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Alistair Hall’s graphic design studio in London: thoughtful, simple, beautiful, sustainable communication. 🏳️‍🌈
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Mattias Krantz bought an octopus from the fish market and taught it how to play piano. [youtube.com]
I taught an octopus piano (It took 6 months)
JOIN DISCORD NOW Will see you there! https://discord.gg/MyrHY2CEmU Don’t follow me on Instagram https://bit.ly/3A6kYn2 I post every year! ———— Buy the Hammer Klavier VST (the hammer piano) and play with it today! https://bit.ly/hammerklavier So cool don’t forget to use the code ENGINEER15 The
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November 11, 2025 at 9:36 PM
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A good day to listen to our proud, joyous history of the BBC: One of the greatest British inventions of the 20th Century. An institution which, even at its worst, is far better than its detractors podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...
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November 10, 2025 at 11:02 AM
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Happy Halloween everyone.
#WorldBollardAssociation 👻
October 31, 2025 at 8:23 AM
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New post: Updating Albertus for the City of London wemadethis.co.uk/blog/2025/10...
Updating Albertus for the City of London - We Made This
The story of the updated version of the Albertus font, designed by Toshi Omagari, used on the City of London's street nameplates.
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October 29, 2025 at 6:26 PM
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💡 Been putting off getting a good set of lights?

⏰ We've all been there, but with the clocks going back on Sunday, now's the time to get on it!

Thankfully, LCC Membership comes with CayEye lights as a FREE welcome gift: bit.ly/3R38Pcd
October 24, 2025 at 5:15 PM
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I'm publishing the weirdest story I've ever written tomorrow, for London Centric members only.

So here's an one-off offer. Sign up for a year before midnight today and I'll give you 33% off. If the story doesn't live up to expectations, I'll refund you tomorrow. www.londoncentric.media/a21e85e7
October 17, 2025 at 2:54 PM
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So good. I got stuck at the perfect circle.
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New from Neal Agarwal: a series of increasingly ridiculous and difficult captchas. I burst out laughing at the vegetables one. [neal.fun]
I’m Not a Robot
Prove your humanity
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September 17, 2025 at 2:27 PM
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Florida Decided There Were Too Many Children. “Florida is the first state to take the courageous step toward decluttering itself of excess children, but under the inexpert guidance of Robert F. Kennedy Jr., other states may follow.” [theatlantic.com]
Florida Decided There Were Too Many Children
The state’s elimination of vaccine mandates is a courageous first step toward decluttering itself of any excess kids.
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September 5, 2025 at 1:04 PM
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I just put online the chapter from my book that talks about all the myths and mysteries about QWERTY and Dvorak.

You can read it here: aresluna.org/the-primitiv...
The primitive tortureboard
Untangling the myths and mysteries of Dvorak and QWERTY
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August 29, 2025 at 4:17 AM
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This is VERY cool, and clever. An interactive atlas of the Solar System.

#Space
Atlas of Space
An interactive exploration of the planets, moons, asteroids, and other objects in the Solar System.
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August 27, 2025 at 9:28 AM
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One is not amused.

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New street signs in Westminster honours Queen Elizabeth II’s birthplace | Westminster City Council
Westminster City Council have installed new commemorative street signs to recognise the birthplac
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August 14, 2025 at 5:21 PM
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The Em Dash Responds to the AI Allegations
“In recent months, a curious fixation has emerged in corners of academia: the em dash. More specifically, the apparent moral panic around how it is...
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August 11, 2025 at 6:10 PM
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Spineless Wonders at the Senate Library (University of London). A perfect little show. www.wemadethis.co.uk/blog/2025/07...
Spineless Wonders - We Made This
I nipped along to the wonderful Spineless Wonders* exhibition yesterday at the Senate Library (the central library for the University of London). It’s a fantastic (and free) little show that celebrate...
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July 3, 2025 at 10:31 AM
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Yum. A video tour of AJ Wells, enamel sign makers for the London Underground, courtesy of the London Transport Museum. The section about signs starts around 14m 20secs.
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Sign on the Line | Hidden London Hangouts (S10E01)
YouTube video by London Transport Museum
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June 24, 2025 at 3:45 PM
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What do you call a book without a spine? Spineless? It’s books that are too thin to be bound with a solid spine that are the subject of this curious exhibition at Senate House.

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Folded, printed, and powerful: Discover the subversive side of spineless books
What do you call a book without a spine? Spineless? It’s books that are too thin to be bound with a solid spine that are the subject of this curious exhibition at Senate House.
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June 23, 2025 at 11:03 AM
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Picked this up on ebay recently:

On Your Bike: The Guide to Cycling in London. Published by @londoncycling.bsky.social and Friends of the Earth, June 1983 (42 years ago!)

Written, edited and designed by Owen Watson. Headings set in Kabel Black.

Album of scans: www.flickr.com/photos/alist...
The front cover of On Your Bike magazine, featuring an illustration by Biff of a female cyclist in heavy traffic, printed in black and red onto a yellow stock. A red circle in the top right hand corner has the price of 85p. The inside front cover and first page of the magazine. On the inside front cover there's a black and white photos of some bikes leaning against railings, underneath which there's a section entitled 'Your bike - remember it' where you can write down your own bike's details in case of theft. There are also the credits for the creators of the magazine. On the right hand page, titled Your Bike, there's a a guide to choosing a new bike, and black and white photograph of cyclists in London. A spread from On Your Bike magazine, with a story about Riding in traffic, and a face advert for Span a Pot, a product to help ride over potholes. A spread from On Your Bike magazine. A black and white photo of a single cyclist riding along The Mall on the left hand page, and an advert for London Cycling Campaign on the right hand page.
June 19, 2025 at 12:31 PM
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Everything you wanted to know about QR codes but were afraid to ask - We Made This
You’ve seen them on ketchup bottles, lampposts, vaccine cards, pizza boxes, and museum walls. They can even be found on the occasional gravestone. Most frequently now, we use them to quickly go to a w...
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June 13, 2025 at 4:15 PM
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Writing a thing about QR codes. Where d’you generate yours? Any great / terrible experiences?
A red QR code that links to the Wikipedia entry about QR codes.
June 10, 2025 at 10:46 AM
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The third of my recent projects for @londoncycling.bsky.social - their Dare to Dream! campaign, encouraging people to push Sadiq Khan to take action and be bolder on cycling. Read more here: www.wemadethis.co.uk/work/lcc-dar...
June 6, 2025 at 2:51 PM
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More recent design work for @londoncycling.bsky.social - identity and materials for their brilliant Share the Joy fund. Read more here: www.wemadethis.co.uk/work/lcc-sha...
June 6, 2025 at 2:44 PM
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Want to make London a better place to live? Use the @londoncycling.bsky.social Dare to Dream page to drop an email to Sadiq Khan – it’s really easy 👍.
londoncycling.bsky.social London Cycling Campaign @londoncycling.bsky.social · May 29
⏰ It's time for London's Mayor to Dare to Dream bigger and leave a cycling legacy for London!

✍️ Please take one minute to support our new Dare to Dream campaign asks by emailing Sadiq to take action and be bolder.

Find out more: bit.ly/43YSUC7
May 29, 2025 at 11:33 AM
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The @londoncycling.bsky.social London Cycling Festival took place this weekend, supported by Lime Bikes. Loads of cyclists out and about in the majority of London’s boroughs, enjoying traffic-free streets and led rides. Read about my work on the identity here: www.wemadethis.co.uk/work/london-...
A logo for the London Cycling Festival with white hand rendered text on a blue background, with an illustration of two yellow bicycles above the lettering.
May 27, 2025 at 2:43 PM
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May 21, 2025 at 9:19 AM
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I think every designer should write a love letter to a font at least once in their lifetime.

This is mine: A 150-year-old font you have likely never heard of, and one you probably saw earlier today.

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The hardest working font in Manhattan
A story of a 150-year-old font you have never heard of – and one you probably saw earlier today.
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February 14, 2025 at 9:35 PM
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“A cold douche from the fountain of truth“ – a description of the nine o‘clock news, in a piece by Sir Ernest Baker from the BBC Year Book, 1944
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An excerpt from the BBC Year Book 1944, which reads: “For most of us, it is its news that matters—matters above everything else. There is little but praise to be given to its collection and presentation of news. It seems to most of us well done—honestly done—objectively done. To turn on the nine o'clock news is to turn on a cold douche from the fountain of truth.
February 17, 2025 at 11:02 AM