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happy new year

A snake came to my water-trough On a hot, hot day, and I in pyjamas for the heat, To drink there. In the deep, strange-scented shade of the great dark carob tree I came down the steps with my pitcher... Continue reading

Posted Feb 11, 2013 at davidthedesigner

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award winning contractors

Hey Mr Builder: that doesn't quite ring true, does it? Continue reading

Posted Jan 31, 2013 at davidthedesigner

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this made me smile #200*

Type City by Hong Seon Jang. *200 smiles - that has to be worth celebrating! Continue reading

Posted Jan 31, 2013 at davidthedesigner

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this made me smile #199

I'm loving the work of Belgian photographer Bert Danckaert (via Tim George). Continue reading

Posted Jan 23, 2013 at davidthedesigner

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way to go

I popped into the Pitt Rivers Museum yesterday (as one does) and was rather taken by this Ghanaian coffin for a shopkeeper. Continue reading

Posted Jan 14, 2013 at davidthedesigner

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what's in my head #2

It's Friday afternoon, right? I've stopped blogging on Fridays because my visitor stats tell me that come Friday afternoon you've all sloped off to the pub, or your house in the country, or whatever else you get up to when... Continue reading

Posted Jan 11, 2013 at davidthedesigner

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god's way of telling you that you've got too much money #2

...when you start to believe that a kitchen is not a kitchen unless it has ground-level lighting. Continue reading

Posted Jan 9, 2013 at davidthedesigner

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what's in my head #1

I can't look at Paul McCartney these days without thinking that he's turning into Ken Dodd. Continue reading

Posted Jan 8, 2013 at davidthedesigner

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can't you see how happy we will be?

Well here we are - safely landed in 2013ville. And for most of us (designers that is) the first day back at work. The time, usually, to reflect upon the year just gone. Which, for 2012, invariably means the Olympics.... Continue reading

Posted Jan 7, 2013 at davidthedesigner

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I've artworked a few of those in my time - and they were always referred to as mileage charts.

Commented Dec 21, 2012 on Sheet Head #8 at Ace Jet 170

dinga-ling-along ding dong ding

Dear Mr Tesco, Dear Mr Sainsbury I give up. I won't shop again until you shut that f***ing Christmas music down. Funny how such seemingfully cheerful music can make your customers so miserable - or are you too busy calculating... Continue reading

Posted Dec 20, 2012 at davidthedesigner

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this made me smile #198

Yes, yes, yes, yeeeeeeeeeeees! Top Ten Sexy Staircases. Continue reading

Posted Dec 14, 2012 at davidthedesigner

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this made me smile #197

The first and last cars designed by André Lefèbvre (via things). Continue reading

Posted Dec 6, 2012 at davidthedesigner

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this made me smile #196

Planning notices in Brighton from Phil Lucas. Continue reading

Posted Dec 2, 2012 at davidthedesigner

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the chartered society of designers (csd) and why i'll never become davidthechartereddesigner.com

But first of all a recap. Right back at the start of my career I applied to join the Chartered Society of Designers. I'm glad I did. And I was a very happy member for 30 years or so -... Continue reading

Posted Nov 30, 2012 at davidthedesigner

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the venerable bleed

Is anyone taught how to design for print these days? I only ask because a design template crossed my bows the other day: it must have originated from a designer, but a designer who obviously knew very little - if... Continue reading

Posted Oct 29, 2012 at davidthedesigner

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fair to moderate

My life's taken on a different rhythm this past year. And one of the consequences is that blogging has moved down the agenda (you may have already noticed). Or it may be that blogging has lost its way somewhat, because... Continue reading

Posted Oct 16, 2012 at davidthedesigner

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this made me smile #195

Posted Sep 26, 2012 at davidthedesigner

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this made me smile #194

A teeming metropolis built entirely out of staples. Continue reading

Posted Sep 21, 2012 at davidthedesigner

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this made me smile #193

Short visual poems made from New York subway ads. Continue reading

Posted Sep 19, 2012 at davidthedesigner

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this made me smile #192

From the somewhat strange Job's Wife. Continue reading

Posted Sep 18, 2012 at davidthedesigner

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hey twitter, thanks for the emails - just something you might like to note, though...

...I'm not Scottish, I don't live anywhere near Scotland, and I don't have even the faintest interest in any form of sport - especially football. So maybe you could just take me off your list, eh? Continue reading

Posted Sep 17, 2012 at davidthedesigner

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so, tell me who's in charge of this car park...

Posted Sep 14, 2012 at davidthedesigner

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this made me smile #191

“Contraceptives should be used on every conceivable occasion.” Spike Milligan. Continue reading

Posted Sep 14, 2012 at davidthedesigner

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if i say this am i being extremely smart, or extremely stupid?

...facebook is an extremely engaging place - or so they tell me: Seems to me that that's 3,200,000,000 reasons to avoid it. Unless you want for nothing but being advertised at. Is this really what the internet was invented for? Continue reading

Posted Sep 13, 2012 at davidthedesigner

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