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Alistair Hall’s graphic design studio in London: thoughtful, simple, beautiful, sustainable communication. 🏳️‍🌈
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Book: londonstreetsigns.info
Monsters: monstersupplies.org
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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
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
So good. I got stuck at the perfect circle.
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
neal.fun
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.
atlasof.space
August 27, 2025 at 9:28 AM
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
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.
youtu.be/mLh9BSay-80?...
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.

www.ianvisits.co.uk/articles/fol...
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
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...
June 19, 2025 at 12:31 PM
Writing a thing about QR codes. Where d’you generate yours? Any great / terrible experiences?
June 10, 2025 at 10:46 AM
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
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
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 👍.
⏰ 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
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-...
May 27, 2025 at 2:43 PM
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Umm …
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.

aresluna.org/the-hardest-...
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
“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
www.worldradiohistory.com/UK/BBC/BBC-A...
cc. @iandunt.bsky.social
February 17, 2025 at 11:02 AM