurismo exhibition in Trentino, Italy, which was originally designed in 1932
Designed by Peter Saville in 1981
Saville’s design was inspired by (or repurposed) Fortunato Depero’s poster for the Futurismo exhibition in Trentino, Italy, which was originally designed in 1932
November 15, 2024 at 7:52 AM
New Order - Movement.
Designed by Peter Saville in 1981
Saville’s design was inspired by (or repurposed) Fortunato Depero’s poster for the Futurismo exhibition in Trentino, Italy, which was originally designed in 1932
Designed by Peter Saville in 1981
Saville’s design was inspired by (or repurposed) Fortunato Depero’s poster for the Futurismo exhibition in Trentino, Italy, which was originally designed in 1932
Faithless live = Excellent!
November 9, 2024 at 11:40 PM
Faithless live = Excellent!
With big underlying themes, such as love over logic and never giving up, but knowing when to let go, it’s a film packed with creativity, heart and craft.
November 8, 2024 at 7:05 PM
With big underlying themes, such as love over logic and never giving up, but knowing when to let go, it’s a film packed with creativity, heart and craft.
And it’s visually stunning too, every scene looks amazing. The colours and lighting are luscious and the brushstroked backgrounds bring an organic touch often missing in CGI films.
November 8, 2024 at 7:04 PM
And it’s visually stunning too, every scene looks amazing. The colours and lighting are luscious and the brushstroked backgrounds bring an organic touch often missing in CGI films.
I usually find DreamWorks animations lack the emotional depth, world building and the beauty that Pixar is known for. The gap between the two studios is reflected at the Oscars, where Pixar lead DreamWorks 11-2.
But this is a heartfelt, honest story of identity, emotional belonging and connection.
But this is a heartfelt, honest story of identity, emotional belonging and connection.
November 8, 2024 at 7:03 PM
I usually find DreamWorks animations lack the emotional depth, world building and the beauty that Pixar is known for. The gap between the two studios is reflected at the Oscars, where Pixar lead DreamWorks 11-2.
But this is a heartfelt, honest story of identity, emotional belonging and connection.
But this is a heartfelt, honest story of identity, emotional belonging and connection.